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Sun Life Financial Inc. (SLF) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for SLF, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 47/100 · S&P 500 fund at 48, above its 200-day averageEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-11-06
  • Factor regime Defensive rotation — low-vol leading, regime-change watchMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): below its 50-day trend, 60th percentile of the window, -22.8% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-11-06
  • Sector × region Financials in US: +1.2% week · +5.4% month · −0.8% quarter · +9.4% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLF.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-11-06
  • Sovereign pressure Index -1.91 · down 2.45 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-11-06
How it trades on rate days beta 0.49 to TLT · on the worst bond days it moved with the market

How it trades on rate days

How SLF has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.49 — tends to move with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Sun Life Financial Inc. moved 0.49% on average · correlation 0.22 · higher than 40% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.38 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.53% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −0.64% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Insurance - Diversified · US · 3 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Insurance - Diversified · US

Names in the same industry from the Closelooknet universe; scored names rank on their Closelooknet score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against SLF on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

The Street on this name 2 analyst actions on the wire · latest: upgrade by Scotiabank, 2026-10-27

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for SLF from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Upgrade Scotiabank — Sector Perform → Outperform Upgraded to Outperform from Sector Perform 2026-10-27
  • Price target Argus — target 88 from 81 Target raised to $88 from $81 (+10.7% to spot) 2026-09-03

2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 upgrade, 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 3.79%, quarterly · buybacks 1.71 bn USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What SLF pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 2.71 USD per share · a 3.79% yield on the 2026-11-06 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-11-06
  • Change on the year +45.7% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.86 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.68 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-26
  • By calendar year 2025: 2.51 USD (partial) · 2026: 2.06 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-02-26
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 2.06 bn USD 51% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 1.71 bn USD 3.8% of today's market value
  • Share count −1.4% in FY2025
  • Capital returned 3.77 bn USD · 28% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

About Sun Life Financial Inc.

Sun Life Financial Inc. (SLF) trades on US exchanges, classified under Financial Services.

The Closelooknet company score reads 64/100 composite (momentum 58, quality 54, valuation 72) across 7 modules — the full three-layer breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

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FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-11-07

Quick answers

What is Sun Life Financial Inc. (SLF)?

Sun Life Financial Inc. trades as SLF on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Financial Services in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-11-07.

Is SLF in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Sun Life Financial Inc. is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-11-07.

What is Sun Life Financial Inc.'s Closelooknet composite score?

64 out of 100, with momentum 58, quality 54 and valuation 72 sub-scores, as of 2026-11-07. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does SLF trade against its moving averages?

Sun Life Financial Inc. trades 9.6% below its 50-day and 2.0% below its 200-day moving average (9.5% below its 20-day). As of 2026-11-06 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Sun Life Financial Inc. compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Insurance - Diversified · US), Sun Life Financial Inc. (SLF) sits 14.5% below its 52-week high, 9.6% below its 50-day average; Pelagos Insurance Capital Limited (PLGO) is 3.9% below, Exzeo Group, Inc. (XZO) is 33.8% below, International General Insurance Holdings Ltd (IGIC) is 20.2% below, as of 2026-11-06. Put any of them next to SLF in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does Sun Life Financial Inc. trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Sun Life Financial Inc. had a beta of 0.49 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it tends to move with bonds, higher than 40% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.53% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. As of 2026-11-06; The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

Does Sun Life Financial Inc. pay a dividend?

Sun Life Financial Inc. has paid 2.71 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 3.79% on the 2026-11-06 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.68 USD on 2026-08-26. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 2.06 bn USD in dividends and bought back 1.71 bn USD of its own shares, 28% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 1.4% over the fiscal year. As of 2026-11-06; the "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Sun Life Financial Inc. recently?

The most recent analyst action on Sun Life Financial Inc. on the Closelooknet wire is a upgrade by Scotiabank on 2026-10-27 (Sector Perform → Outperform). 2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 upgrade, 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

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