Sun Life Financial (TSE:SLF) Given a C$82.00 Price Target at Royal Bank of Canada

Royal Bank of Canada set a C$82.00 target price on Sun Life Financial (TSE:SLF) (NYSE:SLF) in a report issued on Monday morning,BayStreet.CA reports. The brokerage currently has an outperform rating on the financial services provider’s stock.

SLF has been the subject of a number of other reports. Cormark raised Sun Life Financial from a “hold” rating to a “moderate buy” rating in a report on Thursday, February 13th. Barclays lifted their target price on Sun Life Financial from C$82.00 to C$87.00 in a research note on Monday, January 6th. Scotiabank lowered their target price on Sun Life Financial from C$98.00 to C$94.00 in a research note on Friday, February 14th. National Bankshares lowered their target price on Sun Life Financial from C$95.00 to C$93.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 13th. Finally, CIBC lowered their target price on Sun Life Financial from C$95.00 to C$94.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, February 25th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, seven have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of C$87.00.

Sun Life Financial Trading Up 1.5 %

SLF stock opened at C$80.68 on Monday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of C$81.72 and a 200 day moving average price of C$81.17. Sun Life Financial has a fifty-two week low of C$64.38 and a fifty-two week high of C$88.54. The stock has a market capitalization of C$46.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.17, a P/E/G ratio of 1.33 and a beta of 0.94. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 26.00, a current ratio of 92.19 and a quick ratio of 84,866.00.

Sun Life Financial Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 31st will be given a $0.84 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, February 26th. This represents a $3.36 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.16%. Sun Life Financial’s dividend payout ratio is currently 48.87%.

Sun Life Financial Company Profile

Sun Life Financial is one of Canada’s Big Three life insurance companies along with Great-West Lifeco and Manulife. Sun Life provides insurance, retirement, and wealth-management services to individual and corporate customers in Canada, the United States, and Asia. It also owns MFS Investment Management, a Boston-based asset-management firm.