Sun Life Financial Inc. (SLF) Stock Analysis
Financial Services · Insurance - Diversified
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $72.79: Quality below floor (3.9 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.8/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality.
Sun Life Financial Inc., a financial services company, provides asset management, wealth, insurance and health solutions to individual and institutional customers in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Japan, Indonesia, India,... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $72.79: Quality below floor (3.9 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.8/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality. Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Score 4.8/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/9 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 79d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: moderate.
Recent Developments — Sun Life Financial Inc.
Latest news
- SLF stock near 52-week high: Time to add It for better returns? - MSN — MSN positive
- Sun Life U.S. and Kansas City Royals announce 5-year partnership renewal and launch "Every Single Smile" campaign - PR N — PR Newswire positive
- Sun Life reaches settlement in principle to resolve class action - PR Newswire — PR Newswire negative
- AM Best Affirms Credit Ratings of Sun Life Financial Inc. and Its Subsidiaries - Business Wire — Business Wire positive
- Sun Life Reaches Settlement in Class Action Case Related to Policies From MetLife - marketscreener.com — marketscreener.com negative
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $72.79: Quality below floor (3.9 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.8/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality. Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Prior stop was $70.27. Score 4.8/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $72.68 (-0.2% upside). Prior stop was $70.27. Stop-loss: $70.27.
Target reached (-22.4% upside); Quality below floor (3.9 < 4.0).
Sun Life Financial Inc. trades at a P/E of 18.7 (forward 11.8). TrendMatrix value score: 7.9/10. Verdict: Sell.
19 analysts cover SLF with a consensus score of 3.7/5. Average price target: $66.
What does Sun Life Financial Inc. do?Sun Life Financial Inc., a financial services company, provides asset management, wealth, insurance and health...
Sun Life Financial Inc., a financial services company, provides asset management, wealth, insurance and health solutions to individual and institutional customers in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Japan, Indonesia, India, China, Australia, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Bermuda. It offers various insurance products, such as term and permanent life; personal health, which includes prescription drugs, dental, and vision care; critical illness; long-term care; and disability. The company also provides investments products, such as mutual funds, segregated funds, annuities, and guaranteed investment products; financial planning services; and asset management products, including pooled funds, institutional portfolios and pension funds. The company was formerly known as Sun Life Financial Services of Canada Inc. and changed its name to Sun Life Financial Inc. in July 2003. Sun Life Financial Inc. was founded in 1871 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.