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Sun Life Financial (TSX:SLF) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 12.09 (As of May. 26, 2024)


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What is Sun Life Financial Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-05-26), Sun Life Financial's current share price is C$69.75. Sun Life Financial's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was C$5.77. Sun Life Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 12.09.

The historical rank and industry rank for Sun Life Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

TSX:SLF' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 10.38   Med: 14.63   Max: 25.55
Current: 12.08

During the past years, Sun Life Financial's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 25.55. The lowest was 10.38. And the median was 14.63.

TSX:SLF's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
52.87% of 314 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 11.28 vs TSX:SLF: 12.08

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Sun Life Financial's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was C$-4.312. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is C$5.77 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Sun Life Financial Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sun Life Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Sun Life Financial Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Sun Life Financial Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 16.88 11.50 16.30 12.10 11.12

Sun Life Financial Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 12.47 12.92 11.88 11.12 12.80

Competitive Comparison of Sun Life Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Insurance - Diversified subindustry, Sun Life Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Sun Life Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Sun Life Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sun Life Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.



Sun Life Financial Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Sun Life Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=69.75/5.77
=12.09

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Sun Life Financial's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Sun Life Financial's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=-4.312/126.2576*126.2576
=-4.312

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 126.2576.

Sun Life Financial Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 1.167 99.473 1.481
201409 1.504 99.394 1.910
201412 -0.103 98.367 -0.132
201503 1.409 99.789 1.783
201506 0.888 100.500 1.116
201509 2.008 100.421 2.525
201512 2.743 99.947 3.465
201603 0.487 101.054 0.608
201606 2.105 102.002 2.606
201609 0.982 101.765 1.218
201612 2.141 101.449 2.665
201703 -1.068 102.634 -1.314
201706 2.053 103.029 2.516
201709 0.953 103.345 1.164
201712 0.974 103.345 1.190
201803 0.699 105.004 0.840
201806 0.613 105.557 0.733
201809 1.782 105.636 2.130
201812 3.028 105.399 3.627
201903 -2.090 106.979 -2.467
201906 3.144 107.690 3.686
201909 0.274 107.611 0.321
201912 2.679 107.769 3.139
202003 -0.326 107.927 -0.381
202006 5.190 108.401 6.045
202009 5.282 108.164 6.166
202012 1.902 108.559 2.212
202103 -1.727 110.298 -1.977
202106 0.405 111.720 0.458
202109 1.467 112.905 1.640
202112 -3.427 113.774 -3.803
202203 -0.831 117.646 -0.892
202206 3.367 120.806 3.519
202209 3.129 120.648 3.274
202212 1.552 120.964 1.620
202303 -0.081 122.702 -0.083
202306 0.419 124.203 0.426
202309 3.148 125.230 3.174
202312 5.780 125.072 5.835
202403 -4.312 126.258 -4.312

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Sun Life Financial  (TSX:SLF) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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Sun Life Financial (TSX:SLF) Business Description

Address
1 York Street, 31st Floor, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5J 0B6
Sun Life provides life insurance, retirement, and asset management products to individuals and corporate customers in Canada, the United States, and Asia. The company's investment management business contributes approximately 38% of its adjusted earnings and has around CAD 1 trillion in assets under management as of the second quarter of 2023. The Canada business contributes about 32% of adjusted earnings and provides individual life and health insurance, group insurance, retirement services, and wealth management solutions. The U.S. business contributes approximately 14% of earnings and is mainly focused on providing group insurance products and managing the in-force life insurance policies. Finally, the Asia segment contributes around 16% of earnings.
Executives
Daniel Fishbein Senior Officer