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Sun Life Financial (Sun Life Financial) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 1.71 (As of Apr. 28, 2024)


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What is Sun Life Financial Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-04-28), Sun Life Financial's current share price is $51.67. Sun Life Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $30.15. Sun Life Financial's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 1.71.

The historical rank and industry rank for Sun Life Financial's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

SLF' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1   Med: 1.66   Max: 2.13
Current: 1.77

During the past years, Sun Life Financial's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 2.13. The lowest was 1.00. And the median was 1.66.

SLF's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
72.15% of 413 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 1.15 vs SLF: 1.77

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 PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted book value per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Sun Life Financial's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $27.212. Add all the adjusted book value per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share, which is $30.15 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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Sun Life Financial Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sun Life Financial's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio 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 PB Ratio Chart

Sun Life Financial Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.90 1.77 2.05 1.66 1.72

Sun Life Financial Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio 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 1.66 1.64 1.76 1.67 1.72

Competitive Comparison of Sun Life Financial's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Insurance - Diversified subindustry, Sun Life Financial's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio 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 PB Ratio Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Sun Life Financial's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sun Life Financial's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.



Sun Life Financial Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio takes the Book Value per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/B calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPB 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 PB Ratio.

Sun Life Financial's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=51.67/30.15
=1.71

* 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 Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

For example, Sun Life Financial's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Dec. 2023 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2023)
=27.212/125.4675*125.4675
=27.212

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 125.4675.

Sun Life Financial Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201403 22.778 98.604 28.984
201406 23.424 99.473 29.545
201409 23.764 99.394 29.998
201412 23.643 98.367 30.157
201503 22.847 99.789 28.726
201506 23.681 100.500 29.564
201509 22.836 100.421 28.532
201512 22.729 99.947 28.533
201603 22.808 101.054 28.318
201606 23.592 102.002 29.019
201609 24.082 101.765 29.691
201612 24.069 101.449 29.768
201703 24.305 102.634 29.712
201706 24.585 103.029 29.939
201709 26.673 103.345 32.383
201712 25.739 103.345 31.249
201803 26.148 105.004 31.244
201806 26.308 105.557 31.270
201809 26.168 105.636 31.081
201812 26.675 105.399 31.754
201903 27.075 106.979 31.754
201906 27.282 107.690 31.786
201909 26.857 107.611 31.313
201912 27.309 107.769 31.794
202003 26.861 107.927 31.226
202006 27.716 108.401 32.079
202009 28.853 108.164 33.469
202012 29.639 108.559 34.255
202103 29.922 110.298 34.037
202106 31.397 111.720 35.261
202109 31.541 112.905 35.050
202112 26.286 113.774 28.988
202203 31.887 117.646 34.007
202206 34.733 120.806 36.073
202209 34.481 120.648 35.858
202212 25.470 120.964 26.418
202303 28.618 122.702 29.263
202306 29.112 124.203 29.408
202309 29.373 125.230 29.429
202312 27.212 125.468 27.212

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book 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  (NYSE:SLF) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PB Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of book value 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 PB Ratio should give similar results to regular PB Ratio.


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Sun Life Financial (Sun Life Financial) 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.