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Sun Life Financial (TSX:SLF) Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share : C$43.09 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Sun Life Financial Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share?

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share and 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 for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was C$41.806. 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 C$43.09 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

During the past 12 months, Sun Life Financial's average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 3.90% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 6.00% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 6.50% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 4.10% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate using Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share data.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate of Sun Life Financial was 7.60% per year. The lowest was 0.60% per year. And the median was 2.40% per year.

As of today (2025-05-22), Sun Life Financial's current stock price is C$87.54. Sun Life Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was C$43.09. Sun Life Financial's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of today is 2.03.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of Sun Life Financial was 2.09. The lowest was 1.15. And the median was 1.69.


Sun Life Financial Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sun Life Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share 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 Book per Share Chart

Sun Life Financial Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
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Sun Life Financial Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share 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 41.48 42.04 42.15 42.38 43.09

Competitive Comparison of Sun Life Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share

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.


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Sun Life Financial Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Calculation

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share and 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.

What is Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share? How do we calculate Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share?

Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Book Value per Share of a company over the past 10 years. Let's use an example to explain.

If we want to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share of Wal-Mart (WMT) for Dec. 31, 2010, we need to have the inflation data and the book value per share from 2001 through 2010.

We adjusted the 2001 book value per share data with the total inflation from 2001 through 2010 to the equivalent book value in 2010. If the total inflation from 2001 to 2010 is 40%, and Wal-Mart's book value is $1 a share in 2001, then the 2001's equivalent book value in 2010 is $1.4 a share. If Wal-Mart's book value is $1 again in 2002, and the total inflation from 2002 through 2010 is 35%, then the equivalent 2002 book value in 2010 is $1.35. So on and so forth, you get the equivalent book value per share of past 10 years. Then you add them together and divided the sum by the count to get 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.

For example, Sun Life Financial's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_Book= Book Value per Share /CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=41.806/129.1809*129.1809
=41.806

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 129.1809.

Sun Life Financial Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201506 29.281 100.500 37.637
201509 30.295 100.421 38.971
201512 31.444 99.947 40.641
201603 30.470 101.054 38.951
201606 30.734 102.002 38.923
201609 32.139 101.765 40.798
201612 32.776 101.449 41.736
201703 33.492 102.634 42.155
201706 33.709 103.029 42.265
201709 33.787 103.345 42.234
201712 33.931 103.345 42.414
201803 34.598 105.004 42.564
201806 35.381 105.557 43.299
201809 35.437 105.636 43.335
201812 37.284 105.399 45.697
201903 41.562 106.979 50.187
201906 37.904 107.690 45.468
201909 37.306 107.611 44.784
201912 37.820 107.769 45.334
202003 39.318 107.927 47.061
202006 39.556 108.401 47.139
202009 40.364 108.164 48.207
202012 40.303 108.559 47.959
202103 40.031 110.298 46.884
202106 40.988 111.720 47.394
202109 42.690 112.905 48.844
202112 37.791 113.774 42.909
202203 43.276 117.646 47.519
202206 43.575 120.806 46.596
202209 45.183 120.648 48.379
202212 36.741 120.964 39.237
202303 35.858 122.702 37.751
202306 35.466 124.203 36.887
202309 36.593 125.230 37.747
202312 38.978 125.072 40.258
202403 38.286 126.258 39.172
202406 38.675 127.522 39.178
202409 40.955 127.285 41.565
202412 43.215 127.364 43.832
202503 41.806 129.181 41.806

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.


Sun Life Financial  (TSX:SLF) Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Explanation

If a company grows much fast than inflation, Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share may underestimate the company's equity. Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio can seem to be too high even the actual PB Ratio is low.

For the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, the book value of the past 10 years are inflation-adjusted and averaged. The result is used for P/B calculation. Since it looks at the average over the last 10 years, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is also called CAPB Ratio.

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 Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=87.54/43.09
=2.03

* 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.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of Sun Life Financial was 2.09. The lowest was 1.15. And the median was 1.69.


Be Aware

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio works better for cyclical companies. It gives you a better idea on the company's real book value.


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Sun Life Financial Business Description

Industry
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 30% of its adjusted earnings and has around CAD 1 trillion in assets under management as of the fourth quarter of 2023. The Canada business contributes about 35% of adjusted earnings and provides individual life and health insurance, group insurance, retirement services, and wealth management solutions. The US business contributed approximately 22% 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 13% of earnings.
Executives
Laura Ann Money Senior Officer
Stephanie Coyles Director
Stephen Peacher Senior Officer
Kevin Strain Director, Senior Officer
Melissa Jane Kennedy Senior Officer
Linda Dougherty Senior Officer
Daniel Fishbein Senior Officer
Jacques Jr. Goulet Senior Officer
Colm Joseph Freyne Senior Officer
Marie-lucie Morin Director
Helen Mary Mallovy-hicks Director
Ingrid Johnson Senior Officer
Dean Connor Director, Senior Officer
Mark Saunders Senior Officer
Ashok Gupta Director