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Sun Life Financial (LTS:0VJA) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 1.72 (As of May. 01, 2024)


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What is Sun Life Financial Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-05-01), Sun Life Financial's current share price is C$64.7627. Sun Life Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was C$37.65. Sun Life Financial's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 1.72.

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

LTS:0VJA' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.02   Med: 1.66   Max: 2.13
Current: 1.76

During the past years, Sun Life Financial's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 2.13. The lowest was 1.02. And the median was 1.66.

LTS:0VJA's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
71.43% of 413 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 1.15 vs LTS:0VJA: 1.76

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 C$36.508. 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$37.65 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
=64.7627/37.65
=1.72

* 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)
=36.508/125.4675*125.4675
=36.508

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 125.4675.

Sun Life Financial Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201403 25.300 98.604 32.193
201406 25.368 99.473 31.997
201409 26.166 99.394 33.030
201412 27.266 98.367 34.778
201503 28.829 99.789 36.247
201506 29.281 100.500 36.555
201509 30.295 100.421 37.851
201512 31.168 99.947 39.126
201603 30.167 101.054 37.455
201606 30.419 102.002 37.417
201609 31.566 101.765 38.918
201612 32.105 101.449 39.706
201703 32.537 102.634 39.776
201706 32.685 103.029 39.804
201709 32.752 103.345 39.763
201712 32.866 103.345 39.902
201803 33.817 105.004 40.407
201806 34.529 105.557 41.042
201809 34.107 105.636 40.510
201812 35.840 105.399 42.664
201903 36.202 106.979 42.458
201906 36.255 107.690 42.240
201909 35.562 107.611 41.463
201912 35.964 107.769 41.870
202003 37.498 107.927 43.592
202006 37.560 108.401 43.473
202009 38.172 108.164 44.278
202012 37.965 108.559 43.878
202103 37.608 110.298 42.780
202106 38.367 111.720 43.088
202109 39.966 112.905 44.413
202112 33.647 113.774 37.105
202203 40.369 117.646 43.053
202206 44.472 120.806 46.188
202209 45.994 120.648 47.831
202212 34.601 120.964 35.889
202303 39.158 122.702 40.041
202306 38.678 124.203 39.072
202309 39.745 125.230 39.820
202312 36.508 125.468 36.508

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  (LTS:0VJA) 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 (LTS:0VJA) 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.

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