SLFSun Life Financial Inc.
+1.0% today · +33.4% over a year
10/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 90% of the instruments we score
Stability: among the best of its peers; priced lower than most peers. Dividend yield 2.55%.
Sun Life Financial Inc. (SLF) dividends: trailing yield 2.55%, Dividend Safety 60/100, 5-year growth 3.3% a year.
Yield after tax (estimate)
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Next payment
No upcoming payment has been announced yet.
Dividend profile
- 5-year dividend growth (per year)
- +3.3%
- Years of dividend growth
- 1
- Years without a cut
- 1
- Payout ratio (earnings)
- 34%
- Payout ratio (free cash flow)
- 78%
Dividends per share by year
Sum of payments by calendar year of the ex-date; the current year is left out until it ends.
Payment history
Amounts are per share on today's share count (adjusted for splits), before withholding tax.
| Status | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Aug 2026 | — | $0.694 | Regular | Single source | 2 |
| 27 May 2026 | — | $0.695 | Regular | Single source | 2 |
| 25 Feb 2026 | — | $0.672 | Regular | Single source | 2 |
| 28 May 2025 | — | $0.637 | Regular | Single source | 2 |
Each payment is checked against up to 2 data feeds. Several feeds can share one upstream, so Verified needs two independent ones. Verified: two or more sources agree. Single source: not cross-checked yet. Sources disagree: the median is shown. Announced: declared, may still change.
What dividend safety is made of
0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, growth streak and how stretched the yield looks.
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