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Sun Life Financial (PHS:SLF) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 1.71 (As of May. 24, 2024)


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What is Sun Life Financial Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-05-24), Sun Life Financial's current share price is ₱2800.00. Sun Life Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was ₱1,641.05. 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:

PHS:SLF' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.03   Med: 1.67   Max: 2.13
Current: 1.72

During the past years, Sun Life Financial's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 2.13. The lowest was 1.03. And the median was 1.67.

PHS:SLF's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
71.43% of 413 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 1.19 vs PHS:SLF: 1.72

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 Mar. 2024 was ₱1,773.514. 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 ₱1,641.05 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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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 1.73

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 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 1.64 1.76 1.67 1.73 1.83

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
=2800.00/1641.05
=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 Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

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

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=1773.514/126.2576*126.2576
=1,773.514

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 126.2576.

Sun Life Financial Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201406 1,363.051 99.473 1,730.068
201409 1,382.831 99.394 1,756.569
201412 1,375.835 98.367 1,765.932
201503 1,329.504 99.789 1,682.144
201506 1,377.998 100.500 1,731.164
201509 1,328.862 100.421 1,670.749
201512 1,322.610 99.947 1,670.776
201603 1,327.250 101.054 1,658.284
201606 1,372.837 102.002 1,699.298
201609 1,401.341 101.765 1,738.620
201612 1,400.573 101.449 1,743.081
201703 1,414.332 102.634 1,739.878
201706 1,430.609 103.029 1,753.155
201709 1,552.144 103.345 1,896.275
201712 1,497.773 103.345 1,829.849
201803 1,521.554 105.004 1,829.528
201806 1,530.871 105.557 1,831.087
201809 1,522.745 105.636 1,820.006
201812 1,552.232 105.399 1,859.421
201903 1,575.503 106.979 1,859.420
201906 1,587.588 107.690 1,861.310
201909 1,562.848 107.611 1,833.650
201912 1,589.157 107.769 1,861.784
202003 1,563.085 107.927 1,828.558
202006 1,612.808 108.401 1,878.475
202009 1,678.964 108.164 1,959.815
202012 1,724.734 108.559 2,005.914
202103 1,741.170 110.298 1,993.116
202106 1,826.997 111.720 2,064.739
202109 1,835.415 112.905 2,052.480
202112 1,529.635 113.774 1,697.471
202203 1,855.539 117.646 1,991.372
202206 2,021.146 120.806 2,112.356
202209 2,006.470 120.648 2,099.764
202212 1,482.132 120.964 1,546.994
202303 1,665.311 122.702 1,713.566
202306 1,694.034 124.203 1,722.053
202309 1,709.262 125.230 1,723.282
202312 1,583.497 125.072 1,598.502
202403 1,773.514 126.258 1,773.514

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  (PHS: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 (PHS: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.