Prudential Financial vs Sun Life Financial
PRU and SLF side by side, both in life insurance. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How PRU and SLF compare
Prudential Financial grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (9.4% versus 8.0% for Sun Life Financial).
Sun Life Financial keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 8.5% compared with 6.0% at Prudential Financial.
Prudential Financial pays a dividend yielding 4.8%; Sun Life Financial does not pay one.
Prudential Financial scores higher on the StockData Score (13 against 5 for Sun Life Financial), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | PRU | SLF |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $40.2B | – |
| Share price | $116.45 | $80.91 |
| Change, 1 year | 15.1% | 31.1% |
| Change, 5 years | 5.0% | 42.5% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.96 | 0.66 |
| Employees | 52K | – |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 13 (better) | 5 |
| Valuation score | 4 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Health score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Dividend score | 5 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 10.5× | – |
| P/S | 0.6× | – |
| P/B | 1.3× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 9.7× | – |
| Fair value | $121.85 | – |
| Margin of safety | 4.4% | – |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 9.4% (better) | 8.0% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 1.3% (better) | −0.67% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 140% (better) | 13.5% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 144% (better) | 16.9% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 8.4% |
| Profitability | ||
| Net margin | 6.0% | 8.5% (better) |
| FCF margin | – | 6.3% |
| Return on equity | 12.6% | 14.2% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.65 | – |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.15 | – |
| Altman Z-score | 0.18 | – |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 (better) | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 4.8% | – |
| Payout ratio | 49.7% | 58.1% |
| Years of dividend growth | 12 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 4.2% | – |
| Buyback yield | 2.5% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 7.3% | – |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 63.4% | 41.6% |
| Held by insiders | 0.25% | 0.00% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$9.0M | – |
Go deeper
- PRU stock overview
- PRU income statement
- PRU valuation and score
- SLF stock overview
- SLF income statement
- SLF valuation and score
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