Sun Life Financial Stock Cash And Equivalents

SLF Stock  CAD 71.75  0.54  0.76%   
Sun Life Financial fundamentals help investors to digest information that contributes to Sun Life's financial success or failures. It also enables traders to predict the movement of Sun Stock. The fundamental analysis module provides a way to measure Sun Life's intrinsic value by examining its available economic and financial indicators, including the cash flow records, the balance sheet account changes, the income statement patterns, and various microeconomic indicators and financial ratios related to Sun Life stock.
Last ReportedProjected for Next Year
Cash And Equivalents7.3 B6.2 B
As of the 4th of May 2024, Cash And Equivalents is likely to drop to about 6.2 B.
  
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Sun Life Financial Company Cash And Equivalents Analysis

Sun Life's Cash or Cash Equivalents are the most liquid of all assets found on the company's balance sheet. It is used in calculating many of the firm's liquidity ratios and is a good indicator of the overall financial health of a company. Companies with a lot of cash are usually attractive takeover targets. Cash Equivalents are balance sheet items that are typically reported using currency printed on notes.

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Current Sun Life Cash And Equivalents

    
  6.31 B  
Most of Sun Life's fundamental indicators, such as Cash And Equivalents, are part of a valuation analysis module that helps investors searching for stocks that are currently trading at higher or lower prices than their real value. If the real value is higher than the market price, Sun Life Financial is considered to be undervalued, and we provide a buy recommendation. Otherwise, we render a sell signal.

Sun Cash And Equivalents Driver Correlations

Understanding the fundamental principles of building solid financial models for Sun Life is extremely important. It helps to project a fair market value of Sun Stock properly, considering its historical fundamentals such as Cash And Equivalents. Since Sun Life's main accounts across its financial reports are all linked and dependent on each other, it is essential to analyze all possible correlations between related accounts. However, instead of reviewing all of Sun Life's historical financial statements, investors can examine the correlated drivers to determine its overall health. This can be effectively done using a conventional correlation matrix of Sun Life's interrelated accounts and indicators.
Cash equivalents represent current assets that are easily convertible to cash such as short term bonds, savings account, money market funds, or certificate of deposits (CDs). One of the important consideration companies make when classifying assets as cash equivalent is that investments they report on their balance sheets under current assets should have almost no risk of change in value over the next few months (usually three months).
Competition

In accordance with the recently published financial statements, Sun Life Financial has 6.31 B in Cash And Equivalents. This is 81.32% lower than that of the Insurance sector and significantly higher than that of the Financials industry. The cash and equivalents for all Canada stocks is 133.52% lower than that of the firm.

Sun Cash And Equivalents Peer Comparison

Stock peer comparison is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It analyses Sun Life's direct or indirect competition against its Cash And Equivalents to detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics or determine the stocks which would be a good addition to a portfolio. Peer analysis of Sun Life could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Sun Life by comparing valuation metrics of similar companies.
Sun Life is currently under evaluation in cash and equivalents category among related companies.

Sun Life ESG Sustainability

Some studies have found that companies with high sustainability scores are getting higher valuations than competitors with lower social-engagement activities. While most ESG disclosures are voluntary and do not directly affect the long term financial condition, Sun Life's sustainability indicators can be used to identify proper investment strategies using environmental, social, and governance scores that are crucial to Sun Life's managers, analysts, and investors.
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About Sun Life Fundamental Analysis

The Macroaxis Fundamental Analysis modules help investors analyze Sun Life Financial's financials across various querterly and yearly statements, indicators and fundamental ratios. We help investors to determine the real value of Sun Life using virtually all public information available. We use both quantitative as well as qualitative analysis to arrive at the intrinsic value of Sun Life Financial based on its fundamental data. In general, a quantitative approach, as applied to this company, focuses on analyzing financial statements comparatively, whereas a qaualitative method uses data that is important to a company's growth but cannot be measured and presented in a numerical way.
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Some investors attempt to determine whether the market's mood is bullish or bearish by monitoring changes in market sentiment. Unlike more traditional methods such as technical analysis, investor sentiment usually refers to the aggregate attitude towards Sun Life in the overall investment community. So, suppose investors can accurately measure the market's sentiment. In that case, they can use it for their benefit. For example, some tools to gauge market sentiment could be utilized using contrarian indexes, Sun Life's short interest history, or implied volatility extrapolated from Sun Life options trading.

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When determining whether Sun Life Financial is a strong investment it is important to analyze Sun Life's competitive position within its industry, examining market share, product or service uniqueness, and competitive advantages. Beyond financials and market position, potential investors should also consider broader economic conditions, industry trends, and any regulatory or geopolitical factors that may impact Sun Life's future performance. For an informed investment choice regarding Sun Stock, refer to the following important reports:
Check out World Market Map to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Sun Life Financial. Also, note that the market value of any company could be tightly coupled with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in board of governors.
Note that the Sun Life Financial information on this page should be used as a complementary analysis to other Sun Life's statistical models used to find the right mix of equity instruments to add to your existing portfolios or create a brand new portfolio. You can also try the Portfolio Anywhere module to track or share privately all of your investments from the convenience of any device.

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Please note, there is a significant difference between Sun Life's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Sun Life is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Sun Life's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.