Sun Life Financial Inc.SLF

Where SLF's Dividend Yield sits inside its own 10-year distribution, with the yearly high, low and average.

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SLF Dividend Yield: current value, 10-year range and year-by-year history

3.4%Historically low

SLF's dividend yield is lower than 83% of the last 10 years.

Dividend Yield History

Historically priceyAbove avgAround avgBelow avgHistorically cheap
SLF Dividend Yield historySLF Dividend Yield from Sep 2023 to Sep 2026: low 3.16%, high 5.79%, latest 3.4%.2.95%3.71%4.48%5.24%6%Sep 23Apr 24Nov 24Jun 25Feb 26Sep 26med 4.12%

SLF Dividend Yield by year

Yearly range of SLF’s dividend yield from 2016 to 2026. Over the full period it ranged from 2.3% to 6.6%, averaging 3.9%.

SLF Dividend Yield — yearly low, average, high and year-end values
YearLowAverageHighYear-end
20263.2%3.7%4.9%3.4%
20253.6%4.1%5.4%4.0%
20243.8%4.3%5.8%4.0%
20233.2%4.4%5.6%4.3%
20222.7%4.2%5.7%4.6%
20213.0%3.4%4.7%3.3%
20203.2%4.4%6.6%4.1%
20193.3%3.7%4.8%3.5%
20183.3%3.7%5.1%4.4%
20173.0%3.6%4.5%3.5%
20162.3%3.4%3.9%3.2%

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Annual dividends per share as a percentage of the stock price. Moves inversely with price — so a historically high yield for a quality business often means the stock is temporarily depressed.

FormulaAnnual Dividends / Price × 100%
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How to read this chart

For dividend investors, yield near the top of its historical range is the signal worth waiting for: same business, same dividend, lower price than usual. Zones are inverted vs P/E — green at the top (historically high yield = historically cheap stock), red at the bottom (low yield = historically expensive).

Key caveats
  • An unusually high yield can also signal an expected dividend cut — always check the payout ratio and recent earnings before acting on a high-yield signal.
  • Verify whether a rising yield comes from a price decline (potentially interesting) or from a growing dividend (healthy but changes the entry signal logic).

Is SLF Dividend Yield High or Low Right Now?

Sun Life Financial Inc.'s Dividend Yield is currently 3.4%, which is historically low relative to its 10-year historical range. The 10-year median Dividend Yield for SLF is approximately 3.9%. See all SLF valuation metrics →

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