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Is a Surprise Coming for Sun Life Financial (SLF) This Earnings Season?

Zacks Equity Research
Updated

Investors are always looking for stocks that are poised to beat at earnings season and Sun Life Financial Inc. SLF may be one such company. The firm has earnings coming up pretty soon, and events are shaping up quite nicely for their report.

That is because Sun Life Financial is seeing favorable earnings estimate revision activity as of late, which is generally a precursor to earnings beat. After all, analysts raising estimates right before earnings — with the most up-to-date information possible — is a pretty good indicator of some favorable trends underneath the surface for SLF in this report.

In fact, the Most Accurate Estimate for the current quarter is currently at 90 cents per share for SLF, compared to a broader Zacks Consensus Estimate of 89 cents per share. This suggests that analysts have very recently bumped up their estimates for SLF, giving the stock a Zacks Earnings ESP of +0.47% heading into earnings season.

Sun Life Financial Inc. Price and EPS Surprise

Sun Life Financial Inc. Price and EPS Surprise | Sun Life Financial Inc. Quote

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Given that SLF has a Zacks Rank #3 and an ESP in positive territory, investors might want to consider this stock ahead of earnings. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.

Clearly, recent earnings estimate revisions suggest that good things are ahead for Sun Life Financial, and that a beat might be in the cards for the upcoming report.

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