Chubb Limited vs SUN LIFE FINANCIAL INC, two Insurance stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Chubb underwrites property and casualty risk, so its results ride on the combined ratio and reserves proving out. Sun Life runs Canadian life and wealth books, earning the spread on long-dated float. Chubb is far larger at $134.7B against Sun Life's $43.9B, and cheaper on earnings, 12.08 times versus 17.18. The return on equity nearly ties, Chubb at 14.14% and Sun Life at 14.84%, but Chubb's 18.58% net margin runs well above Sun Life's 9.03%. On book value Sun Life trades richer, 2.34 times against Chubb's 1.69. Chubb runs modest leverage at 0.22 and pays a 1.12% dividend; Sun Life's yield does not appear in these numbers.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | CB | SLF |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $347.77 | $79.94 |
| Market cap | $137.2B | $45.0B |
| Sector | Financial Services | Financial Services |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| P/E | 12.3 | 17.6 |
| P/B | 1.72 | 2.40 |
| P/S | 2.26 | 1.46 |
| Revenue growth | +8.2% | +18.1% |
| Net margin | 18.6% | 9.0% |
| Return on equity | 14.1% | 14.8% |
| Return on assets | 4.1% | 0.9% |
| Dividend yield | 1.1% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.22 | 0.00 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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