CINCINNATI FINANCIAL CORPORATION vs SUN LIFE FINANCIAL INC, two Insurance stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Cincinnati Financial underwrites property and casualty risk, graded on the combined ratio and reserve discipline. Sun Life runs Canadian life and wealth books, earning the spread on long-dated float. Cincinnati holds the slimmer earnings multiple, 10.53 times against Sun Life's 17.18, and the lower return on equity, 14.06% versus 14.84%, though those two sit close. Cincinnati's 17.09% net margin runs well above Sun Life's 9.03%, a reflection of how casualty premium counts against life. On book value Sun Life trades richer, 2.34 times versus 1.84. Sun Life is the larger house at $43.9B against $28.9B. Cincinnati pays a 1.89% dividend; Sun Life's yield is not listed here.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | CINF | SLF |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $179.18 | $79.94 |
| Market cap | $28.1B | $45.0B |
| Sector | Financial Services | Financial Services |
| Stage | Growth | Growth |
| P/E | 10.2 | 17.6 |
| P/B | 1.79 | 2.40 |
| P/S | 2.18 | 1.46 |
| Revenue growth | +18.3% | +18.1% |
| Net margin | 17.1% | 9.0% |
| Return on equity | 14.1% | 14.8% |
| Return on assets | 5.4% | 0.9% |
| Dividend yield | 1.9% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.05 | 0.00 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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