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Sun Life Financial Inc.
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Sun Life Financial (SLF) Dividend History

Complete ex-dividend dates, payment schedules, dividend yields, CAGR growth rates, and payout ratios.

Annual Dividend (TTM)
$2.5989
Quarterly
Dividend Yield
4.13%
Last ex-date: Feb 25, 2026
Payout Ratio (TTM)
54.19%
Percentage of earnings paid as dividends
Dividend Growth
9.20%
Year-over-year change

Sun Life Financial (SLF) Dividend Statistics & Metrics

Comprehensive dividend yields, CAGR growth rates, payout ratios, and payment frequency analysis

Payment Details

Dividend payment schedule and frequency details

FrequencyQuarterly
Last Payment$0.6751
Last Ex-DateFeb 25, 2026
Last Payment DateMar 31, 2026

Growth Metrics

Dividend CAGR and consecutive years of growth

TTM Growth (YoY)9.20%
3-Year CAGR-32.64%
5-Year CAGR-17.58%
10-Year CAGR-7.88%

Historical Averages

Multi-year dividend averages and payout ratio

Payout Ratio (TTM)54.19%
5-Year Average$1.9787
10-Year Average$1.7699
First PaymentNov 8, 2000

SLF Historical Dividend Distribution Trend Chart

Visualize dividend payout amounts, distribution growth trends, income yield patterns, and stock splits over time

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Sun Life Financial (SLF) Dividend Payment History

Complete ex-dividend dates, record dates, payment dates, amounts, and frequency

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Complete dividend payment history including ex-dividend dates, record dates, payment dates, declaration dates, amounts, frequency, and type
Ex-Dividend DateRecord DatePayment DateDeclaration DateAmountFrequency
Feb 25, 2026Feb 25, 2026Mar 31, 2026Feb 11, 2026$0.6751Quarterly
Nov 26, 2025Nov 26, 2025Dec 31, 2025Nov 5, 2025$0.6513Quarterly
Aug 27, 2025Aug 27, 2025Sep 29, 2025May 9, 2025$0.6394Quarterly
May 28, 2025May 28, 2025Jun 30, 2025May 8, 2025$0.6332Quarterly
Feb 26, 2025Feb 26, 2025Mar 31, 2025Feb 12, 2025$0.5876Quarterly
Nov 27, 2024Nov 27, 2024Dec 31, 2024Nov 4, 2024$0.5979Quarterly
Aug 28, 2024Aug 28, 2024Sep 27, 2024Aug 12, 2024$0.6020Quarterly
May 29, 2024May 29, 2024Jun 28, 2024May 9, 2024$0.5924Quarterly
Feb 27, 2024Feb 28, 2024Mar 28, 2024Feb 7, 2024$0.5770Quarterly
Nov 28, 2023Nov 29, 2023Dec 29, 2023Aug 9, 2023$0.5719Quarterly
Aug 29, 2023Aug 30, 2023Sep 29, 2023Aug 8, 2023$0.5520Quarterly
May 30, 2023May 31, 2023Jun 30, 2023May 11, 2023$0.5543Quarterly
Feb 28, 2023Mar 1, 2023Mar 31, 2023Feb 8, 2023$0.5308Quarterly
Nov 22, 2022Nov 23, 2022Dec 30, 2022Nov 2, 2022$0.5341Quarterly
Aug 23, 2022Aug 24, 2022Sep 29, 2022Aug 3, 2022$0.5290Quarterly
May 31, 2022Jun 1, 2022Jun 30, 2022May 11, 2022$0.5451Quarterly
Mar 1, 2022Mar 2, 2022Mar 31, 2022Feb 9, 2022$0.5204Quarterly
Nov 23, 2021Nov 24, 2021Dec 31, 2021Nov 3, 2021$0.4421Quarterly
Aug 24, 2021Aug 25, 2021Sep 29, 2021Aug 4, 2021$0.4373Quarterly
May 25, 2021May 26, 2021Jun 30, 2021May 5, 2021$0.4556Quarterly
Feb 26, 2021Mar 1, 2021Mar 31, 2021Feb 10, 2021$0.4395Quarterly
Nov 24, 2020-Dec 31, 2020Nov 4, 2020$0.4201Quarterly
Aug 25, 2020-Sep 30, 2020Aug 6, 2020$0.4164Quarterly
May 26, 2020-Jun 30, 2020May 5, 2020$0.3934Quarterly
Feb 28, 2020-Mar 31, 2020Feb 12, 2020$0.4150Quarterly
Nov 26, 2019-Dec 31, 2019Nov 6, 2019$0.4139Quarterly
Aug 27, 2019-Sep 30, 2019Jul 31, 2019$0.3958Quarterly
May 28, 2019-Jun 28, 2019May 8, 2019$0.3896Quarterly
Feb 28, 2019-Mar 29, 2019Feb 13, 2019$0.3796Quarterly
Nov 27, 2018-Dec 31, 2018Nov 7, 2018$0.3764Quarterly
Aug 28, 2018-Sep 28, 2018Aug 8, 2018$0.3679Quarterly
May 29, 2018-Jun 29, 2018May 8, 2018$0.3651Quarterly
Feb 28, 2018-Mar 29, 2018Feb 14, 2018$0.3551Quarterly
Nov 28, 2017-Dec 29, 2017Nov 8, 2017$0.3551Quarterly
Aug 28, 2017-Sep 29, 2017Aug 9, 2017$0.3487Quarterly
May 29, 2017-Jun 30, 2017May 10, 2017$0.3237Quarterly
Mar 1, 2017-Mar 31, 2017Feb 15, 2017$0.3146Quarterly
Nov 28, 2016-Dec 30, 2016Nov 9, 2016$0.3129Quarterly
Aug 29, 2016-Sep 30, 2016Aug 10, 2016$0.3108Quarterly
May 31, 2016---$0.3110-
May 27, 2016-Jun 30, 2016May 10, 2016$0.3108Quarterly
Feb 29, 2016-Mar 31, 2016Feb 10, 2016$0.2879Quarterly
Nov 23, 2015-Dec 31, 2015Nov 4, 2015$0.2920Quarterly
Aug 24, 2015-Sep 30, 2015Aug 5, 2015$0.2880Quarterly
May 22, 2015-Jun 30, 2015May 5, 2015$0.3093Quarterly
Feb 23, 2015-Mar 31, 2015Feb 11, 2015$0.2862Quarterly
Nov 24, 2014-Dec 31, 2014Nov 5, 2014$0.3193Quarterly
Aug 25, 2014-Sep 30, 2014Aug 6, 2014$0.3282Quarterly
May 23, 2014-Jun 30, 2014May 6, 2014$0.3309Quarterly
Feb 26, 2014-Mar 31, 2014Feb 12, 2014$0.3241Quarterly
Nov 25, 2013-Dec 31, 2013Nov 6, 2013$0.3409Quarterly
Aug 26, 2013-Sep 30, 2013Aug 7, 2013$0.3424Quarterly
May 24, 2013-Jun 28, 2013May 8, 2013$0.3487Quarterly
Feb 25, 2013-Mar 28, 2013Feb 13, 2013$0.3509Quarterly
Nov 26, 2012-Dec 31, 2012Nov 7, 2012$0.3618Quarterly
Aug 27, 2012-Sep 28, 2012Aug 9, 2012$0.3659Quarterly
May 25, 2012-Jun 29, 2012May 10, 2012$0.3537Quarterly
Mar 5, 2012-Mar 30, 2012Feb 16, 2012$0.3623Quarterly
Nov 21, 2011-Dec 30, 2011Nov 3, 2011$0.3459Quarterly
Aug 22, 2011-Sep 30, 2011Aug 4, 2011$0.3500Quarterly
May 25, 2011-Jun 30, 2011-$0.3686Quarterly
May 23, 2011---$0.3720-
Feb 28, 2011-Mar 31, 2011Feb 17, 2011$0.3713Quarterly
Nov 22, 2010-Dec 31, 2010Nov 4, 2010$0.3615Quarterly
Aug 23, 2010-Sep 30, 2010Aug 5, 2010$0.3509Quarterly
May 24, 2010-Jun 30, 2010May 6, 2010$0.3395Quarterly
Feb 22, 2010-Mar 31, 2010Feb 11, 2010$0.3546Quarterly
Nov 23, 2009-Dec 31, 2009Nov 5, 2009$0.3431Quarterly
Aug 24, 2009-Sep 30, 2009Aug 6, 2009$0.3366Quarterly
May 22, 2009-Jun 30, 2009May 7, 2009$0.3180Quarterly
Feb 23, 2009-Apr 1, 2009Feb 12, 2009$0.2860Quarterly
Nov 17, 2008-Jan 2, 2009Oct 30, 2008$0.2986Quarterly
Aug 18, 2008-Oct 1, 2008Jul 31, 2008$0.3390Quarterly
May 19, 2008---$0.3560-
May 16, 2008-Jul 2, 2008-$0.3599Quarterly
Feb 25, 2008-Apr 1, 2008Feb 14, 2008$0.3608Quarterly
Nov 19, 2007-Jan 2, 2008Oct 30, 2007$0.3460Quarterly
Aug 20, 2007-Oct 1, 2007Jul 31, 2007$0.3430Quarterly
May 21, 2007---$0.2880-
May 18, 2007-Jul 3, 2007-$0.2937Quarterly
Feb 19, 2007-Apr 2, 2007-$0.2748Quarterly
Feb 16, 2007---$0.2730-
Nov 20, 2006-Jan 2, 2007Oct 26, 2006$0.2672Quarterly
Aug 21, 2006-Oct 2, 2006Jul 27, 2006$0.2689Quarterly
May 22, 2006-Jul 5, 2006Apr 27, 2006$0.2454Quarterly
Feb 20, 2006-Apr 3, 2006-$0.2393Quarterly
Feb 17, 2006---$0.2380-
Nov 21, 2005-Jan 3, 2006Oct 27, 2005$0.2206Quarterly
Aug 22, 2005-Sep 30, 2005Jul 28, 2005$0.2195Quarterly
May 23, 2005---$0.1900-
May 20, 2005-Jun 30, 2005-$0.1903Quarterly
Feb 18, 2005-Mar 31, 2005Jan 27, 2005$0.1952Quarterly
Nov 22, 2004-Dec 31, 2004Oct 28, 2004$0.1831Quarterly
Aug 23, 2004-Sep 30, 2004Jul 30, 2004$0.1744Quarterly
May 24, 2004-Jun 30, 2004Apr 29, 2004$0.1535Quarterly
Feb 23, 2004-Mar 31, 2004Jan 29, 2004$0.1599Quarterly
Nov 17, 2003-Dec 31, 2003Oct 28, 2003$0.1311Quarterly
Aug 25, 2003-Sep 30, 2003Jul 29, 2003$0.1259Quarterly
May 26, 2003-Jun 30, 2003-$0.1238Quarterly
May 23, 2003---$0.1700-
Feb 24, 2003-Mar 31, 2003Feb 12, 2003$0.1153Quarterly
Nov 15, 2002-Dec 31, 2002Oct 31, 2002$0.0889Quarterly
Aug 23, 2002-Sep 30, 2002Jul 31, 2002$0.0883Quarterly
May 8, 2002-Jun 28, 2002May 1, 2002$0.0925Quarterly
Feb 22, 2002-Mar 31, 2002Feb 13, 2002$0.0879Quarterly
Nov 15, 2001-Dec 31, 2001Oct 25, 2001$0.0753Quarterly
Aug 23, 2001-Sep 30, 2001Jul 25, 2001$0.0761Quarterly
May 23, 2001-Jun 30, 2001Apr 25, 2001$0.0776Quarterly
Feb 22, 2001-Mar 31, 2001Feb 15, 2001$0.0761Quarterly
Nov 9, 2000---$0.1200-
Nov 8, 2000-Dec 31, 2000-$0.0783-

Frequently Asked Questions About Sun Life Financial Dividends

What is SLF's current dividend yield?

Sun Life Financial Inc.'s current dividend yield is 4.13%, calculated by dividing the annual dividend by the current stock price.

When is SLF's ex-dividend date?

The most recent ex-dividend date for SLF was February 25, 2026. Check the Dividend Payment History table for upcoming dates.

How often does SLF pay dividends?

Sun Life Financial Inc. pays dividends quarterly. View the complete payment history in the table above.

What is SLF's dividend payout ratio?

Sun Life Financial Inc.'s payout ratio is 54.19%, indicating the percentage of earnings paid to shareholders as dividends.

What is SLF's dividend growth rate?

Sun Life Financial Inc.'s year-over-year dividend growth is 9.20%.