SUN Life Financial Inc cash flow statement

In fiscal 2025, SUN Life Financial Inc's operations generated $2.00bn of cash; it spent $104m on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of $1.90bn. It returned $1.48bn in dividends and $1.22bn through buybacks.

Cash flow statement

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

SUN Life Financial Inc: cash flow statement, annual
Fiscal year	2016Dec 2016	2017Dec 2017	2018Dec 2018	2019Dec 2019	2020Dec 2020	2021Dec 2021	2022Dec 2022	2023Dec 2023	2024Dec 2024	2025Dec 2025
Cash from operations	2,772	1,530	2,960	1,865	5,409	−1,482	3,316	4,159	1,849	2,004
Depreciation and amortisation	71	75	83	182	186	196	185	185	191	190
Capital spending	99	140	66	86	118	65	—	127	104	104
Free cash flow	2,673	1,389	2,895	1,779	5,291	−1,547	—	4,032	1,744	1,900
Dividends paid	812	890	947	993	1,014	1,140	1,285	1,395	1,433	1,478
Share buybacks	0	135	495	446	149	0	0	138	624	1,222

Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Free cash flow after stock pay also subtracts stock-based compensation, a real cost to shareholders that the cash flow statement adds back. Dividends, buybacks and shares issued are cash amounts for the period.

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Figures from SUN Life Financial Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved November 1, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to SUN Life Financial Inc.