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Suncorp Group LimitedSUN.AXCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Australia · AUD·Financials›Multi-Line Insurance

Australian general insurer selling home, motor and business insurance under the Suncorp, AAMI, GIO and Apia brands, plus NZ insurance.

≈ Australia's Allstate/ProgressiveMomentum leader 84
Mkt cap
$14.9B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
100%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$39.2M
20-day average traded
P/B
2.08×
price to book
ROE
9.8%
delivered
Implied ROE
11.7%
what the price asks
Next earnings
103 days
17 Feb 2027
Close · AUDA$20.29
1D+1.1%
1W+3.3%
1M+7.1%
3M+9.3%
6M+21.2%
YTD+15.0%
1Y+3.7%
ATR %2.1%
52w lowhigh1.1% off high

What Suncorp does

Australian general insurer selling home, motor and business insurance under the Suncorp, AAMI, GIO and Apia brands, plus NZ insurance.

Collects premiums on home, motor and business cover and earns an underwriting profit when they exceed claims and costs, plus returns on the investments held against future claims. It sold Suncorp Bank to ANZ in 2024 and is now a pure insurer.

In one line: Australia's Allstate/Progressive.

Products and services

  • Motor insurance
  • Home/property insurance
  • Commercial/business insurance
  • New Zealand insurance (Vero)

Customers

  • Retail policyholders (home, motor)
  • SME/commercial customers
  • NZ policyholders

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Insurance
  • General/property-casualty insurance
  • Multi-brand retail + commercial…

What could go right

  • Premium rate increases (post reinsurance hardening)
  • Cross-sell growth post bank divestment

What could go wrong

  • Natural catastrophe/reinsurance cost volatility
  • Regulatory/premium affordability scrutiny

Moat: narrow (brand, scale, distribution). Multi-brand strategy captures different customer segments while sharing underwriting/claims scale.

Headquarters: Brisbane, Australia · Founded: 1902 · Employees: 11,500

Named competitors

Suncorp at a glance

Size Suncorp (SUN.AX) is an Australia Financials company (Multi-Line Insurance) with a market value of $14.9B, the 25th largest of 316 Australia companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at A$20.29 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 21.2%, against +9.1% for the median peer and +4.1% for the Australia market (cap-weighted) — 3rd highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 2.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +7.2%); the operating margin is 9.2% (peer median 15.0%).

Valuation It trades at 2.08× book value against a peer median of 1.75× (7th most expensive of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 11.7%; Suncorp delivers 9.8%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.

Next results Next results expected around 17 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10011012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026SUN.AX 119Peer median 110
Six months, rebased to 100: Suncorp against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Suncorp financials

Reported figures in AUD; fiscal year ends 2026-06-30. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023
RevenueA$16.4BA$16.4BA$16.8BA$14.8BA$12.8B
Revenue growth—-3%+14%+16%—
Net incomeA$1.03BA$1.03BA$1.52BA$1.20BA$1.07B
Free cash flowA$1.58BA$1.58BA$2.70BA$2.43BA$370M
Capital expenditureA$0A$0A$0A$0A$0
Total debtn/aA$3.23BA$3.40BA$2.52BA$26.6B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Suncorp competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-20%0%+20%-10%0%+10%BNTGJFMAPPZUASRNLCNAAGNUNMGLABCAPITAL1336LGENUNIKNSL0966HBANHSXWRBCINFLNCSUN.AX6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Suncorp is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

0%10%20%30%20×40×60×BNTGJFMAPPZUASRNLCNAUNMGLABCAPITAL1336LGENUNIKNSL0966HBANHSXWRBCINFLNCSUN.AXReturn on equity →Price / book →
A bank or insurer earning more on its equity usually trades at a higher multiple of book; points far above the trend are priced for more. Suncorp is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

0%20%40%60%0%20%40%60%BNTGJFMAPPZUASRNLUNMABCAPITAL1336LGENUNIKNSL0966HBANLNCSUN.AXROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. Suncorp is the large dot.

Suncorp competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (SUN.AX vs IAG.AX vs QBE.AX)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
Suncorp SUN.AX$14.9B+21%-3%10%2.08×11.7%
Insurance Australia IAG.AX$14.4B+17%+9%14%2.87×13.1%
QBE Insurance QBE.AX$27.7B+19%+3%19%2.37×11.3%

How Suncorp compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Suncorp against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureSUN.AXPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+7.1%+3.2%8th highest of 21
6-month return+21.2%+9.1%3rd highest of 21
Return on equity9.8%16.9%5th lowest of 21
Price / book2.08×1.75×7th most expensive of 21
Trailing P/E22.3×12.5×5th most expensive of 20
ROE the price implies11.7%10.4%10th most demanding of 21
ROE delivered9.8%16.9%5th lowest of 20

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
Suncorp SUN.AXAustralia$14.9B+21%-3%10%2.08×11.7%9.8%
Brookfield Wealth Solutions BNT.TOCanada$14.9B-8%-18%1%0.70×9.4%0.7%
Gjensidige Forsikring GJF.OLNorway$14.7B+9%+7%30%5.73×19.1%29.9%
Mapfre MAP.MCSpain$14.1B-2%+5%12%1.26×8.4%12.4%
Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen Spolka Akcyjna PZU.WAPoland$16.1B+15%+1%20%1.83×19.5%19.5%
ASR Nederland ASRNL.ASNetherlands$17.3B+14%+6%13%1.74×8.3%13.1%
CNA Financial CNAUnited States$12.8B+9%+2%10%1.25×7.2%9.6%
Aegon AGN.ASNetherlands$12.7B+4%+16%10%1.25×8.2%10.5%
Unum UNMUnited States$12.2B-5%-5%3%1.52×8.1%2.6%
Globe Life GLUnited States$12.1B+4%+6%21%2.08×11.7%n/a
Aditya Birla Capital ABCAPITAL.NSIndia$11.5B+8%+24%12%2.56×41.9%12.1%
New China Life Insurance 1336.HKHong Kong$21.5B-24%+44%42%0.87×10.3%42.3%
Legal & General LGEN.LUnited Kingdom$21.9B+24%+137%26%7.73×70.7%26.2%
Unipol Assicurazioni UNI.MIItaly$23.8B+13%+7%17%1.62×14.9%16.9%
Kinsale Capital KNSLUnited States$8.64B+26%+8%28%4.70×30.6%27.8%
China Taiping Insurance 0966.HKHong Kong$8.28B-24%+19%36%0.63×8.1%36.2%
Helvetia Baloise HBAN.SWSwitzerland$27.0B+5%+54%4%1.80×4.8%4.0%
Hiscox HSX.LUnited Kingdom$8.08B+18%+4%17%2.06×15.1%16.6%
W. R. Berkley WRBUnited States$27.9B+16%+1%19%2.91×12.8%19.2%
Cincinnati Financial CINFUnited States$28.5B+15%+10%17%1.76×10.6%16.9%
Lincoln National LNCUnited States$7.67B+12%+12%23%0.74×8.6%22.6%

Questions

Who are Suncorp's main competitors?
Named competitors: Insurance Australia Group (IAG.AX), QBE Insurance Group (QBE.AX), Allianz Australia (private or unlisted). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Brookfield Wealth Solutions (BNT.TO), Gjensidige Forsikring (GJF.OL), Mapfre (MAP.MC), Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen Spolka Akcyjna (PZU.WA), ASR Nederland (ASRNL.AS), CNA Financial (CNA).
Is Suncorp expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 2.08× against a peer median of 1.75×, 7th most expensive of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 11.7%; Suncorp delivers 9.8%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.
How has Suncorp stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +21.2% against +9.1% for the median peer; over one year +3.7%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.