Unum Group Stock Price, Forecast & Analysis (NYSE:UNM)

Unum Group trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "UNM."

Unum Group declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 15th. Stockholders of record on Monday, October 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.285 per share on Friday, November 15th. This represents a $1.14 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.89%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 25th. View Unum Group's Dividend History.

Unum Group announced that its board has approved a share repurchase plan on Thursday, May 24th 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase $750,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 8.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are often a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Unum Group (NYSE:UNM) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 29th. The financial services provider reported $1.36 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.37 by $0.01. The financial services provider earned $2.96 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.02 billion. Unum Group had a net margin of 8.89% and a return on equity of 12.31%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 1.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.37 earnings per share. View Unum Group's Earnings History.

Unum Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 4th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Unum Group.

5 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Unum Group's shares. Their forecasts range from $32.00 to $45.00. On average, they anticipate Unum Group's share price to reach $37.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 28.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Unum Group.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Unum Group in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Unum Group.

Media stories about UNM stock have trended very negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Unum Group earned a media sentiment score of -3.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Unum Group.

Unum Group saw a drop in short interest in the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totalling 5,780,000 shares, a drop of 12.7% from the September 15th total of 6,620,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,960,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.9 days. Currently, 2.8% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Unum Group's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Unum Group include Metlife (MET), AFLAC (AFL), Prudential Financial (PRU), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Lincoln National (LNC), Primerica (PRI), CNO Financial Group (CNO), American Equity Investment Life (AEL), FBL Financial Group (FFG), National Western Life Group (NWLI), Independence (IHC), Citizens (CIA), Health Insurance Innovations (HIIQ) and Kansas City Life Insurance (KCLI).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Unum Group investors own include AFLAC (AFL), Ford Motor (F), Intel (INTC), Gilead Sciences (GILD), AbbVie (ABBV), Verizon Communications (VZ), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Netflix (NFLX), Symantec (SYMC) and Caterpillar (CAT).

Unum Group's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Donald Smith & CO. Inc. (2.81%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.54%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.48%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.48%), Grace & White Inc. NY (0.29%) and California Public Employees Retirement System (0.29%). Company insiders that own Unum Group stock include Breege A Farrell, Christopher J Jerome, Daniel Jason Waxenberg, Gloria C Larson, John F Mcgarry, Lisa G Iglesias, Michael Q Simonds and Timothy Gerald Arnold. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Unum Group.

UNM stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Strs Ohio, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., James Investment Research Inc., Patten & Patten Inc. TN, SG Americas Securities LLC, Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., Foundry Partners LLC and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Unum Group.

UNM stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Donald Smith & CO. Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. and Meritage Portfolio Management. View Insider Buying and Selling for Unum Group.

Shares of UNM can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of UNM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $29.27.

Unum Group has a market capitalization of $6.04 billion and generates $11.60 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $523.40 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.20 on an earnings per share basis. Unum Group employs 9,600 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Unum Group.

The official website for Unum Group is http://www.unum.com/.

Unum Group's mailing address is 1 FOUNTAIN SQUARE, CHATTANOOGA TN, 37402. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 423-294-1011 or via email at [email protected]