NYSE:UNM - Unum Group Stock Price, Forecast & News

Unum Group's stock was trading at $17.48 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, UNM stock has decreased by 12.7% and is now trading at $15.26. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Unum Group in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Unum Group.

Unum Group is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Unum Group.

Unum Group (NYSE:UNM) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, February, 4th. The financial services provider reported $1.41 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.38 by $0.03. The financial services provider had revenue of $3.03 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.02 billion. Unum Group had a return on equity of 11.97% and a net margin of 9.17%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 3.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.30 earnings per share. View Unum Group's earnings history.

Unum Group announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, January 17th. Investors of record on Friday, January 31st will be given a dividend of $0.285 per share on Friday, February 21st. This represents a $1.14 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 7.47%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, January 30th. View Unum Group's dividend history.

Unum Group declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback program on Thursday, May 24th 2018, which allows the company to buyback $750,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 8.7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Unum Group updated its FY 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 4th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 5.66-5.82 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $5.76.

6 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Unum Group's stock. Their forecasts range from $18.00 to $36.00. On average, they anticipate Unum Group's share price to reach $26.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 70.4% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Unum Group.

News headlines about UNM stock have been trending somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Unum Group earned a news sentiment score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutUnum Group.

Unum Group saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 7,123,000 shares, an increase of 15.3% from the February 27th total of 6,180,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,240,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.2 days. Approximately 3.5% of the company's stock are short sold. View Unum Group's Current Options Chain.

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

Unum Group's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include FMR LLC (8.99%), State Street Corp (4.91%), Donald Smith & CO. Inc. (2.77%), LSV Asset Management (2.56%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.95%) and AQR Capital Management LLC (1.70%). Company insiders that own Unum Group stock include Breege A Farrell, Gloria C Larson and Michael Q Simonds. View institutional ownership trends for Unum Group.

UNM stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuance Investments LLC, Prudential Financial Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Marshall Wace North America L.P., MUFG Securities EMEA plc, Marshall Wace LLP, and Nuveen Asset Management LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for Unum Group.

UNM stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Retirement Systems of Alabama, Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC, Mackay Shields LLC, KBC Group NV, Bank of America Corp DE, and First Trust Advisors LP. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $15.26.

Unum Group has a market capitalization of $3.10 billion and generates $12.00 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $1.10 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.43 on an earnings per share basis. Unum Group employs 10,300 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]