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

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

Unum Group announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, January 17th. Shareholders 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 3.88%. View Unum Group's Dividend History.

Unum Group announced that its Board of Directors has authorized 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 buy up to 8.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are typically a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

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

Unum Group will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 4th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

5 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for Unum Group's stock. Their forecasts range from $32.00 to $37.00. On average, they anticipate Unum Group's share price to reach $35.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 19.2% 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, 2 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Unum Group.

News coverage about UNM stock has trended somewhat positive on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Unum Group earned a media sentiment score of 1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage 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 impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Unum Group.

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Unum Group's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.51%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.07%), FTB Advisors Inc. (0.06%), Alpine Global Management LLC (0.05%), Patten & Patten Inc. TN (0.04%) and DNB Asset Management AS (0.03%). Company insiders that own Unum Group stock include Breege A Farrell, Christopher J Jerome, Daniel Jason Waxenberg, 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 Patten Group Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Zeke Capital Advisors LLC, FTB Advisors Inc., AE Wealth Management LLC, Patten & Patten Inc. TN and Old Port Advisors. View Insider Buying and Selling for Unum Group.

UNM stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alpine Global Management LLC, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, DNB Asset Management AS, Cerebellum GP LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., BKD Wealth Advisors LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and IFM Investors Pty Ltd. 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 $29.37.

Unum Group has a market capitalization of $6.06 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]