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 declared 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.98%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 30th. View Unum Group's Dividend History.

Unum Group announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase program on Thursday, May 24th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $750,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy up to 8.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Unum Group (NYSE:UNM) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 29th. The financial services provider reported $1.36 EPS 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 analysts' expectations of $3.02 billion. Unum Group had a net margin of 8.89% and a return on equity of 12.31%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 1.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.37 EPS. 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Unum Group's stock. Their forecasts range from $32.00 to $37.00. On average, they anticipate Unum Group's stock price to reach $35.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 22.1% 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, 2 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Unum Group.

Media headlines about UNM stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Unum Group earned a media sentiment score of 1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Unum Group.

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), Kansas City Life Insurance (KCLI) and Health Insurance Innovations (HIIQ).

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Unum Group's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.51%), Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.11%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.07%), FTB Advisors Inc. (0.06%), Alpine Global Management LLC (0.05%) and Patten & Patten Inc. TN (0.04%). 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, Old Port Advisors and Wealthfront Advisers LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Unum Group.

UNM stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alpine Global Management LLC, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, DNB Asset Management AS, Cerebellum GP LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., BKD Wealth Advisors LLC and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC. 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 $28.67.

Unum Group has a market capitalization of $5.91 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]