Unum Group Stock Price, News & 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. Investors of record on Monday, October 28th will be given a dividend of $0.285 per share on Friday, November 15th. This represents a $1.14 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.03%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, October 25th. View Unum Group's Dividend History.

Unum Group announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback 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 shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are often an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Unum Group (NYSE:UNM) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 30th. The financial services provider reported $1.36 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.34 by $0.02. The financial services provider had revenue of $3.02 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.99 billion. Unum Group had a net margin of 4.46% and a return on equity of 12.90%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 4.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.30 EPS. View Unum Group's Earnings History.

Unum Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 29th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Unum Group.

Unum Group will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, October 29th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Unum Group updated its FY 2019 earnings guidance on Tuesday, July, 30th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $5.41-5.56 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $5.43.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Unum Group's shares. Their predictions range from $32.00 to $45.00. On average, they anticipate Unum Group's share price to reach $37.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 32.6% 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 coverage about UNM stock has trended somewhat positive on Saturday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Unum Group earned a news impact score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Unum Group.

Some companies that are related to Unum Group include Assurant (AIZ), Genworth MI Canada (MIC), NIB (NHF), CNO Financial Group (CNO), Triple-S Management (GTS) and Citizens Financial (CFIN).

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), Verizon Communications (VZ), Symantec (SYMC), General Motors (GM), CA (CA), Cisco Systems (CSCO) and Netflix (NFLX).

Unum Group's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.54%), Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.07%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.07%), Northpointe Capital LLC (0.04%), Patten & Patten Inc. TN (0.04%) and Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.03%). Company insiders that own Unum Group stock include Breege A Farrell, Christopher J Jerome, Daniel Jason Waxenberg, E Michael Caulfield, 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 Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Patten & Patten Inc. TN, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Oakbrook Investments LLC, Peddock Capital Advisors LLC, CX Institutional and Advisor Partners LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Unum Group.

UNM stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Northpointe Capital LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , Zeke Capital Advisors LLC, Wealthfront Advisers LLC, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC and First Citizens Bank & Trust Co.. 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 $28.27.

Unum Group has a market capitalization of $5.90 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]