Unum Group - UNM Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Unum Group in the last year. There are currently 8 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" UNM shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in UNM, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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9 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for Unum Group's stock. Their UNM share price forecasts range from $37.00 to $50.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $43.38 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.4% from the stock's current price.
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Unum Group's stock was trading at $41.03 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, UNM stock has increased by 3.2% and is now trading at $42.35.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 4th 2023.
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Unum Group (NYSE:UNM) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, February, 1st. The financial services provider reported $1.43 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.46 by $0.03. The financial services provider had revenue of $3.01 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3 billion. Unum Group had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.14% and a net margin of 10.96%. The company's revenue was up .9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.89 EPS.
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Unum Group declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, January 13th. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 27th will be given a dividend of $0.33 per share on Friday, February 17th. This represents a $1.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.12%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 26th.
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Unum Group (NYSE:UNM) pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.18%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 13 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 20.28%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, UNM will have a dividend payout ratio of 19.70% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Unum Group declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback program on Thursday, December 1st 2022, which permits the company to buyback $200,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to buy up to 2.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

37 employees have rated Unum Group Chief Executive Officer Rick McKenney on Glassdoor.com. Rick McKenney has an approval rating of 72% among the company's employees.

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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 number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.40%), Grace & White Inc. NY (0.28%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.24%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.23%), Boston Common Asset Management LLC (0.20%) and Los Angeles Capital Management LLC (0.17%). Insiders that own company stock include Cherie Pashley, Christopher W Pyne, Christopher W Pyne, Lisa G Iglesias, Michael Q Simonds, Michael Q Simonds, Puneet Bhasin, Richard P Mckenney, Richard P Mckenney, Timothy F Keaney and Timothy Gerald Arnold.
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Shares of UNM stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of UNM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $42.35.

Unum Group (NYSE:UNM) has a market capitalization of $8.43 billion and generates $11.99 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $1.31 billion in net income (profit) each year or $6.51 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 10,300 workers across the globe.

Unum Group's mailing address is 1 FOUNTAIN SQUARE, CHATTANOOGA TN, 37402. The official website for the company is www.unum.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (423) 294-1011, via email at investorrelations@unum.com, or via fax at 615-238-9898.