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

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

Unum Group declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, April 15th. Shareholders of record on Monday, April 29th will be paid a dividend of $0.26 per share on Friday, May 17th. This represents a $1.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.21%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, April 26th. View Unum Group's Dividend History.

Unum Group announced that its board has authorized a stock repurchase program on Thursday, May 24th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $750,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 8.7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are typically a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Unum Group (NYSE:UNM) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April, 30th. The financial services provider reported $1.31 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.31. The financial services provider had revenue of $2.99 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.99 billion. Unum Group had a return on equity of 12.91% and a net margin of 4.54%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 3.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.24 EPS. View Unum Group's Earnings History.

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

2 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Unum Group's shares. Their predictions range from $45.00 to $55.00. On average, they expect Unum Group's stock price to reach $50.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 54.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Unum Group.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Unum Group in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Unum Group.

Media headlines about UNM stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog 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 1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Unum Group.

Unum Group saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totalling 5,976,600 shares, an increase of 46.0% from the April 15th total of 4,093,400 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,990,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.0 days. Currently, 2.8% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Unum Group's Current Options Chain.

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), Intel (INTC), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Ford Motor (F), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Verizon Communications (VZ), Starbucks (SBUX), Seagate Technology (STX), Xilinx (XLNX) and Apache (APA).

Unum Group's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include FMR LLC (9.03%), BlackRock Inc. (8.90%), Investec Asset Management LTD (2.64%), LSV Asset Management (2.62%), Donald Smith & CO. Inc. (2.61%) and Bank of Montreal Can (1.49%). 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, Pamela H Godwin 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 JPMorgan Chase & Co., BlackRock Inc., Calamos Advisors LLC, Investec Asset Management LTD, Donald Smith & CO. Inc., Strs Ohio, Victory Capital Management Inc. and FMR LLC. Company insiders that have sold Unum Group company stock in the last year include Breege A Farrell and Gloria C Larson. View Insider Buying and Selling for Unum Group.

UNM stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, Andra AP fonden, Marshall Wace LLP, Toronto Dominion Bank, Seacliff Capital LLC, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. and Dynamic Technology Lab Private 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of UNM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $32.40.

Unum Group has a market capitalization of $6.86 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]