NYSE:UNMUnum Group Stock Price, Forecast & News

Unum Group's stock was trading at $17.48 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, UNM stock has decreased by 8.9% and is now trading at $15.92. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Unum Group in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Unum Group.

Unum Group is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Unum Group.

Unum Group (NYSE:UNM) posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, May, 4th. The financial services provider reported $1.35 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.38 by $0.03. The financial services provider earned $2.87 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.05 billion. Unum Group had a return on equity of 11.68% and a net margin of 8.25%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 3.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.31 earnings per share. View Unum Group's earnings history.

Unum Group declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, April 13th. Shareholders of record on Monday, April 27th will be paid a dividend of $0.285 per share on Friday, May 15th. This represents a $1.14 annualized dividend and a yield of 7.16%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, April 24th. View Unum Group's dividend history.

8 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Unum Group's stock. Their forecasts range from $16.00 to $36.00. On average, they anticipate Unum Group's stock price to reach $26.86 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 68.7% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Unum Group.

Media coverage about UNM stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of press 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 negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Unum Group earned a media sentiment score of 1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage 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 effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutUnum Group.

Unum Group saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 6,570,000 shares, an increase of 16.1% from the April 30th total of 5,660,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,350,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.0 days. Approximately 3.3% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Unum Group's Current Options Chain.

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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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.97%), State Street Corp (5.43%), Wellington Management Group LLP (3.64%), Donald Smith & CO. Inc. (3.08%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.00%) and Prudential PLC (1.54%). Company insiders that own Unum Group stock include Breege A Farrell and Gloria C Larson. View institutional ownership trends for Unum Group.

UNM stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including AQR Capital Management LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Wells Fargo & Company MN, Two Sigma Investments LP, Wellington Management Group LLP, AXA, Mackay Shields LLC, and Nuveen Asset Management LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for Unum Group.

UNM stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Prudential PLC, Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, State Street Corp, Aperio Group LLC, Retirement Systems of Alabama, Donald Smith & CO. Inc., Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $15.92.

Unum Group has a market capitalization of $3.24 billion and generates $12.00 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $1.10 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.43 on an earnings per share basis. Unum Group employs 10,300 workers across the globe.

The official website for Unum Group is 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]