NYSE:UNMUnum Group Stock Price, Forecast & News

Unum Group's stock was trading at $17.48 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, UNM stock has decreased by 11.4% and is now trading at $15.48. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Unum Group in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 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, July 28th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Unum Group.

Unum Group will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, July 28th 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 (NYSE:UNM) released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, May, 4th. The financial services provider reported $1.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.38 by $0.03. The financial services provider earned $2.87 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.05 billion. Unum Group had a return on equity of 11.68% and a net margin of 8.25%. The company's revenue was down 3.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.31 earnings per share. View Unum Group's earnings history.

Unum Group announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, April 13th. Shareholders of record on Monday, April 27th will be given a dividend of $0.285 per share on Friday, May 15th. This represents a $1.14 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 7.36%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, April 24th. View Unum Group's dividend history.

9 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for Unum Group's stock. Their forecasts range from $18.00 to $36.00. On average, they expect Unum Group's share price to reach $27.14 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 75.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Unum Group.

News articles about UNM stock have trended neutral this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring 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 media sentiment score of 0.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about Unum Group.

Unum Group saw a increase in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 8,260,000 shares, an increase of 19.4% from the June 15th total of 6,920,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,780,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.2 days. Currently, 4.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold. 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 a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.03%), Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt (0.03%), Fulton Bank N. A. (0.03%), Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan (0.02%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.01%) and Old Port Advisors (0.01%). 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 DNB Asset Management AS, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, and Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt. View insider buying and selling activity for Unum Group.

UNM stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Fulton Bank N. A., TRUE Private Wealth Advisors, and Old Port Advisors. 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 $15.48.

Unum Group has a market capitalization of $3.15 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]