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$71.00 +0.66 (+0.94%)
Closing price 08/13/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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UNM vs. AMSF, CNO, EIG, EQH, GM, L, MET, PFG, PRU, and RGA

Should you be buying Unum Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Unum Group include AMERISAFE (AMSF), CNO Financial Group (CNO), Employers (EIG), Equitable (EQH), General Motors (GM), Loews (L), MetLife (MET), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Prudential Financial (PRU), and Reinsurance Group of America (RGA).

Unum Group vs. Its Competitors

Unum Group (NYSE:UNM) and AMERISAFE (NASDAQ:AMSF) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Unum Group presently has a consensus price target of $91.62, indicating a potential upside of 29.04%. AMERISAFE has a consensus price target of $57.50, indicating a potential upside of 24.73%. Given Unum Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Unum Group is more favorable than AMERISAFE.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Unum Group
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.77
AMERISAFE
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

In the previous week, Unum Group had 11 more articles in the media than AMERISAFE. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Unum Group and 5 mentions for AMERISAFE. Unum Group's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat AMERISAFE's score of 0.45 indicating that Unum Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Unum Group
9 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
AMERISAFE
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Unum Group pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. AMERISAFE pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Unum Group pays out 22.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AMERISAFE pays out 59.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Unum Group has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years and AMERISAFE has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years.

86.6% of Unum Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of AMERISAFE shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Unum Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of AMERISAFE shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Unum Group has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AMERISAFE has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.

AMERISAFE has a net margin of 16.46% compared to Unum Group's net margin of 11.77%. AMERISAFE's return on equity of 16.54% beat Unum Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Unum Group11.77% 13.44% 2.38%
AMERISAFE 16.46%16.54%3.84%

Unum Group has higher revenue and earnings than AMERISAFE. Unum Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AMERISAFE, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Unum Group$12.89B0.94$1.78B$8.368.49
AMERISAFE$309.04M2.83$55.44M$2.6417.46

Summary

Unum Group beats AMERISAFE on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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UNM vs. The Competition

MetricUnum GroupINS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$11.98B$11.82B$12.37B$20.88B
Dividend Yield2.62%2.16%5.58%3.60%
P/E Ratio8.4936.2419.7828.45
Price / Sales0.941.6826.4081.67
Price / Cash6.7133.3421.5623.46
Price / Book1.072.292.255.45
Net Income$1.78B$1.21B$1.00B$994.60M
7 Day Performance3.62%2.88%2.37%3.03%
1 Month Performance-12.78%2.54%1.64%1.91%
1 Year Performance30.97%18.03%545.03%16.34%

Unum Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UNM
Unum Group
4.9795 of 5 stars
$71.00
+0.9%
$91.62
+29.0%
+32.4%$11.98B$12.89B8.4911,063Positive News
Analyst Revision
AMSF
AMERISAFE
3.4156 of 5 stars
$43.67
-2.5%
$57.50
+31.7%
-0.1%$829.29M$309.04M16.54350
CNO
CNO Financial Group
4.5916 of 5 stars
$35.46
-3.7%
$43.40
+22.4%
+21.5%$3.52B$4.45B13.083,500
EIG
Employers
4.0635 of 5 stars
$38.99
-5.5%
$58.00
+48.7%
-6.2%$937.39M$880.70M9.51680High Trading Volume
EQH
Equitable
4.2428 of 5 stars
$50.04
-2.6%
$65.30
+30.5%
+41.0%$15.10B$12.44B13.608,000News Coverage
Positive News
GM
General Motors
4.5385 of 5 stars
$52.52
-1.5%
$56.35
+7.3%
+28.4%$50.00B$187.44B8.34162,000Trending News
L
Loews
1.8166 of 5 stars
$90.20
-0.4%
N/A+23.8%$18.91B$17.51B14.8113,000Positive News
MET
MetLife
4.9729 of 5 stars
$74.00
-2.6%
$96.10
+29.9%
+9.9%$49.68B$70.99B12.0345,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
PFG
Principal Financial Group
4.5449 of 5 stars
$75.53
-3.0%
$86.90
+15.1%
+4.1%$16.93B$15.77B11.3119,300Positive News
PRU
Prudential Financial
4.8948 of 5 stars
$100.64
-2.8%
$121.75
+21.0%
-2.1%$35.43B$68.05B22.3138,196Positive News
RGA
Reinsurance Group of America
4.9606 of 5 stars
$177.38
-7.8%
$244.36
+37.8%
-5.9%$11.72B$22.11B15.404,100Gap Down
High Trading Volume

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