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Unum Group (NYSE: UNM) closed the day trading at $77.43 down -0.30% from the previous closing price of $77.66. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.30 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.4 million shares were traded. UNM stock price reached its highest trading level at $78.66 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $77.01.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of UNM, let’s look at its different ratios. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.34 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.34.
On January 23, 2025, BMO Capital Markets started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and target price of $91.
JP Morgan Downgraded its Overweight to Neutral on January 07, 2025, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $74 to $79.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Mar 03 ’25 when DeVore Susan D. sold 10,000 shares for $80.88 per share. The transaction valued at 808,788 led to the insider holds 27,396 shares of the business.
McKenney Richard P sold 50,000 shares of UNM for $4,099,454 on Mar 03 ’25. The President and CEO now owns 980,637 shares after completing the transaction at $81.99 per share. On Mar 03 ’25, another insider, IGLESIAS LISA G, who serves as the EVP, General Counsel of the company, sold 7,000 shares for $82.75 each. As a result, the insider received 579,250 and left with 31,284 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, UNM now has a Market Capitalization of 13614284800 and an Enterprise Value of 13946576896. As of this moment, Unum’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 9.13, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 7.88. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.06. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.07 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.34. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.091 whereas that against EBITDA is 5.978.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for UNM is 0.38, which has changed by 0.5 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.092895746 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, UNM has reached a high of $84.48, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $48.38. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -1.18%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 13.11%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, UNM traded about 1.71M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, UNM traded about 1448280 shares per day. A total of 175.83M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 174.41M. Insiders hold about 1.03% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 90.07% stake in the company. Shares short for UNM as of 1744675200 were 3005457 with a Short Ratio of 1.76, compared to 1741910400 on 2911291. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 3005457 and a Short% of Float of 2.4899999999999998.
Dividends & Splits
UNM’s forward annual dividend rate is 1.68, up from 1.625 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.020924542The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.68. The current Payout Ratio is 16.60% for UNM, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-04-25 with an ex-dividend date of 1745539200. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 1997-06-03 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
