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In the latest session, Unum Group (NYSE: UNM) closed at $69.95 up 0.32% from its previous closing price of $69.73. In other words, the price has increased by $0.32 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.66 million shares were traded. UNM stock price reached its highest trading level at $70.52 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $69.475.
Ratios:
For a deeper understanding of Unum Group’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.33 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.31.
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:
Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jul 02 ’25 when LARSON GLORIA C bought 24,191 shares for $81.16 per share.
LARSON GLORIA C bought 40,400 shares of UNM for $3,303,018 on Jul 01 ’25. On Jun 30 ’25, another insider, LARSON GLORIA C, who serves as the Director of the company, bought 15,000 shares for $80.41 each.
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 11913393152 and an Enterprise Value of 12459510784. As of this moment, Unum’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 8.37, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 7.40. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.08. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.92 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.06. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.965 whereas that against EBITDA is 5.516.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for UNM is 0.40, which has changed by 0.3240583 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.20799685 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 $51.80. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -12.03%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -8.09%.
Shares Statistics:
For the past three months, UNM has traded an average of 1.30M shares per day and 2198470 over the past ten days. A total of 172.14M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 168.62M. Insiders hold about 1.00% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 92.76% stake in the company. Shares short for UNM as of 1752537600 were 2198855 with a Short Ratio of 1.69, compared to 1749772800 on 3152672. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 2198855 and a Short% of Float of 1.8900000000000001.
Dividends & Splits
According to the company, the forward annual dividend rate for UNM is 1.72, from 1.72 in the trailing year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.02466657The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.44. The current Payout Ratio is 16.60% for UNM, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-07-25 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-07-25. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 1997-06-03 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
