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After finishing at $81.48 in the prior trading day, Unum Group (NYSE: UNM) closed at $80.45, down -1.26%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.26 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.21 million shares were traded. UNM stock price reached its highest trading level at $81.4 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $78.715.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of UNM by taking a closer look at its different 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:
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 May 07 ’25 when Ahmed Elizabeth Claire sold 10,000 shares for $80.00 per share. The transaction valued at 800,000 led to the insider holds 51,170 shares of the business.
Ahmed Elizabeth Claire bought 10,000 shares of UNM for $800,000 on May 07 ’25. On Mar 03 ’25, another insider, DeVore Susan D., who serves as the Director of the company, sold 10,000 shares for $80.88 each. As a result, the insider received 808,788 and left with 27,396 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 14326374400 and an Enterprise Value of 14782515200. As of this moment, Unum’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 9.49, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 8.21. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.11. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.10 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.26. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.157 whereas that against EBITDA is 6.333.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for UNM is 0.42, which has changed by 0.6086782 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.11730647 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 1.82%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 11.83%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 1.51M shares per day over the past 3-months and 964690 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 175.83M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 172.62M. Insiders hold about 1.00% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 90.55% stake in the company. Shares short for UNM as of 1747267200 were 2910625 with a Short Ratio of 1.93, compared to 1744675200 on 3005457. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 2910625 and a Short% of Float of 2.42.
Dividends & Splits
In the trailing 12 months, UNM’s forward annual dividend rate was 1.68, compared to 1.68 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.020617291The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.59. 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.
