Q4 Earnings Forecast for Unum Group Issued By Zacks Research

Unum Group (NYSE:UNM) – Equities research analysts at Zacks Research upped their Q4 2025 earnings per share estimates for Unum Group in a research note issued on Tuesday, November 12th. Zacks Research analyst D. Chatterjee now anticipates that the financial services provider will post earnings per share of $2.63 for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $2.20. The consensus estimate for Unum Group’s current full-year earnings is $8.53 per share.

Other equities research analysts also recently issued reports about the company. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price target on Unum Group from $69.00 to $71.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 10th. UBS Group upgraded Unum Group to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 9th. Piper Sandler restated an “overweight” rating and issued a $66.00 price objective (up previously from $64.00) on shares of Unum Group in a research note on Friday, September 27th. Morgan Stanley boosted their target price on shares of Unum Group from $62.00 to $64.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 30th. Finally, Evercore ISI raised shares of Unum Group from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and increased their price target for the company from $67.00 to $84.00 in a report on Thursday. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and nine have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $67.73.

Unum Group Stock Performance

NYSE:UNM opened at $73.20 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $13.37 billion, a PE ratio of 7.92, a PEG ratio of 1.04 and a beta of 0.76. The company has a current ratio of 0.28, a quick ratio of 0.28 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.32. Unum Group has a 1 year low of $41.86 and a 1 year high of $73.24. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $61.92 and its 200 day simple moving average is $55.89.

Unum Group (NYSE:UNM) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 29th. The financial services provider reported $2.13 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.10 by $0.03. Unum Group had a return on equity of 15.21% and a net margin of 13.76%. The business had revenue of $3.22 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.26 billion. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.94 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 4.0% compared to the same quarter last year.

Unum Group Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, November 15th. Investors of record on Friday, October 25th were paid a $0.42 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, October 25th. This represents a $1.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.30%. Unum Group’s payout ratio is currently 18.18%.

Unum Group announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase program on Tuesday, July 30th that authorizes the company to buyback $1.00 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the financial services provider to reacquire up to 10% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are often an indication that the company’s leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Insider Activity at Unum Group

In other Unum Group news, Director Hanley Ronald P. O sold 14,299 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, November 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $72.10, for a total transaction of $1,030,957.90. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 38,819 shares in the company, valued at $2,798,849.90. This represents a 26.92 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, EVP Elizabeth Claire Ahmed sold 5,000 shares of Unum Group stock in a transaction on Thursday, October 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $64.16, for a total value of $320,800.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 58,741 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,768,822.56. The trade was a 7.84 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 91,844 shares of company stock valued at $5,411,032 over the last quarter. 0.93% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of Unum Group

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of UNM. CIBC Asset Management Inc grew its position in Unum Group by 3.4% during the 3rd quarter. CIBC Asset Management Inc now owns 5,551 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $330,000 after acquiring an additional 180 shares during the last quarter. V Square Quantitative Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Unum Group by 38.2% during the third quarter. V Square Quantitative Management LLC now owns 702 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $42,000 after purchasing an additional 194 shares during the last quarter. Brooklyn Investment Group increased its stake in shares of Unum Group by 3.1% in the third quarter. Brooklyn Investment Group now owns 6,592 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $392,000 after buying an additional 197 shares in the last quarter. Benjamin F. Edwards & Company Inc. increased its stake in shares of Unum Group by 2.2% in the second quarter. Benjamin F. Edwards & Company Inc. now owns 10,126 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $518,000 after buying an additional 217 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Caprock Group LLC raised its holdings in shares of Unum Group by 1.8% in the third quarter. Caprock Group LLC now owns 12,308 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $732,000 after buying an additional 221 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 86.57% of the company’s stock.

Unum Group Company Profile

Unum Group, together with its subsidiaries, provides financial protection benefit solutions primarily in the United States, the United Kingdom, Poland, and internationally. It operates through Unum US, Unum International, Colonial Life, and Closed Block segment. The company offers group long-term and short-term disability, group life, and accidental death and dismemberment products; supplemental and voluntary products, such as individual disability, voluntary benefits, and dental and vision products; and accident, sickness, disability, life, and cancer and critical illness products.