At the time of writing, Unum Group [UNM] stock is trading at $61.55, up 3.79%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The UNM shares have gain 4.94% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 11.38%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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From an analyst’s perspective:
Unum Group [NYSE: UNM] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on September 05, 2024, when Barclays initiated its Overweight rating and assigned the stock a price target of $73. Previously, Piper Sandler started tracking the stock with Overweight rating on July 11, 2024, and set its price target to $57. On January 03, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Overweight but maintained its price target of $55 on the stock. Wells Fargo started tracking the stock assigning a Overweight rating and suggested a price target of $57 on April 25, 2023. Jefferies upgraded its rating to a Buy and raised its price target to $50 on March 20, 2023. Citigroup upgraded its rating to Buy for this stock on March 15, 2023, and upped its price target to $53. In a note dated March 14, 2023, Keefe Bruyette upgraded an Outperform rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $49 to $52.
For the past year, the stock price of Unum Group fluctuated between $41.75 and $59.83. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $66.8 within the next 12 months. Unum Group [NYSE: UNM] shares were valued at $61.55 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 8.53% based on the average UNM price forecast.
Analyzing the UNM fundamentals
According to Unum Group [NYSE:UNM], the company’s sales were 12.68B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 3.78% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.96% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.02%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.13%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.1%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.02, Equity is 0.13 and Total Capital is 0.0. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.33.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 60.45 points at the first support level, and at 59.36 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 62.17, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 62.80.
Ratios To Look Out For
Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.90, the price to book ratio is 1.11 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 9.04.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved McKenney Richard P, President and CEO, that happened on Sep 05 ’24 when 67795.0 shares were sold. Officer, McKenney Richard P completed a deal on Sep 05 ’24 to buy 67795.0 shares. Meanwhile, EVP, Group Benefits Pyne Christopher W sold 2250.0 shares on Aug 15 ’24.
