Unum Group (UNM) Stock Up 0.63%: Is It a Good Investment?

Unum Group [UNM] stock is trading at $81.39, up 0.63%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The UNM shares have gain 4.86% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 9.96%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Unum Group [NYSE: UNM] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on March 05, 2025, when Raymond James upgraded its rating to a Strong Buy but kept the price target unchanged to $108 for it. Previously, BMO Capital Markets started tracking the stock with Outperform rating on January 23, 2025, and set its price target to $91. On January 07, 2025, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Neutral and revised its price target to $79 on the stock. Evercore ISI upgraded its rating to a Outperform and increased its price target to $84 on November 14, 2024. Barclays initiated its recommendation with a Overweight and recommended $73 as its price target on September 05, 2024. Piper Sandler started tracking with a Overweight rating for this stock on July 11, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $57. In a note dated January 03, 2024, JP Morgan upgraded an Overweight rating on this stock but restated the target price of $55.

Unum Group [UNM] stock has fluctuated between $48.38 and $83.96 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $81.75 within the next 12 months. Unum Group [NYSE: UNM] shares were valued at $81.39 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 0.44% based on the average UNM price forecast.

Analyzing the UNM fundamentals

Unum Group [NYSE:UNM] reported sales of 12.90B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 2.57%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.98% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.15%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.18%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.14%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.03, Equity is 0.17 and Total Capital is 0.03. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.34.

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 80.76 points at the first support level, and at 80.13 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 82.16, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 82.93.

Ratios To Look Out For

Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.12, the price to book ratio is 1.33 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 8.60.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved DeVore Susan D., Director, that happened on Mar 03 ’25 when 10000.0 shares were sold. President and CEO, McKenney Richard P completed a deal on Mar 03 ’25 to sell 50000.0 shares. Meanwhile, EVP, General Counsel IGLESIAS LISA G sold 7000.0 shares on Mar 03 ’25.

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