Unum Group (NYSE: UNM) is 61.85% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $41.86 and a high of $72.96 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The UNM stock was last observed hovering at around $72.24 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.95%.
Currently trading at $73.19, the stock is 10.29% and 18.21% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.52 million and changing 1.32% at the moment leaves the stock 34.51% off its SMA200. UNM registered 71.97% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 37.86%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $61.913 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $54.4104.
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The stock witnessed a 13.99% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 34.24%, and is 5.43% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.54% over the week and 1.64% over the month.
Unum Group (UNM) has around 10812 employees, a market worth around $13.54B and $12.82B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 7.92 and Fwd P/E is 8.11. Profit margin for the company is 13.74%. Distance from 52-week low is 74.84% and 0.32% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (12.21%).
with sales reaching $3.29B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 11.58% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 4.32% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 4.29% in year-over-year returns.
Unum Group (UNM) Top Institutional Holders
823.0 institutions hold shares in Unum Group (UNM), with institutional investors hold 90.78% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 193.37M, and float is at 181.00M with Short Float at 1.07%. Institutions hold 89.98% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 20.09 million shares valued at $1.03 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 10.4319% of the UNM Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 19.33 million shares valued at $987.98 million to account for 10.0392 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are FMR LLC which holds 16.27 million shares representing 8.4472% and valued at over $831.31 million, while NORGES BANK holds 7.6056 of the shares totaling 14.64 million with a market value of $748.48 million.
Unum Group (UNM) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by O HANLEY RONALD P, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that O HANLEY RONALD P sold 14,299 shares of the company’s common stock on Nov 14 ’24 at a price of $72.10 per share for a total of $1.03 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 38819.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Nov 08 ’24, Zabel Steven Andrew (EVP, Chief Financial Officer) disposed off 7,300 shares at an average price of $69.32 for $0.51 million. The insider now directly holds 115,024 shares of Unum Group (UNM).
