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Shares Stats
| Shares Outstanding | 172,140,000 |
| Shares Float | 168,700,000 |
| Shares Short | 2,400,000 |
| Insider Holdings | 93% |
| Institution Holdings | 91.65% |
About Unum Group
Unum Group, together with its subsidiaries, provides financial protection benefit solutions in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Poland. 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 voluntary benefits, individual disability, and dental and vision products; and accident, sickness, disability, life, and cancer and critical illness products. It also provides group pension, individual life and corporate-owned life insurance, reinsurance pools and management operations, and other miscellaneous products. The company sells its products to employers for the benefit of employees. It sells its products through field sales personnel, independent brokers, consultants, and independent contractor agent sales force and brokers. Unum Group was founded in 1848 and is based in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
General
| Name | Unum Group |
| Ticker | UNM |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Financial |
| Industry | Insurance - Life |
| Currency | USD |
| Country | USA |
| Fiscal Year End | December |
| Full Time Employees | 10,833 |
Highlights
| Analyst Target | 93.73 |
| Market Cap | 12,836,500,000 |
| PE Ratio | 9.02 |
| PEG Ratio | 2.50 |
| EBITDA | 2,258,700,032 |
Financials
| Curr Year EPS Estimate | 8.46 |
| Next Quarter EPS Estimate | 2.30 |
| Profit Margin | 11.78% |
| Operating Margin | 16.99 |
| Return on Assets | 0.02 |
| Return on Equity | 0.14 |
| Revenue | 12.9B |
| Earnings Per Share | 8.34 |
| Revenue Per Share | 71.74 |
| Gross Profit | 4,566,300,160 |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth | 0.04 |
Valuation
| Trailing PE | 9.05 |
| Forward PE | 8.49 |
| Price/Sales (Trailing 12 Mt.) | 1.00 |
| Price/Book (Most Recent Quarter) | 1.18 |
Dividend
Unum Group pays out a dividend of $1.76 per share, with a dividend yield of 2.34%.
UNM's next dividend payment will be made to shareholders on November 14, 2025.
They pay out 16.60% of their earnings out as a dividend.
Recent Dividends
| Nov 14, 2025 | $0.46 |
| Aug 15, 2025 | $0.46 |
| May 16, 2025 | $0.42 |
| Feb 14, 2025 | $0.42 |
| Nov 15, 2024 | $0.42 |
| Aug 16, 2024 | $0.42 |
| May 17, 2024 | $0.37 |
| Feb 16, 2024 | $0.37 |
| Nov 17, 2023 | $0.37 |
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