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Unum Group

NYQ:UNM · US91529Y1064
InsuranceLarge

360

33
EV / EBIT76
Price / Owner Earnings22
Cash yield67
Price/Sales41
EV / Gross Profit51
Price/Book70
Returns on capital26
Profit margins30
Cash Conversion39
Accruals94
Owner Earnings Margin39
Sales growth12
Profit Growth73
Long-Term EPS Growth79
Owner Earnings Growth5
Reinvestment21
Price momentum60
Debt load64
Debt serviceability84
Liquidity48
Analyst ratings81
Opinion Changes50
Price Target Upside60
Market mood77
Value Creation8/20creating some value
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

Unum Group clears its cost of capital, but the record is mixed across the five tests. Real value creation, just not yet consistent.

Profile

CountryUSA
IndustryInsurance
SizeLarge
TypePublic Company
ExchangeNYSE
Founded1995
Employees8,024
ISINUS91529Y1064
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Themes
FinanceInsurance

Description

Unum Group, together with its subsidiaries, provides financial protection benefits in the United States and the United Kingdom. The company operates in the United States, the United Kingdom, Poland, and, to a limited extent, in certain other countri…

Analysis

Middle-of-the-road

Unum Group is a middle-of-the-road business: neither the economics nor the price stand out from the peer group.

The price is fair. You pay 19.0× its owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year, which is in the historically fair zone. At today's price, the market is assuming roughly 6% yearly growth; analysts expect 11%. The price, in other words, assumes less than the experts do.

The trajectory is weak and the balance sheet is adequate. The company scores 8/20 on our value-creation score: creating some value. Analysts lean positive.

Nothing is flagged here: no red or amber gates, no divergence between profits and cash. That is itself information: the numbers are straightforward. As always: this describes the company's numbers; it is not a recommendation.

360° rank · history

1007550250
96
2023202420252026

All-time high

96

Jun 2026

All-time low

63

Jan 2023

Average rank

92

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
41
50
53
87
Price/Earnings
59
93
95
97
Price/Book
70
80
83
95
Dividend Yield
67
74
80
82
Value (overall)
78
91
94
96

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

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1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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