Assess Unum – Look Beyond Technicals to Evaluate Fundamentals

By Naomi Wentworth • Wednesday, June 11 15:18 • Permanent Link

Unum logged a -0.5% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $78.47 per share. The S&P 500 index moved -0.0%. UNM's trading volume is 710,608 compared to the stock's average volume of 1,496,879.

Unum trades -16.66% away from its average analyst target price of $94.15 per share. The 13 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $82.0 to $110.0, and on average have given Unum a rating of buy.

Anyone interested in buying UNM should be aware of the facts below:

Unum's current price is -29.5% below its Graham number of $111.38, which implies the stock has a margin of safety
Unum has moved 57.9% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 11.4%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 8.31, Unum has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 9.4 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
UNM has a forward P/E ratio of 8.7 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $9.04 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 1.23 compared to its sector average of 1.78
Unum Group, together with its subsidiaries, provides financial protection benefit solutions in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Poland.
Based in Chattanooga, the company has 10,833 full time employees and a market cap of $13.8 Billion. Unum currently returns an annual dividend yield of 2.1%.

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