Unum Group (UNM) is back on investors’ radar after recent share price swings, with short term returns mixed across the past week, month, and past 3 months. This has prompted closer attention to its fundamentals.
See our latest analysis for Unum Group.
At a share price of US$72.69, Unum Group’s recent moves include a 1-day share price return of 0.25% and a 30-day share price return of 1.32%. The year to date share price return of 5.88% and 1-year total shareholder return of 3.57% sit against a much stronger 3-year total shareholder return of about 2x, which suggests that recent momentum has cooled compared with the longer term record.
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With Unum Group trading around US$72.69, recent share price softness compared with stronger multi year returns and an indicated intrinsic discount of about 57% raises a key question: is this an undervalued opportunity, or is the market already pricing in future growth?
Most Popular Narrative: 24% Undervalued
Unum Group's most followed narrative points to a fair value of about $95.62 per share, compared with the current $72.69, which is a sizeable gap for investors to think about.
The analysts have a consensus price target of $93.077 for Unum Group based on their expectations of its future earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors. However, there is a degree of disagreement amongst analysts, with the most bullish reporting a price target of $108.0, and the most bearish reporting a price target of $79.0.
Analysts are considering steadier premium growth, firm profit margins, and a richer earnings multiple, all under a specific discount rate that quietly does most of the heavy lifting. Want to see how those moving parts fit together into that higher fair value story?
Result: Fair Value of $95.62 (UNDERVALUED)
Have a read of the narrative in full and understand what's behind the forecasts.
However, elevated benefit ratios and ongoing long term care uncertainty could still pressure margins, while softer sales or pricing and investment income trends may challenge the upbeat narrative.
Find out about the key risks to this Unum Group narrative.
Next Steps
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