Unum Group Valuation

Is UUM undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of UUM when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
€192.84
Fair Value
63.5% undervalued intrinsic discount
11
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: UUM (€70.48) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€192.84)

Significantly Below Fair Value: UUM is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for UUM?

Key metric: As UUM is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for UUM. This is calculated by dividing UUM's market cap by their current earnings.
What is UUM's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio7.6x
EarningsUS$1.76b
Market CapUS$13.32b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does UUM's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for UUM vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average15.7x
WUW Wüstenrot & Württembergische
26x25.4%€1.1b
TLX Talanx
11.6x5.3%€21.9b
HNR1 Hannover Rück
13.7x5.6%€30.8b
MUV2 Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft in München
11.6x2.6%€66.5b
UUM Unum Group
7.6x-3.8%€13.3b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: UUM is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (7.6x) compared to the peer average (15.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does UUM's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Insurance Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
UUM 7.6xIndustry Avg. 11.8xNo. of Companies14PE0816243240+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: UUM is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (7.6x) compared to the European Insurance industry average (11.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is UUM's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

UUM PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio7.6x
Fair PE Ratio8.5x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: UUM is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (7.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8.5x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst UUM forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€70.48
€76.58
+8.7%
11.0%€93.06€63.01n/a11
Jan ’26€69.16
€74.03
+7.0%
10.1%€92.63€62.72n/a11
Dec ’25€72.54
€72.55
+0.009%
8.5%€87.39€62.42n/a11
Nov ’25€58.66
€64.37
+9.7%
7.4%€69.98€58.01n/a11
Oct ’25€52.64
€57.39
+9.0%
9.7%€65.38€47.47n/a12
Sep ’25€50.04
€57.47
+14.9%
9.1%€64.04€48.49n/a11
Aug ’25€52.14
€57.59
+10.5%
8.6%€64.65€48.95n/a11
Jul ’25€46.93
€55.32
+17.9%
8.0%€61.67€47.65n/a10
Jun ’25€48.32
€54.76
+13.3%
8.1%€61.36€47.41n/a10
May ’25€47.47
€54.81
+15.5%
8.7%€61.73€47.70n/a10
Apr ’25€49.60
€53.09
+7.0%
8.7%€59.40€46.41n/a10
Mar ’25€45.25
€53.09
+17.3%
8.7%€59.40€46.41n/a10
Feb ’25€43.10
€52.02
+20.7%
9.1%€58.88€46.00n/a11
Jan ’25€40.35
€50.50
+25.2%
8.3%€56.67€41.81€69.1611
Dec ’24€38.95
€49.28
+26.5%
7.9%€55.67€41.07€72.5412
Nov ’24€45.20
€52.05
+15.1%
8.4%€59.62€45.42€58.6612
Oct ’24€46.45
€51.53
+10.9%
8.8%€59.20€44.17€52.6412
Sep ’24€45.65
€50.11
+9.8%
8.5%€57.93€43.22€50.0412
Aug ’24€44.15
€47.29
+7.1%
7.6%€55.14€41.80€52.1412
Jul ’24€43.70
€47.00
+7.5%
8.8%€54.10€42.18€46.9312
Jun ’24€40.20
€46.97
+16.8%
7.9%€54.83€42.75€48.3213
May ’24€38.25
€44.21
+15.6%
8.5%€51.96€37.38€47.4714
Apr ’24€36.11
€45.35
+25.6%
6.7%€49.44€37.31€49.6013
Mar ’24€42.55
€44.79
+5.3%
6.3%€49.15€38.75€45.2513
Feb ’24€39.18
€42.08
+7.4%
6.5%€47.34€37.32€43.1013
Jan ’24€37.91
€43.60
+15.0%
8.4%€50.47€35.91€40.3513
Analyst Price Target
Consensus Narrative from 11 Analysts
€76.33
Fair Value
7.7% undervalued intrinsic discount
11
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/01/09 08:55
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/08 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

Unum Group is covered by 26 analysts. 9 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Eric BergBarclays
Alex ScottBarclays
Jay GelbBarclays