Unum Group Valuation

Is UNM 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 UNM when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: UNM ($51.97) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($140.4)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

UNM key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue1.1x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA6.9x
PEG Ratio1.2x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for UNM vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average19.6x
PRI Primerica
13.4x5.8%US$7.6b
GL Globe Life
7.4x6.6%US$7.1b
PFG Principal Financial Group
31x24.2%US$19.2b
AEL American Equity Investment Life Holding
26.6x18.6%US$4.5b
UNM Unum Group
7.8x6.3%US$9.9b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: UNM is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (7.8x) compared to the peer average (19.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does UNM's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Insurance Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a11.6%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: UNM is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (7.8x) compared to the US Insurance industry average (14.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is UNM'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.

UNM PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio7.8x
Fair PE Ratio16x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: UNM is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (7.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16x).


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 UNM forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$51.97
US$58.60
+12.8%
7.6%US$66.00US$52.00n/a10
Apr ’25US$53.87
US$57.20
+6.2%
8.7%US$64.00US$50.00n/a10
Mar ’25US$49.30
US$57.20
+16.0%
8.7%US$64.00US$50.00n/a10
Feb ’25US$47.09
US$56.55
+20.1%
9.1%US$64.00US$50.00n/a11
Jan ’25US$45.22
US$54.36
+20.2%
8.3%US$61.00US$45.00n/a11
Dec ’24US$43.08
US$54.00
+25.3%
7.9%US$61.00US$45.00n/a12
Nov ’24US$42.46
US$55.00
+29.5%
8.4%US$63.00US$48.00n/a12
Oct ’24US$49.19
US$54.83
+11.5%
8.8%US$63.00US$47.00n/a12
Sep ’24US$49.48
US$54.50
+10.1%
8.5%US$63.00US$47.00n/a12
Aug ’24US$48.63
US$53.17
+9.3%
7.6%US$62.00US$47.00n/a12
Jul ’24US$47.70
US$51.25
+7.4%
8.8%US$59.00US$46.00n/a12
Jun ’24US$43.48
US$50.54
+16.2%
7.9%US$59.00US$46.00n/a13
May ’24US$41.83
US$48.50
+15.9%
8.5%US$57.00US$41.00n/a14
Apr ’24US$39.56
US$48.62
+22.9%
6.7%US$53.00US$40.00US$53.8713
Mar ’24US$45.57
US$47.38
+4.0%
6.3%US$52.00US$41.00US$49.3013
Feb ’24US$43.30
US$46.23
+6.8%
6.5%US$52.00US$41.00US$47.0913
Jan ’24US$41.03
US$44.92
+9.5%
8.4%US$52.00US$37.00US$45.2213
Dec ’23US$41.96
US$44.92
+7.1%
8.4%US$52.00US$37.00US$43.0813
Nov ’23US$45.68
US$41.54
-9.1%
10.2%US$50.00US$36.00US$42.4613
Oct ’23US$38.80
US$39.15
+0.9%
9.9%US$48.00US$34.00US$49.1913
Sep ’23US$37.91
US$38.62
+1.9%
8.0%US$44.00US$34.00US$49.4813
Aug ’23US$31.92
US$34.92
+9.4%
14.4%US$44.00US$21.00US$48.6313
Jul ’23US$33.81
US$35.23
+4.2%
14.5%US$44.00US$21.00US$47.7013
Jun ’23US$36.48
US$34.43
-5.6%
14.1%US$44.00US$21.00US$43.4814
May ’23US$30.52
US$31.08
+1.8%
12.5%US$36.00US$21.00US$41.8313
Apr ’23US$31.62
US$29.31
-7.3%
12.9%US$35.00US$21.00US$39.5613

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


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