Unum Group (UNM) Competitors

Prudential Financial (NYSE:PRU) and Unum Group (NYSE:UNM) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation and institutional ownership.

Is PRU or UNM a better dividend stock?

Prudential Financial pays an annual dividend of $5.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Unum Group pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Prudential Financial pays out 72.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Unum Group pays out 17.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Unum Group has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years.

Which has more risk & volatility, PRU or UNM?

Prudential Financial has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Unum Group has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PRU or UNM more profitable?

Unum Group has a net margin of 13.81% compared to Prudential Financial's net margin of 4.01%. Prudential Financial's return on equity of 15.86% beat Unum Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Prudential Financial	4.01%	15.86%	0.64%
Unum Group	13.81%	14.91%	2.53%

Which has better earnings & valuation, PRU or UNM?

Prudential Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Unum Group. Unum Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Prudential Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Prudential Financial	$70.65B	0.57	$2.73B	$7.47	15.17
Unum Group	$12.89B	1.15	$1.78B	$9.47	8.55

Does the media prefer PRU or UNM?

In the previous week, Prudential Financial had 3 more articles in the media than Unum Group. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Prudential Financial and 36 mentions for Unum Group. Unum Group's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Prudential Financial's score of 0.66 indicating that Unum Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Prudential Financial	18 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Unum Group	12 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PRU or UNM?

Prudential Financial received 446 more outperform votes than Unum Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.70% of users gave Prudential Financial an outperform vote while only 47.65% of users gave Unum Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Prudential Financial	Outperform Votes 851 63.70%	Underperform Votes 485 36.30%
Unum Group	Outperform Votes 405 47.65%	Underperform Votes 445 52.35%

Do analysts prefer PRU or UNM?

Prudential Financial presently has a consensus target price of $126.15, suggesting a potential upside of 11.35%. Unum Group has a consensus target price of $84.83, suggesting a potential upside of 4.74%. Given Prudential Financial's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Prudential Financial is more favorable than Unum Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Prudential Financial	1 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.15
Unum Group	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.69

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in PRU or UNM?

56.8% of Prudential Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.6% of Unum Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Prudential Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Unum Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Prudential Financial and Unum Group tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.