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UNM vs. MET, PRU, PRI, LNC, CNO, CIA, AFL, PFG, ALL, and NU

Should you be buying Unum Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Unum Group include MetLife (MET), Prudential Financial (PRU), Primerica (PRI), Lincoln National (LNC), CNO Financial Group (CNO), Citizens (CIA), Aflac (AFL), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Allstate (ALL), and NU (NU). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Unum Group vs.

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

Unum Group has a net margin of 13.81% compared to MetLife's net margin of 6.19%. MetLife's return on equity of 20.42% beat Unum Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MetLife6.19% 20.42% 0.86%
Unum Group 13.81%14.91%2.53%

MetLife pays an annual dividend of $2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Unum Group pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. MetLife pays out 36.5% 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. MetLife has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years and Unum Group has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years.

MetLife has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Unum Group has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, MetLife had 8 more articles in the media than Unum Group. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for MetLife and 22 mentions for Unum Group. Unum Group's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat MetLife's score of 1.18 indicating that Unum Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
MetLife
24 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Unum Group
17 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MetLife$69.90B0.72$4.43B$5.9712.44
Unum Group$12.79B1.08$1.78B$9.478.31

MetLife currently has a consensus price target of $92.46, indicating a potential upside of 24.51%. Unum Group has a consensus price target of $88.36, indicating a potential upside of 12.21%. Given MetLife's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe MetLife is more favorable than Unum Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
MetLife
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.93
Unum Group
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.79

MetLife received 554 more outperform votes than Unum Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.98% of users gave MetLife an outperform vote while only 47.79% of users gave Unum Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MetLifeOutperform Votes
964
73.98%
Underperform Votes
339
26.02%
Unum GroupOutperform Votes
410
47.79%
Underperform Votes
448
52.21%

95.0% of MetLife shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.6% of Unum Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of MetLife shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Unum Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

MetLife beats Unum Group on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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UNM vs. The Competition

MetricUnum GroupAccident & health insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$13.88B$23.39B$11.02B$18.67B
Dividend Yield2.21%2.57%5.93%4.16%
P/E Ratio8.318.2421.9631.63
Price / Sales1.081.5325.6827.49
Price / Cash8.999.0517.6017.53
Price / Book1.311.692.614.36
Net Income$1.78B$2.30B$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance3.81%1.99%1.78%1.58%
1 Month Performance-5.48%-5.36%-2.77%-7.33%
1 Year Performance51.53%23.25%535.35%1.81%

Unum Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UNM
Unum Group
4.8917 of 5 stars
$79.86
+1.5%
$88.36
+10.6%
+52.1%$14.07B$12.79B8.4310,900Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
Positive News
MET
MetLife
4.9395 of 5 stars
$71.25
+0.2%
$92.46
+29.8%
+2.8%$48.54B$69.90B11.9445,000Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Increase
Positive News
PRU
Prudential Financial
4.8102 of 5 stars
$98.70
+0.2%
$122.77
+24.4%
-9.3%$34.98B$70.65B13.2139,900Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
PRI
Primerica
4.4205 of 5 stars
$251.76
+1.3%
$309.14
+22.8%
+17.7%$8.34B$3.09B18.313,440Short Interest ↑
Positive News
LNC
Lincoln National
4.9305 of 5 stars
$29.52
-0.9%
$35.91
+21.7%
+7.4%$5.03B$17.99B1.6110,800Positive News
CNO
CNO Financial Group
4.0305 of 5 stars
$36.82
+0.8%
$41.00
+11.4%
+47.2%$3.69B$4.45B9.843,350Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
CIA
Citizens
0.7665 of 5 stars
$4.02
-2.4%
N/A+117.3%$199.63M$245.00M9.35220
AFL
Aflac
4.5488 of 5 stars
$106.84
+2.1%
$103.93
-2.7%
+29.7%$58.31B$19.13B11.1312,400Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
PFG
Principal Financial Group
4.3562 of 5 stars
$72.61
+0.9%
$84.69
+16.6%
-9.2%$16.34B$16.13B10.8719,300Positive News
ALL
Allstate
4.8297 of 5 stars
$192.58
+0.9%
$219.27
+13.9%
+11.3%$51.03B$64.12B11.3354,500Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
NU
NU
3.9522 of 5 stars
$10.54
+2.9%
$15.36
+45.6%
+5.4%$50.25B$8.27B26.366,080

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This page (NYSE:UNM) was last updated on 4/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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