1.56% volatility in Unum Group (UNM) last month: This is a red flag warning

On Tuesday, Unum Group (NYSE: UNM) opened higher 0.88% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $49.95. Price fluctuations for UNM have ranged from $39.71 to $54.57 over the past 52 weeks.

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It was noted that within the last five years, the titan of the Financial sector saw sales topped by 1.53%. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 6.51% at the time writing. With a float of $189.42 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $193.37 million.

The extent of productivity of a business whose workforce counts for 10812 workers is very important to gauge.

Unum Group (UNM) Insider Updates

A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Insurance – Life industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Unum Group is 1.09%, while institutional ownership is 88.18%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Mar 13 ’24, was worth 510,600. In this transaction EVP, Chief Financial Officer of this company sold 10,000 shares at a rate of $51.06, taking the stock ownership to the 122,246 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Mar 05 ’24, when Company’s EVP, General Counsel sold 16,000 for $50.00, making the entire transaction worth $800,064. This insider now owns 40,840 shares in total.

Unum Group (UNM) Performance Highlights and Predictions

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 6.51% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 6.10% during the next five years compared to 22.26% growth over the previous five years of trading.

Unum Group (NYSE: UNM) Trading Performance Indicators

Check out the current performance indicators for Unum Group (UNM). In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.78. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 9.04.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 6.49, a number that is poised to hit 1.97 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 8.78 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Unum Group (UNM)

The latest stats from [Unum Group, UNM] show that its last 5-days average volume of 1.37 million was inferior to 1.44 million than last year’s volume. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 8.29%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.88.

During the past 100 days, Unum Group’s (UNM) raw stochastic average was set at 66.83%, which indicates a significant increase from 14.43% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 18.01% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 16.69% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $50.68, while its 200-day Moving Average is $47.99. Now, the first resistance to watch is $50.72. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $51.05. The third major resistance level sits at $51.56. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $49.87, it is likely to go to the next support level at $49.36. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $49.03.

Unum Group (NYSE: UNM) Key Stats

There are currently 191,922K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 9.65 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 12,386 M according to its annual income of 1,284 M. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 3,145 M and its income totaled 330,600 K.