(VIANEWS) - Shares of Unum Group (NYSE: UNM) rose 9.39% to $40.08 at 12:08 EST on Tuesday, after five sequential sessions in a row of losses. NYSE is rising 1.78% to $15,027.16, after two sequential sessions in a row of losses. This seems, at the moment, an all-around positive trend exchanging session today.
Unum Group's last close was $36.64, 21.44% under its 52-week high of $46.64.
About Unum Group
Unum Group, together with its subsidiaries, provides financial protection benefit solutions primarily in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Poland. It operates through Unum US, Unum International, Colonial Life, and Closed Block segments. The company offers group long-term and short-term disability, group life, and accidental death and dismemberment products; supplemental and voluntary products, such as individual disability, voluntary benefits, and dental and vision products; and accident, sickness, disability, life, and cancer and critical illness products. It also provides group pension, individual life and corporate-owned life insurance, reinsurance pools and management operations, and other products. The company sells its products primarily to employers for the benefit of employees. Unum Group sells its products through field sales personnel, independent brokers, consultants, and independent contractor agency sales force. The company was founded in 1848 and is based in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Unum Group has a trailing twelve months EPS of $3.89.
PE Ratio
Unum Group has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 10.3. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $10.3 for every dollar of annual earnings.
The company's return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder's equity, for the twelve trailing months is 12.75%.Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Unum Group's stock is valued at $40.08 at 12:08 EST, way under its 52-week high of $46.64 and way higher than its 52-week low of $27.36.
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