Why Unum (UNM) is a Top Value Stock for the Long-Term
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Achieving those goals is made easier with the Zacks Style Scores, a unique set of guidelines that rates stocks based on popular investing methodologies, namely value, growth, and momentum. The Style Scores can help you narrow down which stocks are better for your portfolio and which ones can beat the market over the long-term.
Why Investors Should Pay Attention to This Value Stock
Value investors love finding good stocks at good prices, especially before the broader market catches on to a stock's true value. Utilizing ratios like P/E, PEG, Price/Sales, and Price/Cash Flow, the Value Style Score identifies the most attractive and most discounted stocks.
Unum (UNM)
Headquartered in Chattanooga, TN, Unum Group (UNM) was created following the Jun 1999 merger of Provident Companies, Inc. and Unum Corporation. Along with disability insurance, the company provides long-term care insurance, life insurance, employer- and employee-paid group benefits and related services. Since Jan 2003, UnumProvident has been classifying its operations into five segments: Income Protection, Life and Accident, Colonial, Corporate, and Other. Effective Jul 1, 2005, the company modified its reporting segments to separate its United States business from its United Kingdom subsidiary, Unum Limited. The company's business operations are now segmented as follows:
UNM boasts a Value Style Score of A and VGM Score of B, and holds a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) rating. Shares of Unum are trading at a forward earnings multiple of 6.3X, as well as a PEG Ratio of 0.8, a Price/Cash Flow ratio of 6.2X, and a Price/Sales ratio of 0.8X.
A company's earnings performance is important for value investors as well. For fiscal 2024, 10 analysts revised their earnings estimate higher in the last 60 days for UNM, while the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.32 to $8.18 per share. UNM also holds an average earnings surprise of 5.2%.
Investors should take the time to consider UNM for their portfolios due to its solid Zacks Ranks, notable earnings and valuation metrics, and impressive Value and VGM Style Scores.
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