Unum Group (UNM) Reports Earnings Tomorrow: What To Expect

Employee benefits provider Unum Group (NYSE:UNM) will be reporting results this Thursday after market hours. Here’s what to expect.

Unum Group missed analysts’ revenue expectations by 1.7% last quarter, reporting revenues of $3.25 billion, flat year on year. It was a softer quarter for the company, with a significant miss of analysts’ book value per share and net premiums earned estimates.

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This quarter, analysts are expecting Unum Group’s revenue to grow 1.4% year on year to $3.29 billion, slowing from the 3% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $2.11 per share.

Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Unum Group has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates four times over the last two years.

Looking at Unum Group’s peers in the insurance segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Prudential delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 11.6%, meeting analysts’ expectations, and Horace Mann Educators reported revenues up 6.3%, falling short of estimates by 2.5%.

Read our full analysis of Prudential’s results here and Horace Mann Educators’s results here.

Debates around the economy’s health and the impact of potential tariffs and corporate tax cuts have caused much uncertainty in 2025. While some of the insurance stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 3.3% on average over the last month. Unum Group is down 2.2% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $95.62 (compared to the current share price of $76.57).

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