UNM vs. CNO, PFG, BXP, Z, NLY, REXR, JEF, CUBE, EWBC, and AIZ
Should you be buying Unum Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Unum Group include CNO Financial Group (CNO), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Boston Properties (BXP), Zillow Group (Z), Annaly Capital Management (NLY), Rexford Industrial Realty (REXR), Jefferies Financial Group (JEF), CubeSmart (CUBE), East West Bancorp (EWBC), and Assurant (AIZ). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Unum Group (NYSE:UNM) and CNO Financial Group (NYSE:CNO) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability and media sentiment.
Unum Group received 5 more outperform votes than CNO Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.17% of users gave CNO Financial Group an outperform vote while only 46.44% of users gave Unum Group an outperform vote.
Unum Group currently has a consensus price target of $57.38, indicating a potential upside of 9.12%. CNO Financial Group has a consensus price target of $27.50, indicating a potential downside of 0.51%. Given Unum Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Unum Group is more favorable than CNO Financial Group.
Unum Group has a net margin of 10.52% compared to CNO Financial Group's net margin of 9.07%. CNO Financial Group's return on equity of 16.77% beat Unum Group's return on equity.
Unum Group has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CNO Financial Group has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Unum Group pays an annual dividend of $1.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. CNO Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Unum Group pays out 21.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CNO Financial Group pays out 17.5% 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.
In the previous week, Unum Group had 3 more articles in the media than CNO Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Unum Group and 9 mentions for CNO Financial Group. CNO Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Unum Group's score of 0.86 indicating that CNO Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
86.6% of Unum Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.4% of CNO Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Unum Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of CNO Financial Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Unum Group has higher revenue and earnings than CNO Financial Group. Unum Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CNO Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Unum Group beats CNO Financial Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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