Unum Group (UNM) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)
Unum's Operating Margin was -49.31% in Q2 2026, down 3.85 percentage points from -45.45% a year earlier and down 0.04 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Unum Group (UNM) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Unum's Operating Margin was -50.67% through Jun 30, 2026, down 6.46 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at -51.19%, down 10.61 percentage points from FY2024.
- Operating Margin shows a five-year change of +9.66 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Operating Margin was -40.57% in FY2024 (+5.22 pp), -45.79% in FY2023 (+2.54 pp), -48.33% in FY2022 (+8.74 pp) and -57.07% in FY2021 (+3.78 pp).
- Quarterly Operating Margin has moved between -69.45% (Q4 2021) and -32.64% (Q3 2024) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Operating Margin was higher in three of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -2.94 percentage points.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Operating Margin over five years was Q4 2022 (a gain of 20.30 percentage points); the worst was Q3 2025 (a drop of 20.49 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, UNM's Operating Margin in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was -49.27% (Q1 2026), -50.96% (Q4 2025) and -53.13% (Q3 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | -49.31% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -49.27% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -50.96% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -53.13% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -45.45% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -55.53% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -43.58% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -32.64% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -42.40% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -43.66% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -44.02% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -49.05% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -43.04% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -47.13% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -49.14% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -40.61% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -46.93% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -56.61% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -69.45% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -45.26% |
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Unum Group Operating Margin API
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params = {"slug": "operating-margin", "ticker": "UNM", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=UNM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();