Unum (UNM) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)

Unum (UNM) reported Operating Margin of 14.41% for Q1 2026, down 219.0% on a YoY basis from 12.11% in Q1 2025, and down 19.53% sequentially from 17.9% in Q4 2025.

Unum (UNM) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Unum (UNM) has 18 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 14.41% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Margin fell 219.0% year-over-year to 14.41%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 17.44% (up 220.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 18.77%, up 224.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin declined to 14.41% in Q1 2026, from 17.9% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 21.76% in Q4 2022 to a low of 10.83% in Q4 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 17.6% and a median of 17.74% in 2025 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Margin plunged 10334 bps in 2022 and surged 708 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Tracing UNM's Operating Margin over 5 years: stood at 21.76% in 2022, then tumbled by 50 bps to 10.85% in 2023, then declined by 0 bps to 10.83% in 2024, then soared by 65 bps to 17.9% in 2025, then declined by 20 bps to 14.41% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows UNM's Operating Margin at 14.41% in Q1 2026, 17.9% in Q4 2025, and 17.74% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Prudential 75.05 Bn 67.97 Bn - -
2 Aflac 63.80 Bn 58.14 Bn 2.51 Bn 22.00%
3 Metlife 60.34 Bn 44.39 Bn 256.00 Mn 44.18%
4 Manulife Financial 52.65 Bn 53.78 Bn - -
5 Unum 14.19 Bn 4.23 Bn 1.40 Bn 14.41%
6 Primerica 9.76 Bn 9.08 Bn 770.81 Mn 4.96%
7 Jackson Financial 8.17 Bn 3.03 Bn - 25.50%
8 Lincoln National 7.81 Bn -1.09 Bn 3.25 Bn 30.25%
9 F&G Annuities & Life 3.87 Bn 1.67 Bn 1.15 Bn 60.91%
10 Genworth Financial 3.84 Bn 2.75 Bn 553.00 Mn 43.11%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 14.41%
Dec 31, 2025 17.90%
Sep 30, 2025 17.74%
Jun 30, 2025 20.40%
Mar 31, 2025 16.60%
Dec 31, 2024 10.83%
Sep 30, 2024 20.08%
Jun 30, 2024 16.86%
Mar 31, 2024 19.67%
Dec 31, 2023 10.85%
Sep 30, 2023 20.82%
Jun 30, 2023 21.17%
Mar 31, 2023 16.76%
Dec 31, 2022 21.76%
Sep 30, 2022 17.29%
Jun 30, 2022 18.39%
Mar 31, 2022 17.69%
Dec 31, 2021 125.10%
Sep 30, 2021 18.53%
Jun 30, 2021 23.73%