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Unum (UNM) Return on Sales (2016 - 2025)

Unum (UNM) has disclosed Return on Sales for 17 consecutive years, with 0.11% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Sales fell 23.0% to 0.11% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.07% through Dec 2025, down 13.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.08% for FY2025, 9.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales hit 0.11% in Q4 2025 for Unum, up from 0.01% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.45% in Q4 2022 to a low of 0.01% in Q3 2025.
  • Historically, Return on Sales has averaged 0.14% across 5 years, with a median of 0.12% in 2021.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Sales: surged 32bps in 2022 and later plummeted -39bps in 2023.
  • Year by year, Return on Sales stood at 0.13% in 2021, then soared by 240bps to 0.45% in 2022, then plummeted by -85bps to 0.07% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 405bps to 0.34% in 2024, then plummeted by -68bps to 0.11% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Sales for UNM at 0.11% in Q4 2025, 0.01% in Q3 2025, and 0.1% in Q2 2025.