Ranked #146 of 172 · scores higher than 15% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score
19 peers with a profitability score of 30–39, including UNM · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 30?
Weighted metrics compared with all Banks & Insurance companies.
Mainly because of its return on equity, which is weaker than most Banks & Insurance peers.
▼a lower return on shareholders' equity: weaker than 80% of peers. Return on equity: 6.5% vs peer median 10.7%
●Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 1.1% vs peer median 1.2%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = UNM, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.
Metric
UNM
Peer median
Better than
Position among peers
Weight
Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 143 reported
9.4%
10.8%
40%
Context only
Operating marginHigher is better · 20 reported
Not reported
14.9%
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Context only
Return on assetsHigher is better · 172 reported
1.1%
1.3%
38%
50%
Return on equityHigher is better · 170 reported
6.4%
12.7%
5%
50%
Gross marginHigher is better · 178 reported
29.3%
0.0%
71%
Context only
Metrics with no weight are context only: for banks, brokers and insurers, free cash flow, EBITDA, gross margin and current ratio mostly reflect trading and funding flows, not the health of the business.
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score
