Unum Group · UNM · NYSE
Dividend report · updated Nov 13, 2026
$79.85 +0.96% on the day, +$0.76
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Yearly payout / yield
$2.02·2.53%
$0.505 quarterly x 4 ⓘ
Next payment
~$0.505/qtr
pays ~Feb 1, 2027 (est.) ⓘ
Next ex-date
Jan 29, 2027est.
own by Jan 28, 2027 ⓘ
Years without a cut
22 yrs
17 yrs of raises ⓘ
Recession record
2000cut2008raised2020raised2022raised
cut in 2003
Yield vs history ⓘ
49
Near its usual yield
UNM share price & total return
Daily closing price, adjusted for stock splits.
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Last 20 payments
UNM Dividend Growth (CAGR)
1Y +9.8%3Y +11.4%5Y +11.0%10Y +9.7%
Per-share amount, by the date it paid (~ = about, from its usual pay gap). The enlarge button shows all 163 payments since 1987.
Annual dividends and growth
Total paid per share in each calendar year.
Next 5 years if the pace holds
If the recent pace holds — one-off jumps left out. Not a forecast. Pace: +10% a year, its typical raise over the last 5 years. From 2029 it slows by a quarter each year, to no less than 5%. Today's $2.02 a year would be $2.91 by 2031 - 3.65% on today's $79.85 price.

How Many UNM Shares for $500 or $1,000 a Month?

At $2.02 a share a year, $500 a month takes about 2,971 UNM shares, about $237,234 at the Nov 13, 2026 close of $79.85. $1,000 a month takes about 5,941 shares, about $474,389. Before taxes, and only while the rate holds.

Unum Group (UNM) pays $0.505 a share quarterly, $2.02 a year, a 2.53% run-rate yield at the Nov 13, 2026 close of $79.85. It has paid since 1987 and raised its annual dividend 17 years in a row.

At today’s rate of $0.505 quarterly and the last close of $79.85, this is what UNM pays before taxes, if the rate stays where it is:

You holdEach paymentPer month (avg)Per year
1 share$0.505$0.17$2.02
100 shares$50.50$16.83$202.00
$10,000 invested (125.2 shares)$63.24$21.08$252.97
2,971 shares ($500/mo)$1,500.36$500.12$6,001.42
5,941 shares ($1,000/mo)$3,000.21$1,000.07$12,000.82

With DRIP on, every payment buys more shares instead of landing as cash. 100 UNM shares reinvest into 0.63 new shares each payment, about 2.6 new shares a year at today’s price and rate, and each new share collects the next payment too. To DRIP one whole new share every payment you need about 159 shares. Raises speed that up; a falling share price buys more shares per payment, but each is worth less. See the snowball over 10 to 30 years with UNM’s own history in the UNM DRIP calculator.

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An algorithmic rating built from reported data, not a recommendation.
  • Coverage (EPS): are profits enough to pay the dividend rating
  • Coverage (FCF): is spare cash enough to pay the dividend rating
  • Dividend vs cash flow + debt: is the dividend paid with borrowed money report
  • Debt load: how much the balance sheet leans on borrowing rating
  • Debt interest coverage: can profits easily pay the interest bill rating
  • Liquidity: is there cash for debts due this year rating
  • Earnings direction: are sales and profits growing or shrinking report
  • Raise streak: how many years in a row it raised see details
  • Years without a cut: how long since the last dividend cut see details
  • Raise vs trend: are recent raises keeping their usual pace history
  • Yield vs history: is today’s yield high or low versus its past rating
  • Recession record: what the dividend did in past crashes history
  • Crash record: what the dividend did in the 2008 crash history

UNM Dividend Yield Today vs Its 5-Year Range

49/100Near its usual yieldvs its 10-yr history
  • UNM yields 2.53% today, at the Nov 13, 2026 close of $79.85.
  • Its own 10-year median is 2.94%, so today’s yield is near its usual level.
Last 5 years: lowest to highest month-end yield
2.04% low5.20% high
Blue mark = today, grey = its 10-year median. A higher yield than usual means a lower price against the payout.

Where today ranks in its own history is in the paid report

How it works. Each month-end over the last 10 years gives one yield: the regular payment then, times payments a year, over that day’s close. Specials are left out. 50 means today’s yield sits right at its usual level. A lower score means the yield is below its usual level, so the price is high against the payout. A higher score means the yield is above its usual level. On price alone a payer stays between 15 and 85. Steady raisers get a few points back. It reads the past, not the future.

When Is UNM’s Next Dividend? Ex-Date and Pay Date After November 2026

UNM has not declared its next dividend yet. By its usual rhythm of about 91 days between ex-dates, the next ex-date falls around Jan 29, 2027, with the cash around Feb 1, 2027. An estimate, not a promise: only the declaration makes it final. The latest one, $0.505 a share, went ex on Oct 30, 2026 and paid Nov 2, 2026.

  • Ex-dates: about every 91 days (quarterly)
  • Payment: usually about 3 days after the ex-date
  • Next earnings report: Feb 2, 2027

Every payer going ex-dividend this week is on the dividend calendar.

How Often Does UNM Pay?

UNM pays quarterly, 4 times a year. Recent payments arrived in Feb, Apr, Jul and Nov, with ex-dates in Jan, Apr, Jul and Oct. The ex-date comes about every 91 days, and the cash usually lands about 3 days later.

Paid in the last 12 months
$1.93 a share, in 4 payments.
+9.7% against the 12 months before ($1.76 in 4 payments).
Cash that landed, by pay date. The yield up top uses today’s rate instead, so a raise or a cut shows there first.
Payout months
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Pays in Feb, Apr, Jul and Nov. Ex-dates fall in Jan, Apr, Jul and Oct (latest 4 payments).
Raise history
  • Streak: 17 years of higher annual totals (through 2025)
  • Last raise: Jul 24, 2026 - $0.46 to $0.505 (+$0.045, +9.78%)
  • Usual $ step: $0.04 (median of the raises before it)
Coverage
  • EPS payout: 130.5% - $1.84 paid / $1.41 EPS (4 quarters to Sep 30, 2026); own 4-yr norm 19.9% (median of 12 earlier trailing years)
Deposits, loans and policy float run through operating cash flow here, so it does not measure dividend coverage.

UNM vs Similar Dividend Stocks (GL, IVSXF...)

Against the 10 dividend-paying Financial Services companies closest to UNM in market value, UNM’s 2.53% run-rate yield is close to the group’s middle yield of 2.42%, and its raise streak of 17 years is the 4th longest. A higher yield than the group is not a bonus by itself: it is often the market pricing in a cut, so read it next to the rating and the coverage behind it.

Ticker Dividend ⓘ Yield Safety Rating Recessions ⓘ No cut ⓘ
UNM $79.85Unum Group $0.505/qtr$2.02/yr fwd 2.53% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Cut in 20032000 cut2008 raised2020 raised2022 raised 22 yrsraised 17 yrs in a row
GL $160.72Globe Life $0.33/qtr$1.32/yr fwd 0.82% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Raised in all 42000 raised2008 raised2020 raised2022 raised 26 yrsraised 20 yrs in a row
IVSXF $41.45Investor AB (publ) $0.1772/half-yr$0.35/yr fwd 0.86% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 3 yrsraised 3 yrs in a row
BBSEY $6.56BB Seguridade Participações S.A. $0.388/half-yr$0.78/yr fwd 11.83% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 4 yrsraised 1 yr in a row
IVZ $28.92Invesco $0.215/qtr$0.86/yr fwd 2.97% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Cut in 20202000 varied2008 raised2020 cut2022 raised 5 yrsraised 1 yr in a row
ERIE $274.76Erie Indemnity $1.4625/qtr$5.85/yr fwd 2.13% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Raised in all 42000 raised2008 raised2020 raised2022 raised 29+ yrsraised 4 yrs in a row
SEIC $108.91SEI Investments $0.52/half-yr$1.04/yr fwd 0.95% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Raised in all 42000 raised2008 raised2020 raised2022 raised 31 yrsraised 30 yrs in a row
CNA $48.53CNA Financial $0.48/qtr$1.92/yr fwd 3.96% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Stopped in 20082008 stopped2020 held2022 raisedno 2000 record 15 yrsraised 9 yrs in a row
FDS $332.62FactSet Research Systems $1.16/qtr$4.64/yr fwd 1.39% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Raised in all 42000 raised2008 raised2020 raised2022 raised 26+ yrsraised 26+ yrs in a row
FUTU $95.75Futu Holdings Limited $2.60/yr 2.72% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — —no raise streak
AFGC $16.78American Financial Group $0.32/qtr$1.28/yr fwd 7.63% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 2+ yrsno raise streak

Yield and the safety rating are only half of it. See total returns with dividends reinvested, side by side: UNM vs GL, UNM vs IVSXF, UNM vs BBSEY.

UNM Dividend History: Every Payment Since 1987

Ex-datePay dateAmountFrequencyType
Oct 30, 2026Nov 2, 2026$0.505QuarterlyRegular
Jul 24, 2026Jul 27, 2026$0.505QuarterlyRegular
Apr 24, 2026Apr 27, 2026$0.46QuarterlyRegular
Jan 30, 2026Feb 2, 2026$0.46QuarterlyRegular
Oct 24, 2025Oct 27, 2025$0.46QuarterlyRegular
Jul 25, 2025Jul 28, 2025$0.46QuarterlyRegular
Apr 25, 2025Apr 28, 2025$0.42QuarterlyRegular
Jan 24, 2025Jan 27, 2025$0.42QuarterlyRegular
Oct 25, 2024Oct 28, 2024$0.42QuarterlyRegular
Jul 26, 2024Jul 29, 2024$0.42QuarterlyRegular
The other 153 UNM payments come with a paid plan.
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Newest first. Amounts are per share as paid, restated for splits; frequency is the schedule on file for that payment; a payment over 2.5x its neighbours is marked special.
From reported payments, prices and filings — data, not investment advice.

What the Dividend Safety Rating Means for UNM

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UNM Dividend Questions

How often does UNM pay dividends?

UNM pays quarterly, 4 times a year. Recent payments arrived in Feb, Apr, Jul and Nov, with ex-dates in Jan, Apr, Jul and Oct. The ex-date comes about every 91 days, and the cash usually lands about 3 days later.

Does UNM pay dividends monthly?

No. UNM pays quarterly, 4 times a year. For payers that pay every month, see the monthly dividend stocks.

When is the next UNM dividend?

UNM has not declared its next dividend yet. By its usual rhythm of about 91 days between ex-dates, the next ex-date falls around Jan 29, 2027, with the cash around Feb 1, 2027. An estimate, not a promise: only the declaration makes it final. The latest one, $0.505 a share, went ex on Oct 30, 2026 and paid Nov 2, 2026. The current rate is $0.505 per share, $2.02 a year.

Does UNM pay a dividend in February 2027?

Not declared yet. By its usual rhythm the next ex-date falls around Jan 29, 2027, with the cash around Feb 1, 2027, so a payment in February 2027 is likely. Only the company’s declaration makes it final.

How much does UNM pay per share?

UNM pays $0.505 a share quarterly, $2.02 a year. At the Nov 13, 2026 close of $79.85 that is a 2.53% run-rate yield, near its usual level: its own 10-year median is 2.94%.

Has UNM raised its dividend?

Yes. UNM has raised its annual dividend 17 years in a row, through 2025. The latest raise, on Jul 24, 2026, took the rate from $0.46 to $0.505 (+9.78%). Over five years the dividend grew 11.0% a year.

Is UNM’s dividend safe?

No rating can promise a future payment, but the record on file says a lot. UNM paid out 130% of its earnings as dividends over the 4 quarters to Sep 30, 2026. It has raised its dividend 17 years in a row and gone 22 years without a cut. Through the market crashes: it raised the dividend through the 2008, 2020 and 2022 crashes; it cut it in the 2000 (in 2003) crash. This is data, not investment advice. The full 8-check rating comes with a plan.

How do I track my UNM dividends?

Add UNM to a free DRIPCalc portfolio once, with your buy date and share count. Every payout since fills in, dated and in dollars; with DRIP on, the new shares each payment buys are counted for you, so there is no spreadsheet to update and no broker login. To project the snowball, run UNM in the DRIP calculator.

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How this page is built: the rate is the latest regular dividend per share; run-rate yield = rate × payments per year ÷ last close (Nov 13, 2026), never a trailing 12-month total, which lags after a raise and hides a cut. Specials and one-off payments never count in the rate; a payer whose regular payments differ in size is annualized over its last full cycle of regular payments. Raise streak = consecutive calendar years with a higher amount per payment than the year before; years without a cut = years in which the amount per payment held within 1%. The Dividend Safety Rating reads 8 visible lines: coverage, streak, raise pace and yield range for dividend stocks; NAV trend, NAV funding and payout stability for income funds. Similar payers = the same sector or fund group, nearest in market value or fund size. Payments, prices and filings come from DRIPCALC’s price and dividend database. History is not a forecast. This is data, not investment advice.