Unum UNM Return on invested capital
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Where this comes from
The official record: Unum’s 10-Q, filed April 29, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →
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Questions, answered.
- What is Unum's return on invested capital?
- Unum (UNM) reported return on invested capital of 6.5% in Q1 2026.
- How has Unum's return on invested capital changed year-over-year?
- Unum's return on invested capital decreased by 37.1% year-over-year, from 10.3% to 6.5%.
- What is the long-term trend for Unum's return on invested capital?
- Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Unum's return on invested capital has grown at a -2.0% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 6.8% to 6.1%.
- What does return on invested capital mean?
- The after-tax return the business earns on all the capital — debt and equity — invested in it.
- How do you interpret return on invested capital?
- The cleanest measure of business quality: ROIC sustained above the cost of capital creates value, below it destroys value. Compare against WACC, not against zero.
- How does return on invested capital compare across companies?
- Highly comparable across companies as a quality screen. Sector-sensitive definitions of invested capital mean banks/insurers are best excluded.