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Unum Group

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Unum Group has retired 54.4% of its shares since 2007, from 346,942,230 to 158,306,798.

54.4%retired since 2007
22.6%last 5 years
5.4%last 12 months
158Mshares today
Shares outstanding, 2000 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings
a quarter gone 2012half gone 2024347M shares, 2007158M200020052010201520202025
2000, 241,400,1202026-07-27, 158,306,798

Early years use the fiscal-year average share count from the 10-K.

A share bought in 2000
1.5× more of Unum Group today, without buying another share. It was one of 241,400,120 shares then. It is one of 158,306,798 now.
Every filing we read26 fiscal years, split adjusted
Fiscal yearDateShares outstandingFiling
20002001-03-12241,400,12010-Kcover page
20012002-03-18242,861,94510-Kcover page
20022003-03-18241,644,01210-Kcover page
20032004-03-01296,248,03910-Kcover page
20042005-03-10297,561,75410-Kcover page
20052006-02-24298,639,38310-Kcover page
20062007-02-23342,656,81110-Kcover page
20072008-02-21346,942,23010-Kcover page
20082009-02-23331,163,35610-Kcover page
20092010-02-24332,375,87010-K
20102011-02-18309,681,57810-K
20112011-12-31302,399,80010-Kfiscal-year average
20122013-02-20269,798,47810-K
20132014-02-24259,447,82010-K
20142015-02-23251,422,58910-K
20152016-02-22238,856,62710-K
20162017-02-21229,229,23610-K
20172018-02-20221,261,10010-K
20182019-02-15214,625,71010-K
20192020-02-14202,971,07710-K
20202021-02-12203,731,25910-K
20212022-02-23202,563,75410-K
20222023-02-21197,294,18210-K
20232024-02-16191,518,00610-K
20242025-02-25176,777,74110-K
20252026-02-13163,753,81810-K

Source: all 10-K filings of Unum Group on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.

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Unum Group buybacks, answered

Is Unum Group buying back its stock?

Yes. Unum Group has 5.4% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 158,306,798 as of July 27, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 22.6%.

How many shares has Unum Group bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Unum Group has 188.6 million fewer shares than at its 2007 peak. That is 54.4% of the company. Since fiscal 2008 alone it bought back about 211.2 million shares, while the count fell by 172.9 million. The difference went to employees and other new shares.

How many shares does Unum Group have outstanding?

158,306,798 shares, as of July 27, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2007 peak it had 346,942,230.

What do Unum Group's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Unum Group stock in 2007 owns 2.2 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.

How does Unum Group compare with other cannibal stocks?

Unum Group ranks No. 27 of 65 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Star Group (56.7%), Signet Jewelers (56.0%), Valero Energy (53.7%), Crocs (53.2%).

Every answer is computed from Unum Group's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.

Insider buying, last 12 months

No open-market purchases reported in the last 12 months.

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