CNO Financial Group (CNO) Stock Overview
Through its subsidiaries, develops, markets, and administers health insurance, annuity, individual life insurance and other insurance products, and financial services for middle-income pre-retiree and retired Americans in the United States. More details
| Snowflake Score | |
|---|---|
| Valuation | 2/6 |
| Future Growth | 1/6 |
| Past Performance | 0/6 |
| Financial Health | 1/6 |
| Dividends | 5/6 |
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Price History & Performance
| Historical stock prices | |
|---|---|
| Current Share Price | US$44.45 |
| 52 Week High | US$44.94 |
| 52 Week Low | US$35.24 |
| Beta | 0.84 |
| 1 Month Change | 8.26% |
| 3 Month Change | 5.71% |
| 1 Year Change | 19.75% |
| 3 Year Change | 117.04% |
| 5 Year Change | 65.18% |
| Change since IPO | 104.37% |
Recent News & Updates
CNO: Share Repurchases And Slightly Softer Margins Will Shape A Balanced Outlook
Analysts have nudged their price target on CNO Financial Group slightly lower to $46 from $47, citing modestly softer assumptions around profit margin and future P/E, which are only partly offset by a small adjustment in the discount rate. What's in the News CNO Financial Group repurchased 1,471,754 shares from October 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025, representing 1.54% of its shares, for a total of $59.99 million (Key Developments).CNO: Ongoing Share Repurchases Will Support An Undervalued 2025 Outlook
Analysts have adjusted their price target on CNO Financial Group slightly lower to $47. This reflects updated assumptions around fair value, discount rate and future P/E that are now a touch more conservative than before.CNO: Ongoing Share Repurchases Will Support An Undervalued 2025 Outlook
Analysts kept their $48.00 price target for CNO Financial Group unchanged, citing consistent assumptions regarding the discount rate, revenue growth, profit margin, and forward P/E as the basis for maintaining their view. What's in the News From October 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025, CNO Financial Group repurchased 1,471,754 shares, representing 1.54% of its shares, for US$59.99 million under its ongoing buyback program (Key Developments).CNO: Ongoing Share Repurchases Will Support An Undervalued 2025 Outlook
Analysts have nudged their price target for CNO Financial Group to $48.00, reflecting updated views on discount rates, revenue growth assumptions, profit margins, and future P/E expectations. What's in the News From October 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025, CNO Financial Group repurchased 1,500,000 shares for US$60 million, representing 1.57% of the company.Recent updates
CNO: Share Repurchases And Slightly Softer Margins Will Shape A Balanced Outlook
Analysts have nudged their price target on CNO Financial Group slightly lower to $46 from $47, citing modestly softer assumptions around profit margin and future P/E, which are only partly offset by a small adjustment in the discount rate. What's in the News CNO Financial Group repurchased 1,471,754 shares from October 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025, representing 1.54% of its shares, for a total of $59.99 million (Key Developments).CNO: Ongoing Share Repurchases Will Support An Undervalued 2025 Outlook
Analysts have adjusted their price target on CNO Financial Group slightly lower to $47. This reflects updated assumptions around fair value, discount rate and future P/E that are now a touch more conservative than before.CNO: Ongoing Share Repurchases Will Support An Undervalued 2025 Outlook
Analysts kept their $48.00 price target for CNO Financial Group unchanged, citing consistent assumptions regarding the discount rate, revenue growth, profit margin, and forward P/E as the basis for maintaining their view. What's in the News From October 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025, CNO Financial Group repurchased 1,471,754 shares, representing 1.54% of its shares, for US$59.99 million under its ongoing buyback program (Key Developments).CNO: Ongoing Share Repurchases Will Support An Undervalued 2025 Outlook
Analysts have nudged their price target for CNO Financial Group to $48.00, reflecting updated views on discount rates, revenue growth assumptions, profit margins, and future P/E expectations. What's in the News From October 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025, CNO Financial Group repurchased 1,500,000 shares for US$60 million, representing 1.57% of the company.CNO: Share Repurchases And Steady Margins Will Support An Undervalued 2025 Outlook
Analysts have raised their price target on CNO Financial Group from $47.25 to $48.00, citing updated assumptions around discount rates, revenue trends, profit margins, and future P/E levels. What's in the News CNO Financial Group reported that from October 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025, it repurchased 1,500,000 shares, representing 1.57% of its shares, for US$60 million under its existing buyback program (Key Developments).CNO: Stable Profitability And Fair Pricing Will Support A Balanced 2025 Outlook
Analysts have maintained their fair value estimate for CNO Financial Group at US$47.25, with only minor technical adjustments to assumptions such as the discount rate and future P/E informing the unchanged price target. Valuation Changes Fair Value Estimate remains unchanged at US$47.25, reflecting a consistent view of intrinsic value based on current assumptions.CNO: Earnings Guidance And Share Repurchases Will Support A Stronger 2025 Outlook
Analysts have lifted their price target on CNO Financial Group from US$46.00 to US$47.25, citing updated assumptions around fair value, discount rate, revenue trends, profit margin and future P/E as the drivers of this refinement. What's in the News CNO Financial Group updated its earnings guidance for fiscal 2025, narrowing its operating earnings per share range to US$3.75 to US$3.85 while keeping the midpoint unchanged (Company guidance).CNO: Earnings Guidance And Share Repurchases Will Guide Balanced 2025 Outlook
Analysts have raised their price target on CNO Financial Group from $43.75 to $46.00, citing updated assumptions regarding discount rates, revenue trends, profit margins, and future P/E expectations. What's in the News CNO Financial Group updated earnings guidance for fiscal 2025, narrowing its operating earnings per share range to $3.75 to $3.85 while keeping the midpoint unchanged (Corporate Guidance).CNO: Earnings Guidance And Ongoing Buybacks Will Shape 2025 Performance
Analysts have slightly lowered their price target on CNO Financial Group to approximately 43.75 dollars from about 44.40 dollars. This reflects modestly higher discount rate assumptions, slightly softer long term growth expectations, and a marginally reduced future earnings multiple that still supports a solid profitability outlook.CNO: Earnings Guidance And Continued Buybacks Will Influence 2025 Market Outlook
Analysts have raised the fair value estimate for CNO Financial Group from $43.40 to $44.40 per share, citing minor adjustments to their financial projections and underlying assumptions. What's in the News CNO Financial Group updated its earnings guidance for fiscal year 2025, narrowing the operating earnings per share range to $3.75 to $3.85.CNO: Earnings Guidance And Buybacks Will Shape 2025 Performance Outlook
Analysts have raised their price target for CNO Financial Group by $1.00 to $43.40, citing incremental improvements in the discount rate, projected revenue decline, and profit margin estimates. What's in the News CNO Financial Group updated its earnings guidance for fiscal year 2025, narrowing its operating earnings per share range to $3.75 to $3.85 and maintaining the same midpoint (Key Developments).Take Care Before Diving Into The Deep End On CNO Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE:CNO)
Sep 24
CNO Financial Group (NYSE:CNO) Is Increasing Its Dividend To $0.17
May 08CNO Financial Group: I Am Cautious Of The Immediate Future
Apr 08Investors Don't See Light At End Of CNO Financial Group, Inc.'s (NYSE:CNO) Tunnel
Feb 19CNO Financial Group, Inc.'s (NYSE:CNO) Shares Lagging The Market But So Is The Business
Oct 23
Worksite Expansion And High Competition Threaten Future Profit Margins And Sales Growth
Expansion and diversification efforts might not yield expected revenue growth, impacting profit margins due to increased operational costs and investments.Results: CNO Financial Group, Inc. Exceeded Expectations And The Consensus Has Updated Its Estimates
Aug 01Little Excitement Around CNO Financial Group, Inc.'s (NYSE:CNO) Earnings
Jul 12CNO Financial Group's (NYSE:CNO) Dividend Will Be Increased To $0.16
May 09Most Shareholders Will Probably Agree With CNO Financial Group, Inc.'s (NYSE:CNO) CEO Compensation
May 03Shareholder Returns
| CNO | US Insurance | US Market | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7D | 1.6% | -1.3% | -0.2% |
| 1Y | 19.7% | -6.4% | 27.6% |
Return vs Industry: CNO exceeded the US Insurance industry which returned -6.4% over the past year.
Return vs Market: CNO underperformed the US Market which returned 27.6% over the past year.
Price Volatility
| CNO volatility | |
|---|---|
| CNO Average Weekly Movement | 3.6% |
| Insurance Industry Average Movement | 4.4% |
| Market Average Movement | 7.2% |
| 10% most volatile stocks in US Market | 16.2% |
| 10% least volatile stocks in US Market | 3.3% |
Stable Share Price: CNO has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the US market.
Volatility Over Time: CNO's weekly volatility (4%) has been stable over the past year.
About the Company
| Founded | Employees | CEO | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 3,300 | Gary Bhojwani | www.cnoinc.com |
CNO Financial Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, develops, markets, and administers health insurance, annuity, individual life insurance and other insurance products, and financial services for middle-income pre-retiree and retired Americans in the United States. It offers Medicare supplement, supplemental health, and long-term care insurance policies; life insurance; and annuities, as well as Medicare advantage plans to individual consumers through phone, virtually, online, and face-to-face with agents. The company also focuses on sale of voluntary benefit life and health insurance products for businesses, associations, and other membership groups by interacting with customers at their place of employment.
CNO Financial Group, Inc. Fundamentals Summary
| CNO fundamental statistics | |
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| Market cap | US$4.19b |
| Earnings (TTM) | US$229.30m |
| Revenue (TTM) | US$4.49b |
Is CNO overvalued?
See Fair Value and valuation analysisEarnings & Revenue
| CNO income statement (TTM) | |
|---|---|
| Revenue | US$4.49b |
| Cost of Revenue | US$2.74b |
| Gross Profit | US$1.74b |
| Other Expenses | US$1.52b |
| Earnings | US$229.30m |
Last Reported Earnings
Dec 31, 2025
Next Earnings Date
May 01, 2026
| Earnings per share (EPS) | 2.45 |
| Gross Margin | 38.87% |
| Net Profit Margin | 5.11% |
| Debt/Equity Ratio | 153.6% |
How did CNO perform over the long term?
See historical performance and comparisonDividends
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
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| Company Analysis | 2026/04/30 21:58 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2026/04/30 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2025/12/31 |
| Annual Earnings | 2025/12/31 |
Data Sources
The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.
| Package | Data | Timeframe | Example US Source * |
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| Company Financials | 10 years |
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| Analyst Consensus Estimates | +3 years |
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| Market Prices | 30 years |
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| Ownership | 10 years |
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| Management | 10 years |
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| Key Developments | 10 years |
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* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.
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Analyst Sources
CNO Financial Group, Inc. is covered by 16 analysts. 3 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.
| Analyst | Institution |
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| Jack Matten | BMO Capital Markets Equity Research |
| Randy Binner | B. Riley Securities, Inc. |
| Mark Palmer | BTIG |