NYSE:CNO CNO Financial Group (CNO) Stock Price, News & Analysis $42.01 +0.36 (+0.86%) Closing price 04/1/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$41.98 -0.03 (-0.07%) As of 08:00 AM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Stock Analysis Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock About CNO Financial Group Stock (NYSE:CNO) 30 days 90 days 365 days Advanced Chart View Price History Chart DataSkip Price History Chart Get CNO Financial Group alerts:Sign Up Key Stats Today's Range$41.18▼$42.2350-Day Range$38.60▼$42.3452-Week Range$24.92▼$43.20Volume705,072 shsAverage Volume705,151 shsMarket Capitalization$4.21 billionP/E Ratio11.23Dividend Yield1.52%Price Target$40.50Consensus RatingHold Company OverviewCNO Financial Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, develops, markets, and administers health insurance, annuity, individual life insurance, insurance products, and financial services for senior and middle-income markets 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 individuals through phone, online, mail, and face-to-face. 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. In addition, it provides fixed indexed annuities; fixed interest annuities, including fixed rate single and flexible premium deferred annuities; single premium immediate annuities; supplemental health products, such as specified disease, accident, and hospital indemnity products; and long-term care plans primarily to retirees and older self-employed individuals in the middle-income market. Further, the company offers universal life and other interest-sensitive life products; and traditional life policies that include whole life, graded benefit life, term life, and single premium whole life products, as well as graded benefit life insurance products. It markets its products under the Bankers Life, Washington National, and Colonial Penn brand names. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Carmel, Indiana.Read More… Remove Ads CNO Financial Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™See Top-Rated MarketRank™ Stocks82nd Percentile Overall ScoreCNO MarketRank™: CNO Financial Group scored higher than 82% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 306th out of 955 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation. Analyst's Opinion1.1 / 5Analyst RatingHold Consensus RatingCNO Financial Group has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.17, and is based on 2 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.Amount of Analyst CoverageCNO Financial Group has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.Read more about CNO Financial Group's stock forecast and price target. Earnings and Valuation2.5 / 5Proj. Earnings Growth11.23% Earnings GrowthEarnings for CNO Financial Group are expected to grow by 11.23% in the coming year, from $3.83 to $4.26 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of CNO Financial Group is 11.23, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 22.58.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of CNO Financial Group is 11.23, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 22.64.Price to Book Value per Share RatioCNO Financial Group has a P/B Ratio of 1.74. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.Read more about CNO Financial Group's valuation and earnings. Short Interest3.0 / 5Short Interest LevelHealthy Percentage of Shares Shorted2.43% of the float of CNO Financial Group has been sold short.Short Interest Ratio / Days to CoverCNO Financial Group has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.6, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.Change versus previous monthShort interest in CNO Financial Group has recently increased by 27.17%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly. Dividend2.5 / 5Dividend StrengthModerate Dividend YieldCNO Financial Group pays a meaningful dividend of 1.51%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.Dividend GrowthCNO Financial Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of CNO Financial Group is 17.11%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.Dividend SustainabilityBased on earnings estimates, CNO Financial Group will have a dividend payout ratio of 15.02% next year. This indicates that CNO Financial Group will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.Read more about CNO Financial Group's dividend. Sustainability and ESG4.2 / 5Environmental Score-0.18 Percentage of Shares Shorted2.43% of the float of CNO Financial Group has been sold short.Short Interest Ratio / Days to CoverCNO Financial Group has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.6, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.Change versus previous monthShort interest in CNO Financial Group has recently increased by 27.17%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly. News and Social Media2.2 / 5News Sentiment0.99 News SentimentCNO Financial Group has a news sentiment score of 0.99. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Finance companies.News Coverage This WeekMarketBeat has tracked 19 news articles for CNO Financial Group this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.Search InterestOnly 1 people have searched for CNO on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -50% compared to the previous 30 days. Company Ownership2.5 / 5Insider TradingSelling Shares Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, CNO Financial Group insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $5,886,922.00 in company stock.Percentage Held by InsidersOnly 3.00% of the stock of CNO Financial Group is held by insiders.Percentage Held by Institutions95.43% of the stock of CNO Financial Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.Read more about CNO Financial Group's insider trading history. Receive CNO Stock News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for CNO Financial Group and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address CNO Stock News HeadlinesCNO Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE:CNO) Insider Sells $89,248.32 in StockMarch 27, 2025 | insidertrades.comCNO Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE:CNO) Insider Scott L. Goldberg Sells 25,500 SharesMarch 7, 2025 | insidertrades.comElon Tax Shock?Elon Musk's DOGE agents have some very strange plans for the IRS... Recently, it emerged that our tax authorities have bought a powerful new AI supercomputer, worth millions of dollars. It's the most advanced technology offered by AI giant Nvidia. And it's almost certainly going to be used to advance Elon Musk's real agenda with DOGE... the massive, rapid roll out of AI across the entire federal government.April 2, 2025 | Altimetry (Ad)Analysts Set CNO Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE:CNO) PT at $40.50March 23, 2025 | americanbankingnews.comCNO Financial Group (NYSE:CNO) jumps 6.3% this week, though earnings growth is still tracking behind five-year shareholder returnsMarch 21, 2025 | finance.yahoo.comCNO Financial Group Honors Associate Paul Richard as Volunteer of the Year, Donates to 12 Nonprofits through Annual Invested in Giving Back® ProgramFebruary 27, 2025 | prnewswire.comOptavise Introduces Optavise Clear, a New Solution in Employee Benefits ManagementFebruary 24, 2025 | gurufocus.comOptavise Introduces Optavise Clear, a New Solution in Employee Benefits ManagementFebruary 24, 2025 | prnewswire.comSee More Headlines CNO Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions How have CNO shares performed this year? CNO Financial Group's stock was trading at $37.21 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, CNO shares have increased by 12.9% and is now trading at $42.01. View the best growth stocks for 2025 here. How were CNO Financial Group's earnings last quarter? CNO Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE:CNO) issued its earnings results on Thursday, February, 6th. The financial services provider reported $1.31 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.06 by $0.25. CNO Financial Group had a net margin of 9.08% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 17.20%. How do I buy shares of CNO Financial Group? Shares of CNO stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services. What other stocks do shareholders of CNO Financial Group own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that CNO Financial Group investors own include American Water Works (AWK), Humana (HUM), Waste Connections (WCN), The RMR Group (RMR), Voyager Therapeutics (VYGR), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH) and AUO (AUOTY). Company Calendar Last Earnings2/06/2025Record date for 3/24 Dividend3/10/2025Ex-Dividend for 3/24 Dividend3/10/2025Dividend Payable3/24/2025Today4/02/2025Next Earnings (Estimated)5/05/2025Fiscal Year End12/31/2025Get Stock AlertsIndustry, Sector and Symbol Stock ExchangeNYSE SectorFinance Industry Accident & health insurance Sub-IndustryLife & Health Insurance Current SymbolNYSE:CNO CIK1224608 Webwww.cnoinc.com Phone(317) 817-6100Fax317-817-2847Employees3,350Year Founded1979Price Target and Rating Average Stock Price Target$40.50 High Stock Price Target$46.00 Low Stock Price Target$29.00 Potential Upside/Downside-3.6%Consensus RatingHold Rating Score (0-4)2.17 Research Coverage6 Analysts Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$3.74 Trailing P/E Ratio11.23 Forward P/E Ratio10.97 P/E GrowthN/ANet Income$404 million Net Margins9.08% Pretax Margin11.65% Return on Equity17.20% Return on Assets1.17% Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio1.61 Current Ratio0.22 Quick Ratio0.19 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$4.45 billion Price / Sales0.95 Cash Flow$6.82 per share Price / Cash Flow6.16 Book Value$24.21 per share Price / Book1.74Miscellaneous Outstanding Shares100,286,000Free Float100,113,000Market Cap$4.21 billion OptionableOptionable Beta1.02 Social Links 7 Top Nuclear Stocks To Buy NowNuclear energy stocks are roaring. 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