CNO Financial Group (CNO) Competitors

Unum Group (NYSE:UNM) and CNO Financial Group (NYSE:CNO) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of UNM or CNO?

86.6% of Unum Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.4% of CNO Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Unum Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of CNO Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is UNM or CNO a better dividend stock?

Unum Group pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. CNO Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Unum Group pays out 17.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CNO Financial Group pays out 17.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Unum Group has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years. Unum Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media favor UNM or CNO?

In the previous week, Unum Group had 20 more articles in the media than CNO Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Unum Group and 6 mentions for CNO Financial Group. Unum Group's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat CNO Financial Group's score of 0.90 indicating that Unum Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Unum Group	13 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CNO Financial Group	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, UNM or CNO?

Unum Group has higher revenue and earnings than CNO Financial Group. Unum Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CNO Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Unum Group	$12.89B	1.05	$1.78B	$9.47	7.82
CNO Financial Group	$4.45B	0.92	$404M	$3.74	10.64

Do analysts rate UNM or CNO?

Unum Group currently has a consensus price target of $81.17, suggesting a potential upside of 9.58%. CNO Financial Group has a consensus price target of $40.50, suggesting a potential upside of 1.75%. Given Unum Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Unum Group is more favorable than CNO Financial Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Unum Group	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.69
CNO Financial Group	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17

Is UNM or CNO more profitable?

Unum Group has a net margin of 13.81% compared to CNO Financial Group's net margin of 9.08%. CNO Financial Group's return on equity of 17.20% beat Unum Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Unum Group	13.81%	14.91%	2.53%
CNO Financial Group	9.08%	17.20%	1.17%

Which has more risk and volatility, UNM or CNO?

Unum Group has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CNO Financial Group has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor UNM or CNO?

Unum Group received 22 more outperform votes than CNO Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.05% of users gave CNO Financial Group an outperform vote while only 47.64% of users gave Unum Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Unum Group	Outperform Votes 403 47.64%	Underperform Votes 443 52.36%
CNO Financial Group	Outperform Votes 381 62.05%	Underperform Votes 233 37.95%

Summary

Unum Group beats CNO Financial Group on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.