CNO vs. UNM, PRI, LNC, CIA, AFL, MET, PRU, AEG, EG, and AIZ
Should you be buying CNO Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CNO Financial Group include Unum Group (UNM), Primerica (PRI), Lincoln National (LNC), Citizens (CIA), Aflac (AFL), MetLife (MET), Prudential Financial (PRU), Aegon (AEG), Everest Group (EG), and Assurant (AIZ). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
CNO Financial Group vs. Its Competitors
CNO Financial Group (NYSE:CNO) and Unum Group (NYSE:UNM) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.
Unum Group has a net margin of 12.31% compared to CNO Financial Group's net margin of 7.11%. CNO Financial Group's return on equity of 17.86% beat Unum Group's return on equity.
95.4% of CNO Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.6% of Unum Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of CNO Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Unum Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
CNO Financial Group has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Unum Group has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CNO Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Unum Group pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. CNO Financial Group pays out 23.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Unum Group pays out 19.8% 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. CNO Financial Group has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Unum Group has increased 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.
CNO Financial Group currently has a consensus price target of $41.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.13%. Unum Group has a consensus price target of $88.86, indicating a potential upside of 8.30%. Given Unum Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Unum Group is more favorable than CNO Financial Group.
In the previous week, Unum Group had 19 more articles in the media than CNO Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Unum Group and 4 mentions for CNO Financial Group. CNO Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Unum Group's score of 0.89 indicating that CNO Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Unum Group beats CNO Financial Group on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CNO) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
