CNO Financial Group (CNO) Stock Price, News & Analysis

5 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for CNO Financial Group in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" CNO shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in CNO, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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5 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for CNO Financial Group's shares. Their CNO share price targets range from $24.00 to $30.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $27.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.9% from the stock's current price.
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CNO Financial Group's stock was trading at $27.90 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, CNO stock has decreased by 8.6% and is now trading at $25.49.
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CNO Financial Group saw a drop in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 2,260,000 shares, a drop of 20.1% from the March 15th total of 2,830,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 734,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.1 days. Approximately 2.1% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, April 29th 2024.
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CNO Financial Group will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, April 30th at 11:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

CNO Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE:CNO) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February, 6th. The financial services provider reported $1.18 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.85 by $0.33. The financial services provider earned $1.17 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $934.05 million. CNO Financial Group had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 17.51% and a net margin of 6.67%.

CNO Financial Group announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 13th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 8th will be given a dividend of $0.15 per share on Friday, March 22nd. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.35%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 7th.
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CNO Financial Group (NYSE:CNO) pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.34%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 11 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 24.90%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CNO will have a dividend payout ratio of 17.44% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of CNO Financial Group (NYSE:CNO) stock in their portfolio include SPDR S&P Insurance ETF (KIE), SPDR SSGA US Small Cap Low Volatility Index ETF (SMLV) and iShares U.S. Insurance ETF (IAK).Avantis U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF (AVSC).

34 employees have rated CNO Financial Group Chief Executive Officer Gary C. Bhojwani on Glassdoor.com. Gary C. Bhojwani has an approval rating of 69% among the company's employees.

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CNO Financial Group's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Congress Asset Management Co. MA (0.14%), First Hawaiian Bank (0.03%) and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.03%). Insiders that own company stock include David B Foss, Frederick James Sievert, Gary C Bhojwani, Jeanne L Linnenbringer, John R Kline, Karen Detoro, Matthew J Zimpfer, Paul H Mcdonough, Robert C Greving, Rocco F Tarasi III, Scott L Goldberg, Steven E Shebik and Yvonne K Franzese.
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