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

Company Overview

CNO Financial Group, Inc. is a holding company that provides insurance and related financial services to middle-income Americans. Through its operating companies, CNO offers products designed to help individuals and families address retirement income, life insurance, health care and long-term financial protection needs.

The company’s primary brands include Bankers Life, which distributes insurance and annuity products through agents; Washington National, which focuses on supplemental health and life insurance; and Colonial Penn, which markets life and supplemental health insurance directly to consumers. Its product offerings include life insurance, annuities, Medicare supplement insurance, supplemental health insurance and other protection-oriented financial products.

CNO Financial Group primarily serves customers in the United States through a combination of career agents, independent agents and direct-to-consumer distribution channels. The company was formerly known as Conseco, Inc. and adopted the CNO Financial Group name in 2010. It is headquartered in Carmel, Indiana, and is led by President and Chief Executive Officer Gary C. Bhojwani.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $53.08 to $53.72
• 50-Day Range: $52.97 to $56.71
• 52-Week Range: $38.22 to $57.59
• Volume: 943,784 shs
• Average Volume: 1.11 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $4.94 billion
• P/E Ratio: 18.35
• Dividend Yield: 1.35%
• Price Target: $56.00
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

CNO Financial Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

CNO Financial Group scored higher than 58% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 529th out of 851 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

CNO Financial Group has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.60, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 1 buy rating, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for CNO Financial Group is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

CNO Financial Group has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 5.70%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for CNO Financial Group are expected to grow by 5.70% in the coming year, from $4.74 to $5.01 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of CNO Financial Group is 18.35, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 35.66.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of CNO Financial Group is 18.35, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 22.78.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

CNO Financial Group has a P/B Ratio of 1.93. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.93% of the float of CNO Financial Group has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

CNO Financial Group has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.13, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in CNO Financial Group has recently increased by 20.89%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

CNO Financial Group pays a meaningful dividend of 1.35%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

CNO Financial Group has only been increasing its dividend for 2 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of CNO Financial Group is 24.74%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, CNO Financial Group will have a dividend payout ratio of 14.37% next year. This indicates that CNO Financial Group will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.87

News Sentiment

CNO Financial Group has a news sentiment score of 0.87. 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 is a higher news sentiment than the 0.65 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for CNO Financial Group this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 1 people have searched for CNO on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.6 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In 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 $2,641,336.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

3.44% of the stock of CNO Financial Group is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

95.43% 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.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/30/2026
• Record date for 9/24 Dividend: 9/10/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/24 Dividend: 9/10/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/24/2026
• Today: 10/14/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/02/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Insurance
• Sub-Industry: Life & Health Insurance
• Current Symbol: NYSE:CNO
• CIK: 1224608
• Web: www.cnoinc.com
• Phone: (317) 817-6100
• Fax: 317-817-2847
• Employees: 3,300
• Year Founded: 1979

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for CNO Financial Group: $56.00
• High Price Target: $70.00
• Low Price Target: $48.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +4.9%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.60
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.91
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 18.35
• Forward P/E Ratio: 11.27
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $229.30 million
• Net Margins: 6.02%
• Pretax Margin: 7.66%
• Return on Equity: 18.76%
• Return on Assets: 1.24%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.65
• Current Ratio: 0.17
• Quick Ratio: 0.17

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $4.49 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.10
• Cash Flow: $6.84 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 7.81
• Book Value: $27.67 per share
• Price / Book: 1.93

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 92,520,000
• Free Float: 89,338,000
• Market Cap: $4.94 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.80