CNO Financial Group - CNO Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for CNO Financial Group in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street 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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4 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for CNO Financial Group's shares. Their CNO share price forecasts range from $19.00 to $25.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $22.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.2% from the stock's current price.
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CNO Financial Group's stock was trading at $23.84 at the beginning of the year. Since then, CNO stock has decreased by 16.5% and is now trading at $19.90.
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CNO Financial Group saw a increase in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 4,320,000 shares, an increase of 17.7% from the July 15th total of 3,670,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,020,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.2 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 26th 2022.
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CNO Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE:CNO) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, August, 1st. The financial services provider reported $0.85 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.48 by $0.37. CNO Financial Group had a net margin of 12.40% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.60%. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.66 EPS.

CNO Financial Group announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 11th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 9th will be given a dividend of $0.14 per share on Friday, September 23rd. This represents a $0.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.81%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 8th.
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CNO Financial Group (NYSE:CNO) pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.87%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 10 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 14.78%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CNO will have a dividend payout ratio of 24.35% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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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 trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CNO."

CNO Financial Group's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Pzena Investment Management LLC (5.98%), Franklin Resources Inc. (2.88%), Paradice Investment Management LLC (2.07%), Northern Trust Corp (2.01%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (1.82%) and Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.93%). Insiders that own company stock include Bruce K Baude, Charles J Jacklin, Dan Maurer, David B Foss, Ellyn L Brown, Frederick James Sievert, Gary C Bhojwani, Joel H Schwartz, John R Kline, Matthew J Zimpfer, Paul H Mcdonough and Robert C Greving.
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One share of CNO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $19.90.

CNO Financial Group (NYSE:CNO) has a market capitalization of $2.28 billion and generates $4.12 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $441 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.79 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 3,350 workers across the globe.

CNO Financial Group was founded in 1979.

CNO Financial Group's mailing address is 11825 NORTH PENNSYLVANIA STREET, CARMEL IN, 46032. The official website for the company is www.cnoinc.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (317) 817-6100, via email at jennifer.childe@cnoinc.com, or via fax at 317-817-2847.