CNO Financial Group - CNO Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street equities 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 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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4 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for CNO Financial Group's stock. Their CNO share price forecasts range from $23.00 to $28.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $25.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 23.3% from the stock's current price.
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CNO Financial Group's stock was trading at $22.85 at the start of the year. Since then, CNO stock has decreased by 9.5% and is now trading at $20.68.
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CNO Financial Group saw a drop in short interest during the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 2,510,000 shares, a drop of 18.2% from the February 13th total of 3,070,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 800,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.1 days. Currently, 2.3% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, May 1st 2023.
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CNO Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE:CNO) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February, 7th. The financial services provider reported $0.56 EPS for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.56. The financial services provider earned $973.60 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $910.10 million. CNO Financial Group had a net margin of 11.09% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.74%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 9.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.87 earnings per share.

CNO Financial Group announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 15th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.14 per share on Friday, March 24th. This represents a $0.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.71%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 9th.
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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), Invesco S&P MidCap Value with Momentum ETF (XMVM), ProShares Russell 2000 Dividend Growers ETF (SMDV), Invesco S&P MidCap 400 Pure Value ETF (RFV), Hartford Multifactor Small Cap ETF (ROSC), Syntax Stratified MidCap ETF (SMDY), iShares U.S. Insurance ETF (IAK) and iShares US Small Cap Value Factor ETF (SVAL).

CNO Financial Group (NYSE:CNO) pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.54%. 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 16.62%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CNO will have a dividend payout ratio of 19.44% 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 number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Pzena Investment Management LLC (6.67%), Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. (6.37%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.86%), LSV Asset Management (4.43%), AQR Capital Management LLC (2.38%) and Franklin Resources Inc. (2.33%). Insiders that own company stock include Bruce K Baude, Charles J Jacklin, David B Foss, Ellyn L Brown, Frederick James Sievert, Gary C Bhojwani, John R Kline, Matthew J Zimpfer, Paul H Mcdonough, Robert C Greving and Scott L Goldberg.
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One share of CNO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $20.68.

CNO Financial Group (NYSE:CNO) has a market capitalization of $2.36 billion and generates $3.58 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $396.80 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.37 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 3,400 workers across the globe.

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.