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CNO vs. AIZ, EQH, FNB, HMN, MET, ORI, PFG, PRU, RDN, and UNM

Should you be buying CNO Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CNO Financial Group include Assurant (AIZ), Equitable (EQH), F.N.B. (FNB), Horace Mann Educators (HMN), MetLife (MET), Old Republic International (ORI), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Prudential Financial (PRU), Radian Group (RDN), and Unum Group (UNM). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

CNO Financial Group vs. Its Competitors

CNO Financial Group (NYSE:CNO) and Assurant (NYSE:AIZ) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.

95.4% of CNO Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of Assurant shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of CNO Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Assurant shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

CNO Financial Group has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Assurant has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

CNO Financial Group has a net margin of 6.41% compared to Assurant's net margin of 5.83%. CNO Financial Group's return on equity of 16.63% beat Assurant's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CNO Financial Group6.41% 16.63% 1.13%
Assurant 5.83%16.47%2.47%

Assurant has higher revenue and earnings than CNO Financial Group. CNO Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Assurant, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CNO Financial Group$4.45B0.86$404M$2.7114.62
Assurant$12.30B0.86$760.20M$13.8115.27

CNO Financial Group presently has a consensus price target of $43.60, suggesting a potential upside of 10.06%. Assurant has a consensus price target of $243.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.23%. Given Assurant's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Assurant is more favorable than CNO Financial Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
CNO Financial Group
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Assurant
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80

In the previous week, Assurant had 20 more articles in the media than CNO Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Assurant and 5 mentions for CNO Financial Group. CNO Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Assurant's score of 1.13 indicating that CNO Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
CNO Financial Group
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Assurant
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

CNO Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Assurant pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. CNO Financial Group pays out 25.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Assurant pays out 23.2% 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 Assurant has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years.

Summary

Assurant beats CNO Financial Group on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CNO vs. The Competition

MetricCNO Financial GroupINS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.84B$20.63B$12.52B$21.92B
Dividend Yield1.75%2.71%5.61%3.62%
P/E Ratio14.6213.2521.2632.74
Price / Sales0.862.1429.7759.98
Price / Cash9.3716.9419.3418.06
Price / Book1.643.422.264.68
Net Income$404M$1.62B$1.02B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-1.07%-1.75%-0.70%0.03%
1 Month Performance-0.07%-3.77%-1.50%0.21%
1 Year Performance12.41%12.35%572.14%11.07%

CNO Financial Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CNO
CNO Financial Group
4.4257 of 5 stars
$39.61
+0.3%
$43.60
+10.1%
+9.5%$3.84B$4.45B14.623,500Positive News
AIZ
Assurant
4.9617 of 5 stars
$217.70
+0.2%
$243.00
+11.6%
+5.9%$10.97B$11.88B15.7614,200Positive News
EQH
Equitable
4.3969 of 5 stars
$48.86
+1.1%
$64.45
+31.9%
+4.5%$14.48B$12.44B39.408,000Analyst Downgrade
FNB
F.N.B.
4.6143 of 5 stars
$15.63
+2.4%
$18.64
+19.3%
+6.0%$5.48B$2.57B12.214,280Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
HMN
Horace Mann Educators
3.9625 of 5 stars
$44.34
+0.6%
$46.75
+5.4%
+19.8%$1.79B$1.60B13.121,750
MET
MetLife
4.9886 of 5 stars
$80.79
+1.3%
$95.18
+17.8%
-7.7%$53.05B$70.99B13.6945,000Positive News
ORI
Old Republic International
4.7848 of 5 stars
$42.97
-0.5%
$47.00
+9.4%
+14.8%$10.73B$8.23B14.729,400Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
PFG
Principal Financial Group
4.3867 of 5 stars
$79.67
+0.3%
$88.60
+11.2%
-12.7%$17.75B$15.13B11.9319,300Positive News
PRU
Prudential Financial
4.858 of 5 stars
$101.22
+2.1%
$122.27
+20.8%
-20.3%$34.89B$68.05B22.4438,196
RDN
Radian Group
3.8381 of 5 stars
$33.38
+0.0%
$37.50
+12.3%
-5.0%$4.52B$1.29B8.411,400
UNM
Unum Group
4.978 of 5 stars
$75.37
-0.6%
$93.23
+23.7%
+19.0%$12.92B$12.89B9.0211,063Positive News

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This page (NYSE:CNO) was last updated on 10/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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