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CNO vs. BHF, AIZ, EQH, 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 Brighthouse Financial (BHF), Assurant (AIZ), Equitable (EQH), 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 Brighthouse Financial (NASDAQ:BHF) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.

CNO Financial Group has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brighthouse Financial has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

95.4% of CNO Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.2% of Brighthouse Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of CNO Financial Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Brighthouse Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Brighthouse Financial has a net margin of 8.71% compared to CNO Financial Group's net margin of 7.11%. Brighthouse Financial's return on equity of 25.60% beat CNO Financial Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CNO Financial Group7.11% 17.86% 1.21%
Brighthouse Financial 8.71%25.60%0.54%

CNO Financial Group currently has a consensus target price of $41.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.29%. Brighthouse Financial has a consensus target price of $60.30, indicating a potential upside of 22.31%. Given Brighthouse Financial's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Brighthouse Financial is more favorable than CNO Financial Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
CNO Financial Group
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17
Brighthouse Financial
2 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.11

In the previous week, CNO Financial Group and CNO Financial Group both had 6 articles in the media. CNO Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Brighthouse Financial's score of 0.87 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
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Brighthouse Financial
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CNO Financial Group$4.45B0.84$404M$2.8613.12
Brighthouse Financial$4.72B0.60$388M$8.345.91

Summary

CNO Financial Group beats Brighthouse Financial on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CNO vs. The Competition

MetricCNO Financial GroupINS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.73B$20.61B$12.28B$21.08B
Dividend Yield1.81%2.94%5.55%3.62%
P/E Ratio13.1513.0819.1627.82
Price / Sales0.842.0826.2972.03
Price / Cash9.0417.2621.6822.61
Price / Book1.553.782.304.68
Net Income$404M$1.60B$998.01M$993.85M
7 Day Performance-0.25%1.20%1.10%1.34%
1 Month Performance-0.38%1.07%4.15%5.18%
1 Year Performance23.69%16.40%541.83%12.69%

CNO Financial Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CNO
CNO Financial Group
4.4482 of 5 stars
$37.45
-0.2%
$41.00
+9.5%
+21.8%$3.72B$4.45B13.113,500Upcoming Earnings
BHF
Brighthouse Financial
4.6944 of 5 stars
$49.76
-2.1%
$60.30
+21.2%
+3.8%$2.92B$4.72B5.971,400
AIZ
Assurant
4.8495 of 5 stars
$186.00
-1.1%
$228.83
+23.0%
+8.8%$9.57B$11.88B14.5014,200News Coverage
Positive News
EQH
Equitable
4.5168 of 5 stars
$52.22
-1.3%
$64.18
+22.9%
+24.8%$16.09B$12.44B14.198,000Positive News
HMN
Horace Mann Educators
4.5408 of 5 stars
$40.94
-1.1%
$46.33
+13.2%
+20.1%$1.69B$1.60B11.331,750
MET
MetLife
4.9876 of 5 stars
$76.29
-1.1%
$95.50
+25.2%
+4.3%$51.79B$70.99B9.3545,000Positive News
ORI
Old Republic International
4.6882 of 5 stars
$36.45
-1.0%
$42.00
+15.2%
+13.4%$9.10B$8.23B9.719,400Positive News
Earnings Report
PFG
Principal Financial Group
3.727 of 5 stars
$78.74
-2.9%
$84.82
+7.7%
-4.8%$17.65B$15.77B11.7919,300
PRU
Prudential Financial
4.9159 of 5 stars
$102.06
-1.2%
$121.62
+19.2%
-15.3%$36.56B$68.05B7.8738,196Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
RDN
Radian Group
3.4445 of 5 stars
$33.94
+0.4%
$37.50
+10.5%
-4.5%$4.54B$1.29B8.241,400News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
UNM
Unum Group
4.9877 of 5 stars
$79.73
-1.7%
$90.14
+13.1%
+49.5%$14.14B$12.89B9.7011,063Positive News
Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NYSE:CNO) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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