Horace Mann Educators (HMN) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Horace Mann Educators Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an insurance holding company in the United States. The company operates through Property & Casualty, Life & Retirement, and Supplemental & Group Benefits segments. Its Property & Casualty segment offers insurance products, including private passenger auto insurance, residential home insurance, and personal umbrella insurance; and provides auto coverages including liability and collision, and property coverage for homeowners and renters. The Life & Retirement segment markets tax-qualified fixed, fixed indexed, and variable annuities; and internal revenue code for educator, which allows public school employees and employees of other tax-exempt organizations, such as not-for-profit private schools, to utilize pretax income to make periodic contributions to a qualified retirement plan. The Supplemental & Group Benefits segment offers employer-sponsored products including accident, critical illness, limited-benefit fixed indemnity insurance, term life, and short-term and long-term disability, as well as worksite direct products, such as supplemental heart, cancer, disability, and accident coverage. The company was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Springfield, Illinois.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $42.86 to $43.80
• 50-Day Range: $38.79 to $43.93
• 52-Week Range: $31.81 to $44.44
• Volume: 240,815 shs
• Average Volume: 250,315 shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.77 billion
• P/E Ratio: 17.52
• Dividend Yield: 3.22%
• Price Target: $46.00
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Horace Mann Educators Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Horace Mann Educators scored higher than 72% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 440th out of 929 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: 1.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Horace Mann Educators has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on no buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Horace Mann Educators has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 9.04%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Horace Mann Educators are expected to grow by 9.04% in the coming year, from $3.87 to $4.22 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Horace Mann Educators is 17.52, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 24.36.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Horace Mann Educators is 17.52, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 22.33.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Horace Mann Educators has a P/B Ratio of 1.38. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.70% of the float of Horace Mann Educators has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Horace Mann Educators has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.5, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Horace Mann Educators has recently decreased by 2.63%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Horace Mann Educators pays a meaningful dividend of 3.19%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Horace Mann Educators has been increasing its dividend for 17 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Horace Mann Educators is 50.72%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Horace Mann Educators will have a dividend payout ratio of 33.18% next year. This indicates that Horace Mann Educators will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.70% of the float of Horace Mann Educators has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Horace Mann Educators has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.5, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Horace Mann Educators has recently decreased by 2.63%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.83

News Sentiment

Horace Mann Educators has a news sentiment score of 0.83. 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 lower news sentiment than the 1.06 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 9 news articles for Horace Mann Educators this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 4 people have searched for HMN on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -85% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

3 people have added Horace Mann Educators to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 200% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Horace Mann Educators insiders have sold 821.86% more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $154,105.00 in company stock and sold $1,420,640.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 4.00% of the stock of Horace Mann Educators is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

99.28% of the stock of Horace Mann Educators is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

HMN Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have HMN shares performed this year?

Horace Mann Educators' stock was trading at $39.23 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, HMN stock has increased by 10.7% and is now trading at $43.44.
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How were Horace Mann Educators' earnings last quarter?

Horace Mann Educators Co. (NYSE:HMN) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May, 6th. The insurance provider reported $1.07 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.88 by $0.19. The firm's revenue was up 7.9% compared to the same quarter last year.
Read the conference call transcript.

Is Horace Mann Educators doing a stock buyback?

Horace Mann Educators' Board of Directors authorized a stock buyback program on Tuesday, May 13th 2025, which permits the company to buy back $50,000,000 in shares, according to EventVestor. This means that the company could repurchase up to 3% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are typically an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Who are Horace Mann Educators' major shareholders?

Top institutional investors of Horace Mann Educators include Vanguard Group Inc. (12.09%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (6.29%), Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. (5.51%) and Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (5.29%). Insiders that own company stock include Marita Zuraitis, Bret A Conklin, Matthew P Sharpe, Donald M Carley, Kimberly A Johnson, Victor Fetter, Beverley J Mcclure and Michael Weckenbrock.
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How do I buy shares of Horace Mann Educators?

Shares of HMN stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Horace Mann Educators own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Horace Mann Educators investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Broadcom (AVGO), Meta Platforms (META), Adobe (ADBE), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Arista Networks (ANET) and ServiceNow (NOW).

Company Calendar

• Record date for 3/31 Dividend: 3/17/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 3/31 Dividend: 3/17/2025
• Dividend Payable: 3/31/2025
• Last Earnings: 5/06/2025
• Today: 6/01/2025
• Record date for 6/30 Dividend: 6/16/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 6/30 Dividend: 6/16/2025
• Dividend Payable: 6/30/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 8/06/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Fire, marine, & casualty insurance
• Sub-Industry: Multi-line Insurance
• Current Symbol: NYSE:HMN
• CIK: 850141
• Web: www.horacemann.com
• Phone: (217) 789-2500
• Fax: 217-535-7109
• Employees: 1,450
• Year Founded: 1945

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $46.00
• High Stock Price Target: $49.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $44.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +5.9%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.50
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $2.76
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 17.52
• Forward P/E Ratio: 11.22
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $102.80 million
• Net Margins: 6.44%
• Pretax Margin: 8.06%
• Return on Equity: 10.58%
• Return on Assets: 0.92%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.42
• Current Ratio: 0.10
• Quick Ratio: 0.09

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.57 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.13
• Cash Flow: $3.85 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 11.27
• Book Value: $31.59 per share
• Price / Book: 1.38

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 40,779,000
• Free Float: 39,209,000
• Market Cap: $1.77 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.28