Market Insight: CNO Financial Group Inc (CNO)’s Notable Drop%, Closing at $40.29

Kevin Freeman

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In the latest session, CNO Financial Group Inc (NYSE: CNO) closed at $40.29 down -0.64% from its previous closing price of $40.55. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.64 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.52 million shares were traded. CNO stock price reached its highest trading level at $40.705 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $40.14.

Ratios:

For a deeper understanding of CNO Financial Group Inc’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.55 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.55.

Upgrades & Downgrades

In the most recent recommendation for this company, BMO Capital Markets on January 23, 2025, initiated with a Market Perform rating and assigned the stock a target price of $38.

On April 16, 2024, Piper Sandler Upgraded its rating to Overweight which previously was Neutral but kept the price unchanged to $29.

Evercore ISI Downgraded its In-line to Underperform on January 04, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $24 to $26.

Insider Transactions:

Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Nov 24 ’25 when Franzese Yvonne K. sold 3,000 shares for $41.00 per share. The transaction valued at 123,000 led to the insider holds 21,617 shares of the business.

YVONNE K FRANZESE bought 3,000 shares of CNO for $123,000 on Nov 24 ’25. On Nov 20 ’25, another insider, Bhojwani Gary C., who serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the company, sold 31,430 shares for $39.97 each. As a result, the insider received 1,256,342 and left with 227,356 shares of the company.

Valuation Measures:

Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, CNO now has a Market Capitalization of 3905387776 and an Enterprise Value of 6377793024. As of this moment, CNO’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 14.09, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 9.29. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 2.00. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.86 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.48. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.436 whereas that against EBITDA is 6.131.

Stock Price History:

The Beta on a monthly basis for CNO is 0.87, which has changed by 0.040544033 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.12469888 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, CNO has reached a high of $43.20, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $34.63. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 0.47%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 3.39%.

Shares Statistics:

For the past three months, CNO has traded an average of 661.02K shares per day and 623690 over the past ten days. A total of 95.84M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 92.53M. Insiders hold about 2.96% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 94.75% stake in the company. Shares short for CNO as of 1763078400 were 1683416 with a Short Ratio of 2.55, compared to 1760486400 on 1854939. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1683416 and a Short% of Float of 2.6600001.

Dividends & Splits

According to the company, the forward annual dividend rate for CNO is 0.66, from 0.66 in the trailing year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.016276203. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.1.

Earnings Estimates

Investors are keenly observing as 3.0 analysts analyze and rate. The current performance of CNO Financial Group Inc (CNO) in the stock market.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.92, with high estimates of $0.94 and low estimates of $0.9.

Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $4.18 and $3.76 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $4.07. EPS for the following year is $4.33, with 5.0 analysts recommending between $4.47 and $4.08.

Revenue Estimates

A total of 2 analysts believe the company’s revenue will be $1B this quarter.It ranges from a high estimate of $1.02B to a low estimate of $982M. As of. The current estimate, CNO Financial Group Inc’s year-ago sales were $1.1BFor the next quarter, 2 analysts are estimating revenue of $983M. There is a high estimate of $983M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $983M.

A total of 2 analysts have provided revenue estimates for CNO’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $3.97B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $3.85B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $3.91B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $4.45BBased on 2 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $4.05B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $4.14B and the low estimate is $3.96B.