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The price of CNO Financial Group Inc (NYSE: CNO) closed at $42.2 in the last session, down -1.72% from day before closing price of $42.94. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.72 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.56 million shares were traded. CNO stock price reached its highest trading level at $43.18 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $42.0.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at CNO’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.55 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.55.
On January 23, 2025, BMO Capital Markets started tracking the stock assigning a Market Perform rating and target price of $38.
Piper Sandler Upgraded its Neutral to Overweight on April 16, 2024, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $29.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jan 02 ’26 when Bhojwani Gary C. sold 31,430 shares for $41.99 per share. The transaction valued at 1,319,639 led to the insider holds 195,926 shares of the business.
GARY BHOJWANI bought 31,430 shares of CNO for $1,319,642 on Jan 02 ’26. On Dec 15 ’25, another insider, TARASI ROCCO F III, who serves as the Chief Marketing Officer of the company, sold 9,283 shares for $42.60 each. As a result, the insider received 395,439 and left with 73,932 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 4090527744 and an Enterprise Value of 6559918080. As of this moment, CNO’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 14.75, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 9.65. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.37. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.90 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.55. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.477 whereas that against EBITDA is 6.306.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for CNO is 0.86, which has changed by 0.12173462 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.1726681 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, CNO has reached a high of $44.19, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $34.63. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 1.44%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 7.62%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, CNO traded on average about 627.39K shares per day over the past 3-months and 491260 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 95.84M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 92.52M. Insiders hold about 2.97% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 94.76% stake in the company. Shares short for CNO as of 1767139200 were 1773327 with a Short Ratio of 2.83, compared to 1764288000 on 1823679. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1773327 and a Short% of Float of 2.7999999.
Dividends & Splits
The forward annual dividend rate for CNO is 0.67, which was 0.66 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.015370285. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.09.
Earnings Estimates
. The current rating of CNO Financial Group Inc (CNO) reflects the combined expertise of 5.0 analysts actively engaged in assessing its market performance.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 $4.15 and $3.76 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $4.0. EPS for the following year is $4.37, with 5.0 analysts recommending between $4.5 and $4.25.
Revenue Estimates
According to 2 analysts,. The current quarter’s revenue is expected to be $1B. 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 $4.15B and the low estimate is $3.96B.
