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After finishing at $42.02 in the prior trading day, Horace Mann Educators Corp (NYSE: HMN) closed at $42.08, up 0.14%. In other words, the price has increased by $0.14 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.23 million shares were traded. HMN stock price reached its highest trading level at $42.47 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $41.925.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of HMN by taking a closer look at its different ratios. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.41 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.41.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, Keefe Bruyette on November 12, 2024, Downgraded its rating to Mkt Perform and sets its target price to $44 from $39 previously.
On August 06, 2024, Raymond James started tracking the stock assigning a Strong Buy rating and target price of $42.
Keefe Bruyette Upgraded its Mkt Perform to Outperform on January 29, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $33 to $40.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jun 05 ’25 when CONKLIN BRET A sold 4,760 shares for $42.90 per share. The transaction valued at 204,204 led to the insider holds 58,587 shares of the business.
CONKLIN BRET A sold 6,486 shares of HMN for $282,480 on Jun 03 ’25. The Executive Vice President now owns 57,026 shares after completing the transaction at $43.55 per share. On Jun 04 ’25, another insider, CONKLIN BRET A, who serves as the Executive Vice President of the company, sold 4,752 shares for $43.11 each. As a result, the insider received 204,859 and left with 58,106 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, HMN now has a Market Capitalization of 1715984640 and an Enterprise Value of 2108184704. As of this moment, Horace’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 15.26, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 9.53. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.94. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.06 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.28. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.297 whereas that against EBITDA is 10.299.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for HMN is 0.30, which has changed by 0.25762105 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.092761636 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, HMN has reached a high of $44.44, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $31.81. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 0.16%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 5.79%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 289.71K shares per day over the past 3-months and 265280 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 40.95M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 40.53M. Insiders hold about 0.62% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 103.22% stake in the company. Shares short for HMN as of 1748563200 were 545733 with a Short Ratio of 1.88, compared to 1745971200 on 706942. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 545733 and a Short% of Float of 1.8499999999999999.
Dividends & Splits
In the trailing 12 months, HMN’s forward annual dividend rate was 1.37, compared to 1.38 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.03260352The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.48. The current Payout Ratio is 54.90% for HMN, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-06-16 with an ex-dividend date of 1750032000. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 1997-12-16 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
