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The price of CNO Financial Group Inc (NYSE: CNO) closed at $42.27 in the last session, down -0.17% from day before closing price of $42.34. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.17 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.56 million shares were traded. CNO stock price reached its highest trading level at $42.45 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $41.81.
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 1.85 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.85.
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 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:
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 Mar 27 ’25 when YVONNE K FRANZESE bought 1,314 shares for $42.35 per share.
Franzese Yvonne K sold 8,109 shares of CNO for $340,578 on Mar 24 ’25. The Chief Human Resources Officer now owns 38,540 shares after completing the transaction at $42.00 per share. On Mar 26 ’25, another insider, Franzese Yvonne K, who serves as the Chief Human Resources Officer of the company, sold 2,097 shares for $42.56 each. As a result, the insider received 89,248 and left with 30,321 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 4271172096 and an Enterprise Value of 6920105984. As of this moment, CNO’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 11.29, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 10.03. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.93. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.94 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.72. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.555 whereas that against EBITDA is 6.497.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for CNO is 0.92, which has changed by 0.5540441 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.08572841 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 $24.92. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 4.82%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 18.57%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, CNO traded on average about 644.52K shares per day over the past 3-months and 1031350 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 101.62M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 96.16M. Insiders hold about 4.11% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 95.74% stake in the company. Shares short for CNO as of 1741910400 were 2343087 with a Short Ratio of 3.64, compared to 1739491200 on 2276719. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 2343087 and a Short% of Float of 3.4000000000000004.
Dividends & Splits
The forward annual dividend rate for CNO is 0.64, which was 0.63 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.014879546The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.29.
