Inside the research
CNO Financial Group, Inc.
CNO Research profile · latest available data
Price overview
$53.98
▲ +0.46 (+0.9%)
| 52w hi | $56.56 |
|---|---|
| 52w lo | $37.90 |
| Vol | 751.00K |
| As of | 25 Sep 2026 |
The Verdict
Our score +0.46
| Short | +0.48 |
|---|---|
| Medium | +0.49 |
| Long | +0.37 |
computed 2026-09-27
Key fundamentals
CNO Financial Group, Inc.
Financial Services · Insurance - Life
| Market cap | $4.99B |
|---|---|
| Enterprise value | $8.00B |
| Trailing P/E | 18.61x |
| Forward P/E | 10.74x |
| EV / EBITDA | 8.08x |
| P / S (ttm) | 1.07x |
| Profit margin | 6.0% |
| Return on equity | 10.9% |
| Revenue growth | +11.6% |
| Earnings growth | +46.2% |
| Debt / equity | 175.66 |
Layer Breakdown
| Layer | Raw | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Fundamental | +0.30 | |
| Sector | +0.02 | |
| Technical | +0.35 | |
| Earnings | +0.00 | |
| Sentiment | +0.00 |
macro × 1.00 · 2026-09-27
Business overview
CNO Financial Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, develops, markets, and administers health insurance, annuity, individual life insurance and other insurance products, and financial services for middle-income pre-retiree and retired Americans in the United States. It offers Medicare supplement, supplemental health, and long-term care insurance policies; life insurance; and annuities, as well as Medicare advantage plans to individual consumers through phone, virtually, online, and face-to-face with agents. The company also focuses on sale of voluntary benefit life and health insurance products for businesses, associations, and other membership groups by interacting with customers at their place of employment. In addition, it provides fixed indexed annuities; fixed interest annuities, including fixed rate single-premium deferred annuities; flexible premium deferred annuities; single premium immediate annuities; supplemental health products, such as specified disease, accident, and hospital indemnity products; and long-term care plans primarily to retirees, lesser degree, and older self-employed individuals in the middle-income market. Further, the company offers universal life and other interest-sensitive life products; and traditional life policies that include whole life, graded benefit life, term life, and single premium whole life products, as well as graded benefit life insurance products. It markets its products under the Bankers Life, Washington National, and Colonial Penn brand names. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Carmel, Indiana.
Risk Metrics
| Beta vs SPX | 0.89 |
|---|---|
| Corr SPX | 0.55 |
| Annual vol | 25.9% |
| Annual ret | +24.5% |
| Sharpe | 0.95 |
| Max DD | -16.2% |
Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)
Material Events
| Date | Event | 8-K |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-30 | Earnings Release, Exhibits | read |
| 2026-05-13 | Shareholder Vote | read |
| 2026-04-30 | Earnings Release, Exhibits | read |
| 2026-02-11 | Officer / Director Change, Reg FD Disclosure… | read |
| 2026-02-05 | Earnings Release, Exhibits | read |
| 2026-01-15 | Officer / Director Change, Exhibits | read |
| 2025-11-03 | Earnings Release, Exhibits | read |
| 2025-09-10 | Reg FD Disclosure, Exhibits | read |
| 2025-07-28 | Earnings Release, Exhibits | read |
| 2025-06-10 | Reg FD Disclosure, Exhibits | read |
| 2025-05-12 | Material Agreement, Material Obligation… | read |
| 2025-04-28 | Earnings Release, Exhibits | read |
Insider Trades
| Date | Insider | Role | Action | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-01 | Tarasi Rocco F. III | Chief Marketing Officer | Sell | 1.89K | $97.03K |
| 2026-06-30 | Bhojwani Gary C. | Chief Executive Officer | Sell | 44.25K | $2.28M |
| 2026-06-30 | Bhojwani Gary C. | Chief Executive Officer | Sell | 41.80K | $2.15M |
| 2026-06-30 | Bhojwani Gary C. | Chief Executive Officer | Option exercise | 44.25K | $931.90K |
| 2026-06-11 | Tarasi Rocco F. III | Chief Marketing Officer | Option exercise | 5.75K | $121.09K |
| 2026-06-11 | Tarasi Rocco F. III | Chief Marketing Officer | Sell | 5.75K | $287.50K |
| 2026-06-10 | Tarasi Rocco F. III | Chief Marketing Officer | Sell | 3.31K | $162.09K |
| 2026-06-04 | Goldberg Scott L. | President, Consumer Divis | Withheld for tax | 396 | $18.66K |
| 2026-06-02 | Tarasi Rocco F. III | Chief Marketing Officer | Sell | 4.81K | $225.98K |
| 2026-05-12 | Brown Archie M | Grant | 3.57K | $165.01K |
Flow & Concentration
| Insider 180d net | -$5.20M |
|---|---|
| Insider buys / sells | 0 / 6 |
| Insider bias | Sellers |
| 13F holders | 0 |
| Top-5 share | 0.0% |
| HHI | 0 (—) |
Dividends
| Yield (TTM) | 0.63% |
|---|---|
| $ / share (TTM) | $0.34 |
| 5y CAGR | +7.3% |
Annual dividend per share
| 2021 | $0.51 |
|---|---|
| 2022 | $0.55 |
| 2023 | $0.59 |
| 2024 | $0.63 |
| 2025 | $0.67 |
| 2026 | $0.17 |
SEC Filings
The Long Run
FY 2010–2025 · 16 years
| Line | Latest | CAGR | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $4.49B | +0.2% | |
| Operating income | $553.20M | +7.0% | |
| Net income | $229.30M | +11.8% | |
| Cash from ops | $627.70M | -1.0% |
Indices
Recent Sessions
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Vol |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25 | $53.83 | $54.20 | $53.29 | $53.98 | 751.00K |
| Sep 24 | $54.33 | $54.58 | $53.48 | $53.52 | 524.60K |
| Sep 23 | $53.64 | $54.78 | $53.64 | $54.02 | 1.27M |
| Sep 22 | $54.72 | $54.82 | $53.14 | $53.96 | 2.13M |
| Sep 21 | $55.84 | $56.13 | $54.34 | $54.40 | 652.80K |
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