The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Subject of the day

HMN

Concerning the House

Horace Mann Educators Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an insurance holding company in the United States. It operates through three segments: Property & Casualty, Life & Retirement, and Supplemental & Group Benefits segments. The Property & Casualty segment offers insurance products, including private passenger auto insurance, residential home insurance, and personal umbrella insurance; standard auto coverage including liability, collision, and comprehensive; property coverage for homeowners and renters. The Life & Retirement segment sells tax-qualified fixed, fixed indexed, and variable annuities; the Horace Mann Retirement Advantage open architecture platform and other defined contribution plans; traditional term, whole life insurance products, and indexed universal life (IUL) products. This segment also offers Life by Design, a portfolio of individual whole life and individual term insurance products that address the financial planning needs of educators; Life Select, a combination product that mixes a base of either traditional whole life, 20-pay life, or life paid-up at age 65 with a variety of term riders; single premium whole life products; and cash value term. The Supplemental & Group Benefits segment offers employer-sponsored products, including accident, critical illness, limited-benefit fixed indemnity insurance, term life, and short-term and long-term disability, as well as worksite direct products, such as supplemental heart, cancer, disability, and accident coverages. The company offers individual protection and savings solutions, including auto insurance, property insurance, liability insurance, 403(b) retirement plans, mutual funds, life insurance, student loan solutions, credit monitoring, and financial wellness workshops. It distributes its products and services through agents, brokers, benefit specialists, direct and digital channels. The company was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Springfield, Illinois.

United States · www.horacemann.com

The Long Run

FY 2011–2025 · 15 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$1.49B+3.1%
Net income$162.10M+5.8%
Cash from ops$302.10M+4.5%
Quotation

$51.88

+0.34 (+0.7%)

52w hi$54.12
52w lo$41.18
Vol169.21K
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Buy

Our score +0.65

Short+0.53
Medium+0.75
Long+0.71

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

Horace Mann Educators Corporation

Financial Services · Insurance - Property & Casualty

Market cap$2.10B
Enterprise value$2.45B
Trailing P/E12.12x
Forward P/E9.63x
EV / EBITDA8.72x
P / S (ttm)1.20x
Profit margin10.2%
Return on equity12.4%
Revenue growth+7.7%
Earnings growth+42.3%
Debt / equity39.54
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX0.31
Corr SPX0.22
Annual vol22.9%
Annual ret+24.6%
Sharpe1.08
Max DD-14.3%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.37
Sector+0.09
Technical+0.41
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$52.22$52.63$51.21$51.88169.21K
Aug 12$51.99$52.59$51.29$51.54356.90K
Aug 11$52.82$53.25$52.23$52.26265.50K
Aug 10$51.71$52.87$51.55$52.84225.10K
Aug 7$54.44$54.44$51.77$52.22244.90K