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CNO Financial Group, Inc. (CNO)

Financial Services | Insurance - Life | Carmel, United States | NYSE
55.37 USD +0.21 (0.381%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 57.00 +1.63 (2.944%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:56 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★★★⯪Long-term:★★★★☆Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 5:31 a.m. EDT

The investment case for CNO Financial Group is currently driven by a powerful convergence of explosive earnings growth and aggressive institutional positioning. Fundamentally, the company is executing flawlessly, delivering a 46% earnings surge and 12% revenue growth in the latest quarter, which validates the market's re-rating of the stock to new highs. The balance sheet remains robust with a healthy payout ratio, allowing management to maintain a steady dividend despite the rapid expansion. Technically and sentiment-wise, the environment is exceptionally favorable. The stock has broken out of its consolidation range, trading well above both its 50-day and 200-day moving averages, confirming a strong uptrend. More importantly, the options market is screaming 'upside'; the sheer disparity between call and put volume suggests that smart money is positioning for a continued rally rather than a pullback. While the statistical forecasting model indicates only moderate confidence due to inherent price noise, this is a secondary concern given the clarity of the fundamental and momentum signals. The primary risk is the potential for a mean reversion if earnings growth slows, but the current trajectory suggests the market is rewarding the quality of execution. For investors seeking exposure to a high-growth financial intermediary with a clean balance sheet, the setup appears superior to the broader sector.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.017043
AutoARIMA0.061547
AutoETS0.063551
MSTL0.065480

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 61%
H-stat 6.59
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.408
Excess Kurtosis -0.18
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-09-09
Last Dividend Date 2026-06-09
Debt to Equity Ratio 175.664
Revenue per Share 49.04
Market Cap 5,122,908,160
Trailing P/E 19.03
Forward P/E 11.01
Beta 0.82
Profit Margins 6.02%
Website https://www.cnoinc.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 5:31 a.m. EDT: Speculators are overwhelmingly bullish, evidenced by massive open interest in out-of-the-money calls (September and December expirations) compared to negligible put volume. The call chain shows significant new flow at strikes above the current price, while the put side is virtually dormant except for deep out-of-the-money anchors, indicating a strong consensus for continued upside momentum.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.36% 1.63% 1.93% 2.15%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-06-10 0.18 0.362684
2026-03-10 0.17 0.418616
2025-12-10 0.17 0.416361
2025-09-10 0.17 0.433342
2025-06-10 0.17 0.448430
2025-03-10 0.16 0.414400
2024-12-10 0.16 0.423280
2024-09-10 0.16 0.493370
2024-06-10 0.16 0.588668
2024-03-07 0.15 0.562219
2023-12-07 0.15 0.569476
2023-09-07 0.15 0.647948
2023-06-08 0.15 0.640205
2023-03-09 0.14 0.592217
2022-12-08 0.14 0.617829
2022-09-08 0.14 0.751880
2022-06-09 0.14 0.714650
2022-03-09 0.13 0.555793
2021-12-09 0.13 0.547830
2021-09-09 0.13 0.559862
2021-06-09 0.13 0.515260
2021-03-09 0.12 0.475436
2020-12-09 0.12 0.512821
2020-09-09 0.12 0.716846
2020-06-09 0.12 0.718563
2020-03-09 0.11 0.779037
2019-12-09 0.11 0.621118
2019-09-09 0.11 0.726073
2019-06-07 0.11 0.679852
2019-03-08 0.10 0.610874
2018-12-07 0.10 0.604595
2018-09-07 0.10 0.470810
2018-06-08 0.10 0.505306
2018-03-08 0.09 0.408719
2017-12-08 0.09 0.354191
2017-09-08 0.09 0.416667
2017-06-07 0.09 0.449550
2017-03-08 0.08 0.392157
2016-12-07 0.08 0.432432
2016-09-07 0.08 0.500313
2016-06-08 0.08 0.402820
2016-03-08 0.07 0.393038
2015-12-08 0.07 0.356415
2015-09-08 0.07 0.390625
2015-06-08 0.07 0.389105
2015-03-06 0.06 0.354400
2014-12-08 0.06 0.352319
2014-09-08 0.06 0.343840
2014-06-06 0.06 0.355872
2014-03-12 0.06 0.321027
2013-12-06 0.03 0.179964
2013-09-06 0.03 0.205903
2013-06-06 0.03 0.240964
2013-03-07 0.02 0.179211
2012-12-06 0.02 0.215517
2012-09-06 0.02 0.206825
2012-06-07 0.02 0.297619
Additional Data
dividendRate 0.72
dividendYield 1.31
exDividendDate 2026-09-10
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.69
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.012509065
lastDividendValue 0.18
lastDividendDate 2026-06-10
dividendDate 2026-09-24

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.40929997
Address1 11,299 Illinois Street
All Time High 57.59
All Time Low 0.26
Ask 88.51
Ask Size 200
Audit Risk 8
Average Daily Volume10 Day 687,240
Average Daily Volume3 Month 788,838
Average Volume 788,838
Average Volume10Days 687,240
Beta 0.817
Bid 55.34
Bid Size 400
Board Risk 2
Book Value 27.958
City Carmel
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 3
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 55.37
Current Ratio 2.27
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 55.67
Day Low 55.02
Debt To Equity 175.664
Display Name CNO Financial
Dividend Date 1,790,208,000
Dividend Rate 0.72
Dividend Yield 1.31
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,785,510,000
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,785,510,000
Earnings Growth 0.462
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.371
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,441,600
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,649,600
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,649,600
Ebitda 989,900,032
Ebitda Margins 0.21304001
Enterprise To Ebitda 8.21
Enterprise To Revenue 1.749
Enterprise Value 8,127,108,096
Eps Current Year 4.67
Eps Forward 5.028
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 2.91
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,788,998,400
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 53.3912
Fifty Day Average Change 1.9787979
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.037062246
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 40.929996
Fifty Two Week High 57.59
Fifty Two Week High Change -2.2200012
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.03854838
Fifty Two Week Low 38.22
Fifty Two Week Low Change 17.149998
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.44871786
Fifty Two Week Range 38.22 - 57.59
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,063,200,600,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 2.03
Float Shares 90,017,743
Forward Eps 5.028
Forward P E 11.012331
Free Cashflow 996,099,968
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 3,200
Fullday Change 0.209999
Fullday Change Percent 0.380709
Fullday Price 57.0
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.38706002
Gross Profits 1,798,499,968
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.02402
Held Percent Institutions 0.98183995
Implied Shares Outstanding 92,521,371
Industry Insurance - Life
Industry Disp Insurance - Life
Industry Key insurance-life
Ir Website http://investors.cnoinc.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=98529&p=irol-irhome
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,781,049,600
Last Dividend Value 0.18
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary 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.
Long Name CNO Financial Group, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 5,122,908,160
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_93578
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 279,600,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 5,103,478,824
Number Of Analyst Opinions 4
Open 55.33
Operating Cashflow 698,899,968
Operating Margins 0.16729
Overall Risk 1
Payout Ratio 0.2379
Peg Ratio 1.29
Phone 317 817 6100
Post Market Change 1.6300011
Post Market Change Percent 2.9438343
Post Market Price 57.0
Post Market Time 1,787,961,370
Previous Close 55.16
Price Eps Current Year 11.85653
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.9804707
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 1.1025068
Profit Margins 0.060170002
Quick Ratio 0.613
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.209999
Regular Market Change Percent 0.380709
Regular Market Day High 55.67
Regular Market Day Low 55.02
Regular Market Day Range 55.02 - 55.67
Regular Market Open 55.33
Regular Market Previous Close 55.16
Regular Market Price 55.37
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,202
Regular Market Volume 532,231
Return On Assets 0.01091
Return On Equity 0.10934
Revenue Growth 0.116
Revenue Per Share 49.04
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20504117
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Share Holder Rights Risk 1
Shares Outstanding 92,521,371
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0001
Shares Short 5,598
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 13,784
Short Name CNO Financial Group, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0001
Short Ratio 0.01
Source Interval 15
State IN
Symbol CNO
Target High Price 56.0
Target Low Price 52.0
Target Mean Price 53.75
Target Median Price 53.5
Total Cash 1,548,300,032
Total Cash Per Share 16.735
Total Debt 4,552,500,224
Total Revenue 4,646,600,192
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.69
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.012509065
Trailing Eps 2.91
Trailing P E 19.02749
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 45.632
Two Hundred Day Average Change 9.737999
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.21340285
Type Disp Equity
Volume 532,231
Website https://www.cnoinc.com
Zip 46,032