CNO Financial Group, Inc. (CNO)Financial Services | Insurance - Life | Carmel, United States | NYSE
43.63 USD
+0.65
(1.512%)
⇧
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 43.78 +0.15 (0.344%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 6:20 p.m. EDT) Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Dividends: ★★★☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 11, 2026, 2:55 p.m. EDT
CNO Financial Group, Inc. (CNO) appears to be a stock with mixed signals. The recent price action shows some volatility, with a recent dip followed by a recovery, indicating possible short-term momentum opportunities. However, the long-term fundamentals are weak, with earnings growth and revenue growth showing negative or low growth. The dividend yield is moderate, but the payout ratio is low, suggesting the company may not be sustainable in its current dividend policy. Overall, the stock might be a buy for short-term traders looking to capitalize on potential momentum, but long-term investors should be cautious due to the weak fundamentals and uncertain future growth prospects. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.024412 |
| MSTL | 0.026471 |
| AutoETS | 0.026515 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.026516 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 80% |
| H-stat | 0.60 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.186 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.28 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Financial Services |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2026-03-09 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2026-03-09 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 157.092 |
| Revenue per Share | 45.901 |
| Market Cap | 4,113,336,576 |
| Trailing P/E | 18.97 |
| Forward P/E | 8.91 |
| Beta | 0.84 |
| Profit Margins | 5.11% |
| Website | https://www.cnoinc.com |
As of April 11, 2026, 2:55 p.m. EDT: Options speculators are showing mixed signals. The recent options activity indicates a potential for both upward and downward movements. The high volume and open interest in out-of-the-money (OTM) puts, particularly for the June 18 expiration, suggest some bearish sentiment, but the presence of significant open interest in calls for the same date hints at potential bullish bets. The overall volatility is low, but the positioning of puts suggests some caution. The higher implied volatility for the June 18 calls and puts indicates that speculators are anticipating larger price movements, which could be due to upcoming earnings or market events.
| Last Yield | 1yr Yield | 3yr Avg | 5yr Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.42% | 1.73% | 2.08% | 2.30% |
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-10 | 0.17 | 0.418616 |
| 2025-12-10 | 0.17 | 0.418087 |
| 2025-09-10 | 0.17 | 0.436994 |
| 2025-06-10 | 0.17 | 0.454172 |
| 2025-03-10 | 0.16 | 0.421584 |
| 2024-12-10 | 0.16 | 0.432364 |
| 2024-09-10 | 0.16 | 0.506058 |
| 2024-06-10 | 0.16 | 0.606784 |
| 2024-03-07 | 0.15 | 0.582899 |
| 2023-12-07 | 0.15 | 0.593740 |
| 2023-09-07 | 0.15 | 0.679389 |
| 2023-06-08 | 0.15 | 0.675594 |
| 2023-03-09 | 0.14 | 0.628908 |
| 2022-12-08 | 0.14 | 0.659847 |
| 2022-09-08 | 0.14 | 0.808013 |
| 2022-06-09 | 0.14 | 0.773971 |
| 2022-03-09 | 0.13 | 0.606133 |
| 2021-12-09 | 0.13 | 0.600858 |
| 2021-09-09 | 0.13 | 0.617419 |
| 2021-06-09 | 0.13 | 0.571408 |
| 2021-03-09 | 0.12 | 0.529914 |
| 2020-12-09 | 0.12 | 0.574303 |
| 2020-09-09 | 0.12 | 0.806969 |
| 2020-06-09 | 0.12 | 0.814774 |
| 2020-03-09 | 0.11 | 0.889483 |
| 2019-12-09 | 0.11 | 0.714221 |
| 2019-09-09 | 0.11 | 0.840100 |
| 2019-06-07 | 0.11 | 0.792506 |
| 2019-03-08 | 0.10 | 0.716942 |
| 2018-12-07 | 0.10 | 0.713900 |
| 2018-09-07 | 0.10 | 0.559259 |
| 2018-06-08 | 0.10 | 0.603026 |
| 2018-03-08 | 0.09 | 0.490233 |
| 2017-12-08 | 0.09 | 0.426549 |
| 2017-09-08 | 0.09 | 0.503565 |
| 2017-06-07 | 0.09 | 0.545627 |
| 2017-03-08 | 0.08 | 0.478141 |
| 2016-12-07 | 0.08 | 0.529297 |
| 2016-09-07 | 0.08 | 0.615035 |
| 2016-06-08 | 0.08 | 0.497652 |
| 2016-03-08 | 0.07 | 0.487531 |
| 2015-12-08 | 0.07 | 0.443782 |
| 2015-09-08 | 0.07 | 0.488092 |
| 2015-06-08 | 0.07 | 0.488154 |
| 2015-03-06 | 0.06 | 0.446325 |
| 2014-12-08 | 0.06 | 0.445313 |
| 2014-09-08 | 0.06 | 0.436098 |
| 2014-06-06 | 0.06 | 0.452906 |
| 2014-03-12 | 0.06 | 0.410023 |
| 2013-12-06 | 0.03 | 0.230597 |
| 2013-09-06 | 0.03 | 0.264311 |
| 2013-06-06 | 0.03 | 0.309959 |
| 2013-03-07 | 0.02 | 0.231095 |
| 2012-12-06 | 0.02 | 0.278410 |
| 2012-09-06 | 0.02 | 0.267755 |
| 2012-06-07 | 0.02 | 0.386113 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.17411196 |
| Address1 | 11,299 Illinois Street |
| All Time High | 44.86 |
| All Time Low | 0.26 |
| Ask | 45.42 |
| Ask Size | 400 |
| Audit Risk | 2 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 3.0 - Hold |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 678,890 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 684,350 |
| Average Volume | 684,350 |
| Average Volume10Days | 678,890 |
| Beta | 0.841 |
| Bid | 42.88 |
| Bid Size | 200 |
| Board Risk | 1 |
| Book Value | 27.922 |
| City | Carmel |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 2 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 43.63 |
| Current Ratio | 2.448 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 44.5 |
| Day Low | 43.16 |
| Debt To Equity | 157.092 |
| Display Name | CNO Financial |
| Dividend Date | 1,774,310,400 |
| Dividend Rate | 0.68 |
| Dividend Yield | 1.56 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,777,647,600 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,777,647,600 |
| Earnings Growth | -0.452 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | -0.492 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,777,579,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,777,579,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,777,579,200 |
| Ebitda | 943,200,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.21019 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 7.429 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 1.561 |
| Enterprise Value | 7,006,836,736 |
| Eps Current Year | 4.39 |
| Eps Forward | 4.898 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 2.3 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,773,100,800 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 41.7806 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 1.8493996 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.04426455 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 17.411196 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 44.86 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -1.2299995 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.027418625 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 35.24 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 8.389999 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.2380817 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 35.24 - 44.86 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,063,200,600,000 |
| Five Year Avg Dividend Yield | 2.07 |
| Float Shares | 91,729,385 |
| Forward Eps | 4.898 |
| Forward P E | 8.907718 |
| Free Cashflow | 1,200,024,960 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 3,300 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.38871 |
| Gross Profits | 1,744,300,032 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.02441 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.99044 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 94,277,713 |
| 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 | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,773,100,800 |
| Last Dividend Value | 0.17 |
| 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 | 4,113,336,576 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_93578 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 229,300,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 4,089,342,474 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 4 |
| Open | 43.31 |
| Operating Cashflow | 675,699,968 |
| Operating Margins | 0.14854 |
| Overall Risk | 1 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.2913 |
| Peg Ratio | 1.29 |
| Phone | 317 817 6100 |
| Post Market Change | 0.15009308 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.34401345 |
| Post Market Price | 43.780094 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,464,401 |
| Previous Close | 42.98 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 9.938498 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 1.5625671 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.9166414 |
| Profit Margins | 0.0511 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.55 |
| Quote Source Name | Delayed Quote |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | hold |
| Recommendation Mean | 3.0 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.650002 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 1.51233 |
| Regular Market Day High | 44.5 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 43.16 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 43.16 - 44.5 |
| Regular Market Open | 43.31 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 42.98 |
| Regular Market Price | 43.63 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,002 |
| Regular Market Volume | 413,565 |
| Return On Assets | 0.010190001 |
| Return On Equity | 0.08899 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.042 |
| Revenue Per Share | 45.901 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.38150132 |
| Sector | Financial Services |
| Sector Disp | Financial Services |
| Sector Key | financial-services |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 1 |
| Shares Outstanding | 93,727,767 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0 |
| Shares Short | 3,558 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 1,880,015 |
| 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 | 51.0 |
| Target Low Price | 43.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 46.0 |
| Target Median Price | 45.0 |
| Total Cash | 1,250,899,968 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 13.268 |
| Total Debt | 4,144,399,872 |
| Total Revenue | 4,487,399,936 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.67 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.015588647 |
| Trailing Eps | 2.3 |
| Trailing P E | 18.969566 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 40.3583 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 3.2717018 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.08106639 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 413,565 |
| Website | https://www.cnoinc.com |
| Zip | 46,032 |