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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 Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.024412
MSTL0.026471
AutoETS0.026515
AutoARIMA0.026516

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.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.42% 1.73% 2.08% 2.30%
Dividend History
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
Additional Data
dividendRate 0.68
dividendYield 1.56
exDividendDate 2026-03-10
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.67
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.015588647
lastDividendValue 0.17
lastDividendDate 2026-03-10
dividendDate 2026-03-24

Info Dump

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