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CNO Financial

NYQ:CNO · US12621E1038
InsuranceMedium

360

6
Profit price21
Owner Earnings Yield64
Dividend Yield49
Price/Sales46
EV / Gross Profit53
Price/Book53
Returns on capital—
Profit margins50
Cash Conversion78
Accruals12
Sales growth11
Profit Growth40
Long-Term EPS Growth25
Reinvestment15
Price momentum84
Debt load11
Debt serviceability72
Liquidity18
Analyst ratings28
Opinion Changes50
Price Target Upside35
Market mood55
Value Creation7/20creating some value
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

CNO Financial clears its cost of capital, but the record is mixed across the five tests. Real value creation, just not yet consistent.

Based on 3/5 components.

Profile

CountryUSA
IndustryInsurance
SizeMedium
TypePublic Company
ExchangeNYSE
Founded2003
Employees1,558
Websitecnoinc.com
ISINUS12621E1038
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Indices
S&P MIDCAP (USA)
Themes
Financial Services

Description

CNO Financial Group, Inc. (CNO) is a holding company for a group of insurance companies that develop, market, and administer health insurance, annuity, individual life insurance, and other insurance and financial services products. The company focus…

Analysis

Middle-of-the-road

CNO Financial Group, Inc. sits in the middle of our grid: average quality, average price, no obvious signal in either direction.

Valuation data is not available for this company.

Growth is weak; the safety picture is stretched. The company scores 7/20 on our value-creation score: creating some value. Analyst sentiment is cautious.

No flags apply to this company at this time: accounts, balance sheet, and cash quality all pass. A clean bill of health is meaningful, not just the absence of a warning. This analysis describes numbers; it is not investment advice.

360° rank · history

1007550250
14
2023202420252026

All-time high

56

Apr 2023

All-time low

14

Jun 2026

Average rank

35

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
46
48
50
55
Price/Earnings
44
50
64
48
Price/Book
53
74
86
85
Dividend Yield
49
44
61
56
Value (overall)
44
45
70
70

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

Every rank runs 1–100 against true peers. Higher is always better.

360° View
1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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