How did CNO Financial Group Inc (CNO) surprise investors with its report?

Ulysses Smith

CNO Financial Group Inc [CNO] stock is trading at $42.88, up 0.02%. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The CNO shares have gain 7.12% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 4.05%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

CNO Financial Group Inc [NYSE: CNO] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on December 15, 2025, when Jefferies upgraded its rating to a Buy but kept the price target unchanged to $47 for it. Previously, BMO Capital Markets started tracking the stock with Market Perform rating on January 23, 2025, and set its price target to $38. On April 16, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Overweight but maintained its price target of $29 on the stock. Evercore ISI downgraded its rating to a Underperform and increased its price target to $26 on January 04, 2024. RBC Capital Mkts started tracking with an Outperform rating for this stock on September 13, 2022, and assigned it a price target of $25. In a note dated January 26, 2022, Jefferies initiated a Hold rating and provided a target price of $25 on this stock.

CNO Financial Group Inc [CNO] stock has fluctuated between $34.63 and $43.56 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $47 within the next 12 months. CNO Financial Group Inc [NYSE: CNO] shares were valued at $42.88 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 9.61% based on the average CNO price forecast.

Analyzing the CNO fundamentals

CNO Financial Group Inc [NYSE:CNO] reported sales of 4.46B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 4.84%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.3% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.12%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.08%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.07%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 3.05, Equity is 0.12 and Total Capital is 8.75. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 1.6.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 42.63 points at the first support level, and at 42.39 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 43.22, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 43.56.

Ratios To Look Out For

Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.92, the price to book ratio is 1.57 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 14.99.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved TARASI ROCCO F III, Chief Marketing Officer, that happened on Dec 15 ’25 when 9283.0 shares were sold. Officer, ROCCO TARASI completed a deal on Dec 15 ’25 to buy 9283.0 shares. Meanwhile, Chief Human Resources Officer Franzese Yvonne K. sold 3000.0 shares on Nov 24 ’25.

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