Insurance services company CNO Financial Group (NYSE: CNO) will be reporting earnings this Monday after market hours. Here’s what to look for.
CNO Financial Group missed analysts’ revenue expectations by 0.7% last quarter, reporting revenues of $954.9 million, up 1.6% year on year. It was a softer quarter for the company, with a significant miss of analysts’ book value per share estimates and a narrow beat of analysts’ EPS estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting CNO Financial Group’s revenue to grow 2.8% year on year to $968.5 million, slowing from the 4.3% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.92 per share.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. CNO Financial Group has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates five times over the last two years.
Looking at CNO Financial Group’s peers in the life insurance segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Prudential’s revenues decreased 16.7% year on year, beating analysts’ expectations by 14.4%, and Lincoln Financial Group reported revenues up 3.8%, falling short of estimates by 0.7%. Prudential traded up 1.8% following the results while Lincoln Financial Group was also up 4.8%.
Read our full analysis of Prudential’s results here and Lincoln Financial Group’s results here.
Debates over possible tariffs and corporate tax adjustments have raised questions about economic stability in 2025. While some of the life insurance stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 4.3% on average over the last month. CNO Financial Group is up 1.1% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $42.20 (compared to the current share price of $40.02).
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