Insurance services company CNO Financial Group (NYSE:CNO) will be reporting earnings this Monday after market hours. Here’s what you need to know.
CNO Financial Group missed analysts’ revenue expectations by 1.9% last quarter, reporting revenues of $948.6 million, up 5.7% year on year. It was a softer quarter for the company, with a significant miss of analysts’ book value per share estimates and EPS in line with analysts’ estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting CNO Financial Group’s revenue to grow 2.4% year on year to $962 million, slowing from the 5% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.86 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 insurance segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Globe Life delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 3.2%, meeting analysts’ expectations, and Stewart Information Services reported revenues up 20.1%, topping estimates by 9.2%. Globe Life traded up 5.1% following the results while Stewart Information Services was also up 10.3%.
Read our full analysis of Globe Life’s results here and Stewart Information Services’s results here.
Questions about potential tariffs and corporate tax changes have caused much volatility in 2025. While some of the insurance stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 2.9% on average over the last month. CNO Financial Group is down 1.6% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $42.40 (compared to the current share price of $37.82).
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