CNO Financial Group, Inc. (CNO) Stock Analysis
Financial Services · Insurance - Life
Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $50.57 — A.R:R is negative (-1.4) — price has exceeded the analyst target. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Near 52-week high (0.2% away).
CNO Financial Group is a holding company for insurance subsidiaries (Bankers Life, Washington National, Colonial Penn) targeting middle-income pre-retirees and retirees, with $4.5 billion revenues and $38.8 billion total assets as of December 31, 2025. Premium collections of... Read more
Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $50.57 — A.R:R is negative (-1.4) — price has exceeded the analyst target. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Near 52-week high (0.2% away). Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Score 5.2/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/9 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 69d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: aggressive.
Recent Developments — CNO Financial Group, Inc.
Latest news
- Top 2 Financial Stocks That Could Sink Your Portfolio This Quarter — benzinga May 19, 2026 negative
- Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Maintains Market Perform on CNO Finl Group, Raises Price Target to $50 — benzinga May 5, 2026 positive
- Full Transcript: CNO Finl Group Q1 2026 Earnings Call — benzinga May 1, 2026 neutral
- CNO Finl Group Q1 Adj. EPS $1.05 Beats $0.94 Estimate, Sales $1.030B Beat $1.003B Estimate. — benzinga Apr 30, 2026 positive
- Earnings Scheduled For April 30, 2026 — benzinga Apr 30, 2026 neutral
Generated 2026-05-20T20:21:21Z.
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3 floor-breakers
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
Technicals below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
Negative sentiment — recent news tone and/or analyst downgrades drag the composite below neutral.static
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Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $50.57 — A.R:R is negative (-1.4) — price has exceeded the analyst target. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Near 52-week high (0.2% away). Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Prior stop was $46.06. Score 5.2/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $46.99 (-1.8% upside). Prior stop was $46.06. Stop-loss: $46.06.
Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining; Near 52-week high (0.2% away); V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=5.2).
CNO Financial Group, Inc. trades at a P/E of 19.3 (forward 9.7). TrendMatrix value score: 7.6/10. Verdict: Sell.
13 analysts cover CNO with a consensus score of 2.6/5. Average price target: $48.
What does CNO Financial Group, Inc. do?CNO Financial Group is a holding company for insurance subsidiaries (Bankers Life, Washington National, Colonial Penn)...
CNO Financial Group is a holding company for insurance subsidiaries (Bankers Life, Washington National, Colonial Penn) targeting middle-income pre-retirees and retirees, with $4.5 billion revenues and $38.8 billion total assets as of December 31, 2025. Premium collections of $4.6 billion split among annuities (42%), health (36%), and life insurance (21%).