CNO Financial Group, Inc.

CNO Financial Insurance Life

CNO Financial Group, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $4.5 billion, up 0.85% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
−8.64%
EPS
+628.1%
Free cash flow
+7.63%
Total debt
+19.9%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

56.35 1.38 −2.39%
Market cap
$5.2B
P/E
12.6×
Fwd P/E
14.0×
Dividend yield
1.24%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

CNO Financial Group, Inc. (CNO) Net margin

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CNO Financial Group, Inc.'s net margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 9.19%, up 4.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (5.11%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −7.30% (fiscal 2018) to 17.6% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is below the Insurance Life industry median of 9.93% and below the Financial sector median of 14.3%.

Net margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
FY2025 5.11% (4.35)
FY2024 9.46% 2.79
FY2023 6.67% (10.96)
FY2022 17.6% 3.80
FY2021 13.8% 5.93
FY2020 7.90% (2.29)
FY2019 10.2% 17.49
FY2018 −7.30% (11.39)
FY2017 4.09% (4.90)
FY2016 8.99% 1.89

Quarterly newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 14.8% 5.03
Jun 2026 9.80% 6.14
Mar 2026 3.66% (4.47)
Dec 2025 8.13% 6.19
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −7.30% High 17.6%
Ten-year median 7.90%
Current reading's percentile 63

Net margin against peers

Company Net margin
PRI Primerica, Inc. compare 22.9%
GL Globe Life Inc. compare 18.9%
LNC Lincoln National Corporation compare 15.7%
JXN Jackson Financial Inc. compare 12.7%
BHF Brighthouse Financial, Inc. compare 10.2%
CNO CNO Financial Group, Inc. 9.19%
FG F&G Annuities & Life, Inc. compare 6.61%
UNM Unum Group compare 1.94%
GNW Genworth Financial, Inc. compare 0.76%
Insurance Life industry median 9.93%
Financial sector median 14.3%
Market median 1.06%

What Net margin is

Net Profit Margin tells an investor how much of each unit of revenue ends up as profit for shareholders after all costs, interest and taxes.

Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Revenue

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