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

55.91 0.52 −0.92%
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) Operating margin

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CNO Financial Group, Inc.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 16.8%, up 5.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (11.7%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −2.58% (fiscal 2018) to 26.7% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is above the Insurance Life industry median of 8.83% and above the Financial sector median of 0.00%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 11.7% (6.20)
FY2024 17.9% 3.49
FY2023 14.4% (12.30)
FY2022 26.7% 6.56
FY2021 20.1% 8.24
FY2020 11.9% 1.06
FY2019 10.8% 13.38
FY2018 −2.58% (16.86)
FY2017 14.3% 0.60
FY2016 13.7% 0.68

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 26.2% 9.47
Jun 2026 16.7% 7.09
Mar 2026 9.64% (4.76)
Dec 2025 14.4% 6.59
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Against its own ten years

Low −2.58% High 26.7%
Ten-year median 13.7%
Current reading's percentile 74

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
GL Globe Life Inc. compare 25.5%
CNO CNO Financial Group, Inc. 16.8%
JXN Jackson Financial Inc. compare 15.5%
BHF Brighthouse Financial, Inc. compare 14.0%
FG F&G Annuities & Life, Inc. compare 11.3%
GNW Genworth Financial, Inc. compare 4.67%
UNM Unum Group compare 4.11%
PRI Primerica, Inc. compare 0.00%
LNC Lincoln National Corporation compare 0.00%
Insurance Life industry median 8.83%
Financial sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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