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CNO Financial Group, Inc. (CNO) vs Unum Group (UNM)

CNO Financial Group, Inc. and Unum Group are both Insurance Life companies. Unum Group is the larger, with a market value of $14.5B against $5.1B — 2.8× the size. CNO Financial Group, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 19.4× against 21.3×. CNO Financial Group, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 6.03% against 3.42%. CNO Financial Group, Inc. has the higher net margin (6.02% vs 5.26%) and the higher return on invested capital (6.42% vs 3.94%). Both pay a dividend; Unum Group yields more (2.11% vs 1.22%). Across the 21 metrics below, CNO Financial Group, Inc. leads on 13 and Unum Group on 8.

Valuation

Metric CNO UNM Insurance Life median
P/E 19.36 21.30 13.24
P/S 1.15 1.09 0.78
P/B 2.07 1.35 1.11
Price to free cash flow 7.67 21.05 7.72
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 5.16% 4.70% 7.55%
Free cash flow yield 13.04% 4.75% 10.98%

Profitability

Metric CNO UNM Insurance Life median
Gross margin 44.97% 33.34% 32.44%
Operating margin 12.30% 8.36% 11.31%
Net margin 6.02% 5.26% 6.61%
Free cash flow margin 15.04% 5.19% 15.04%
Return on equity 10.93% 6.35% 8.67%
Return on assets 0.72% 1.11% 0.67%
Return on invested capital 6.42% 3.94% 8.20%

Growth

Metric CNO UNM Insurance Life median
Revenue growth (TTM) 6.03% 3.42% 7.91%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (38.50%) (54.86%) (20.59%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 3.27% (0.13%) 1.08%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (5.35%) (1.41%) 0.00%

Health

Metric CNO UNM Insurance Life median
Debt to equity 1.65 0.35 0.48
Current ratio 0.15 0.28 0.21
Net debt to EBITDA 2.96 2.87 0.12

Dividend

Metric CNO UNM Insurance Life median
Dividend yield 1.22% 2.11% 2.18%
Payout ratio 0.24 0.45 0.26

Size

Metric CNO UNM Insurance Life median
Market cap 5.10b 14.50b 7.92b

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