CNO Financial (CNO) reported $1.01 billion in revenue for the quarter ended March 2025, representing a year-over-year decline of 12.6%. EPS of $0.79 for the same period compares to $0.52 a year ago.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $961.36 million, representing a surprise of +5.15%. The company has not delivered EPS surprise, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.79.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how CNO performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Insurance policy income: $650.70 million compared to the $651.36 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of +3.6% year over year.
- Insurance Product Margin- Annuity: $54.50 million versus $60.39 million estimated by two analysts on average.
- Insurance Product Margin- Life: $68.20 million compared to the $52.37 million average estimate based on two analysts.
- Insurance Product Margin- Health: $126.20 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $127.96 million.
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Shares of CNO have returned -4.6% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -4.3% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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