CNO Financial Group, Inc.

DB:COS Stock Report

Market Cap: €3.6b

CNO Financial Group Valuation

Is COS undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of COS when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: COS (€35.2) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€79.73)

Significantly Below Fair Value: COS is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for COS?

Key metric: As COS is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for COS. This is calculated by dividing COS's market cap by their current earnings.
What is COS's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio13.9x
EarningsUS$274.20m
Market CapUS$3.80b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does COS's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for COS vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average15.8x
WUW Wüstenrot & Württembergische
25.2x34.6%€1.1b
TLX Talanx
11.1x5.7%€21.1b
NBG6 NÜRNBERGER Beteiligungs-AG
13.5x38.8%€564.5m
HNR1 Hannover Rück
13.1x5.7%€29.5b
COS CNO Financial Group
13.9x12.4%€3.8b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: COS is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.9x) compared to the peer average (15.8x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does COS's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Insurance Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
COS 13.9xIndustry Avg. 11.8xNo. of Companies13PE0816243240+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: COS is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.9x) compared to the European Insurance industry average (11.8x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is COS's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

COS PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio13.9x
Fair PE Ratio11x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: COS is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst COS forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€35.20
€38.60
+9.6%
7.2%€42.46€33.77n/a5
Dec ’25€37.80
€36.62
-3.1%
6.9%€39.85€33.21n/a5
Nov ’25€31.40
€33.96
+8.1%
9.9%€38.76€29.53n/a5
Oct ’25€31.20
€30.43
-2.5%
10.2%€34.42€26.27n/a5
Sep ’25€31.00
€30.30
-2.3%
11.5%€34.68€26.47n/a5
Aug ’25€32.00
€30.53
-4.6%
11.3%€35.15€26.83n/a5
Jul ’25€25.80
€27.44
+6.4%
4.6%€28.94€25.20n/a5
Jun ’25€25.80
€27.17
+5.3%
3.8%€28.10€25.29n/a5
May ’25€25.00
€27.17
+8.7%
3.8%€28.10€25.29n/a5
Apr ’25€25.20
€26.58
+5.5%
4.0%€27.68€24.92n/a5
Mar ’25€24.60
€26.58
+8.0%
4.0%€27.68€24.92n/a5
Feb ’25€25.00
€25.34
+1.3%
3.5%€26.43€23.70n/a5
Jan ’25€25.40
€24.58
-3.2%
6.4%€26.60€22.02n/a5
Dec ’24€24.20
€24.11
-0.4%
5.7%€26.16€22.43€37.805
Nov ’24€21.80
€24.06
+10.4%
7.2%€27.25€22.55€31.405
Oct ’24€22.60
€24.06
+6.4%
7.2%€27.25€22.55€31.205
Sep ’24€21.40
€23.13
+8.1%
8.1%€26.40€20.94€31.005
Aug ’24€23.20
€23.13
-0.3%
8.1%€26.40€20.94€32.005
Jul ’24€21.60
€23.83
+10.3%
9.4%€27.92€21.41€25.805
Jun ’24€20.20
€22.98
+13.8%
9.0%€27.22€20.87€25.806
May ’24€19.90
€22.94
+15.3%
9.8%€27.35€20.05€25.006
Apr ’24€20.00
€24.25
+21.3%
9.7%€27.98€20.52€25.206
Mar ’24€24.20
€25.12
+3.8%
7.1%€28.44€23.70€24.606
Feb ’24€23.60
€22.40
-5.1%
5.0%€24.09€21.31€25.006
Jan ’24€21.40
€22.81
+6.6%
5.4%€25.23€21.35€25.406
Dec ’23€22.40
€22.81
+1.8%
5.4%€25.23€21.35€24.206

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/23 16:02
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/23 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

CNO Financial Group, Inc. is covered by 17 analysts. 4 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Randolph BinnerB. Riley Securities, Inc.
Mark PalmerBTIG
Yaron KinarDeutsche Bank