CNO vs. UNM, AUB, FBP, NYCB, DNP, IIPR, HTGC, BANF, AVAL, and SKT
Should you be buying CNO Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CNO Financial Group include Unum Group (UNM), Atlantic Union Bankshares (AUB), First BanCorp. (FBP), New York Community Bancorp (NYCB), DNP Select Income Fund (DNP), Innovative Industrial Properties (IIPR), Hercules Capital (HTGC), BancFirst (BANF), Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores (AVAL), and Tanger (SKT). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Unum Group (NYSE:UNM) and CNO Financial Group (NYSE:CNO) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability and community ranking.
Unum Group pays an annual dividend of $1.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. CNO Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Unum Group pays out 21.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CNO Financial Group pays out 17.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Unum Group has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years and CNO Financial Group has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Unum Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Unum Group presently has a consensus target price of $57.38, suggesting a potential upside of 8.07%. CNO Financial Group has a consensus target price of $27.50, suggesting a potential downside of 4.84%. Given CNO Financial Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Unum Group is more favorable than CNO Financial Group.
Unum Group received 5 more outperform votes than CNO Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.17% of users gave CNO Financial Group an outperform vote while only 46.44% of users gave Unum Group an outperform vote.
86.6% of Unum Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.4% of CNO Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Unum Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of CNO Financial Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Unum Group has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CNO Financial Group has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, CNO Financial Group had 13 more articles in the media than Unum Group. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for CNO Financial Group and 6 mentions for Unum Group. CNO Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Unum Group's score of 0.49 indicating that Unum Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Unum Group has a net margin of 10.52% compared to Unum Group's net margin of 9.07%. Unum Group's return on equity of 16.77% beat CNO Financial Group's return on equity.
Unum Group has higher revenue and earnings than CNO Financial Group. Unum Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CNO Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Unum Group beats CNO Financial Group on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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