Benzinga | Oct 26, 2021 10:10AM EDT

A Preview Of CNO Financial Gr's Earnings

CNO Financial Gr (NYSE:CNO) is set to give its latest quarterly earnings report on Wednesday, 2021-10-27. Here's what investors need to know before the announcement.

Analysts estimate that CNO Financial Gr will likely report an Earnings Per Share (EPS) of $0.61

CNO Financial Gr bulls will hope to hear the company to announce they've not only beaten that estimate, but also to provide positive guidance, or forecasted growth, for the next quarter.

New investors should note that it is sometimes not an earnings beat or miss that most affects the price of a stock, but the guidance (or forecast).

Past Earnings Performance

Last quarter the company beat on EPS by 22.22%, which was followed by a 0.53% increase in the share price the next day.

Here's a look at CNO Financial Gr's past performance and the resulting price change:

Quarter Q2 2021 Q1 2021 Q4 2020 Q3 2020EPS Estimate 0.54 0.52 0.59 0.48EPS Actual 0.66 0.55 0.61 0.79Price Change % 0.53% 0.93% -2.04% 6.54%

Stock Performance

Shares of CNO Financial Gr were trading at $26.05 as of October 25. Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 50.83%. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders should be satisfied going into this earnings release.

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