CNO Financial PE ratio CNO

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 18.4×
10-year median: 10.1×
Against its 10-year history: 91st; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 3.7× to 22.7×
Peer median: 13.6×

CNO Financial's PE ratio is 18.4× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $53.66 against $2.91 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is above its ten-year median of 10.1×, higher than on 91% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 3.7× in Mar 2020 to 22.7× in Mar 2018.

The median for 10 life insurers of a similar size is 13.6×.

PE ratio over time

median 10.1×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	18.4×	14.2×	22.1×
2025	15.1×	9.8×	16.7×
2024	15.0×	7.8×	16.1×
2023	11.3×	5.8×	13.0×
2022	5.8×	4.7×	8.1×
2021	7.4×	6.7×	12.6×
2020	7.0×	3.7×	19.7×
2019	18.2×	17.4×	18.8×
2018	14.4×	8.1×	22.7×
2017	8.9×	8.5×	14.7×
2016	13.5×	10.1×	16.0×
2015	17.5×	11.4×	65.9×
2014	52.6×	8.0×	54.9×
2013	8.7×	7.7×	21.0×
2012	13.2×	3.8×	13.6×
2011	3.9×	3.5×	7.8×

Against its peers

Companies in Insurance - Life nearest CNO Financial's size, closest first, today.

Company	PE ratio
CNOCNO Financial	18.4×
GNWGenworth Financial	17.1×
LNCLincoln National	3.5×
PRIPrimerica	11.0×
VOYAVoya Financial	16.2×
JXNJackson Financial	183×
FGF&G Annuities & Life	7.0×
BHFBrighthouse Financial	3.6×
GLGlobe Life	10.3×
UNMUnum	21.0×
CRBGCorebridge Financial	19.8×
Peer median	13.6×

Where CNO Financial ranks

#12of 16Life insurers with the lowest PE ratio

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

More on CNO Financial

Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.