CNO Financial CNO-PA
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At close: Oct 22, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

CNO Financial Group, Inc. (CNO-PA) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)

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CNO Financial (CNO-PA) posted Operating Margin of -45.35% for Q2 2026, up 1.58 percentage points from -46.93% a year earlier and up 5.95 percentage points from the prior quarter.

Analysis

CNO Financial Group, Inc. (CNO-PA) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

For the trailing twelve months through Jun 30, 2026, Operating Margin at CNO Financial was -49.14%, down 1.70 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was -50.25%, down 7.31 percentage points from FY2024.

  • Annual Operating Margin shows a five-year change of -2.78 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
  • In prior years, CNO Financial's Operating Margin was -42.94% in FY2024 (+4.68 pp), -47.61% in FY2023 (-25.24 pp), -22.37% in FY2022 (+12.92 pp) and -35.30% in FY2021 (+12.17 pp).
  • Quarterly Operating Margin has run from a low of -63.74% in Q3 2024 to a high of -0.28% in Q2 2022 over five years.
  • On a year-over-year basis, Operating Margin increased in four of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -4.34 percentage points.
  • The strongest year-over-year quarter for Operating Margin in the past five years was Q2 2022, with a gain of 51.51 percentage points; the weakest was Q1 2023, with a drop of 49.60 percentage points.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Margin for the three prior quarters was -51.30% (Q1 2026), -44.29% (Q4 2025) and -56.02% (Q3 2025).
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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 -45.35%
Mar 31, 2026 -51.30%
Dec 31, 2025 -44.29%
Sep 30, 2025 -56.02%
Jun 30, 2025 -46.93%
Mar 31, 2025 -54.00%
Dec 31, 2024 -25.17%
Sep 30, 2024 -63.74%
Jun 30, 2024 -39.75%
Mar 31, 2024 -42.40%
Dec 31, 2023 -60.68%
Sep 30, 2023 -19.37%
Jun 30, 2023 -45.93%
Mar 31, 2023 -60.71%
Dec 31, 2022 -55.05%
Sep 30, 2022 -18.58%
Jun 30, 2022 -0.28%
Mar 31, 2022 -11.10%
Dec 31, 2021 -21.71%
Sep 30, 2021 -40.98%
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