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CNO Financial Group (STU:COS) Debt-to-EBITDA : 3.52 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is CNO Financial Group Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

CNO Financial Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €0 Mil. CNO Financial Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €3,584 Mil. CNO Financial Group's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €1,019 Mil. CNO Financial Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 3.52.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for CNO Financial Group's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

STU:COS' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.23   Med: 5.32   Max: 22.46
Current: 3.82

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of CNO Financial Group was 22.46. The lowest was 3.23. And the median was 5.32.

STU:COS's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
83.89% of 298 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 1.4 vs STU:COS: 3.82

CNO Financial Group Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for CNO Financial Group's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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CNO Financial Group Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

CNO Financial Group Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.45 5.19 3.76 3.23 4.81

CNO Financial Group Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 8.47 4.53 3.01 5.81 3.52

Competitive Comparison of CNO Financial Group's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, CNO Financial Group's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


CNO Financial Group's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, CNO Financial Group's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where CNO Financial Group's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



CNO Financial Group Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

CNO Financial Group's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0 + 3806.1) / 791.188
=4.81

CNO Financial Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0 + 3583.952) / 1018.624
=3.52

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2024) EBITDA data.


CNO Financial Group  (STU:COS) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


CNO Financial Group Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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CNO Financial Group (STU:COS) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
11825 N. Pennsylvania Street, Carmel, IN, USA, 46032
CNO Financial Group Inc is a holding company for a group of insurance companies that offers middle-income American consumers insurance and securities products through exclusive agents, independent producers, and direct marketing. Consumers are served through the phone, online, mail, face-to-face with agents, or sales channels. The company's operating segments include annuity, health, and life insurance product lines as well as the investment and fee revenue segments. Maximum revenue is generated from the health product line segment. Annuity premiums account for the majority of the total premiums collected. Annuity products include fixed index annuities, traditional fixed-rate annuities, and single-premium immediate annuity products.

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