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Piper Sandler upgrades CNO Financial Group Inc (CNO) stock to an Overweight

CNO Financial Group Inc’s filing revealed that its Chief Operations Officer Linnenbringer Jeanne L. unloaded Company’s shares for reported $0.19 million on Sep 03 ’24. In the deal valued at $34.88 per share,5,364 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Linnenbringer Jeanne L. now holds 44,884 shares worth roughly $1.52 million.

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Then, Linnenbringer Jeanne L. sold 5,435 shares, generating $186,192 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $34.26, the Chief Operations Officer now owns 37,663 shares.

Before that, Linnenbringer Jeanne L. sold 1,786 shares. CNO Financial Group Inc shares valued at $61,817 were divested by the Chief Operations Officer at a price of $34.61 per share. As a result of the transaction, Linnenbringer Jeanne L. now holds 43,098 shares, worth roughly $1.46 million.

Piper Sandler upgraded its CNO Financial Group Inc [CNO] rating to an Overweight from a a Neutral in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Evercore ISI’s analysts, who decreased its forecast for the stock in early January from “an In-line” to “an Underperform”. RBC Capital Mkts started covering the stock on September 13, 2022. It rated CNO as “an Outperform”.

Price Performance Review of CNO

On Monday, CNO Financial Group Inc [NYSE:CNO] saw its stock jump 2.75% to $33.96. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 4.14%. CNO Financial Group Inc shares have risen nearly 21.72% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 42.21% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $35.45 was reached on 08/01/24, a 52-week low of $22.27 was recorded on 04/11/24. SMA at 50 days reached $31.97, while 200 days put it at $28.37.

Levels Of Support And Resistance For CNO Stock

The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 33.50, which if violated will result in even more drops to 33.04. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 34.20. A further resistance level may holdings at 34.45. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 59.01, which indicates neutral technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at -0.41, which suggests price will go down in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been low at 32.41%. Stochastics %K at 48.09% indicates the stock is a holding.

How much short interest is there in CNO Financial Group Inc?

A steep rise in short interest was recorded in CNO Financial Group Inc stocks on 2024-08-30, dropping by -1.2 million shares to a total of 2.21 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2024-07-31 was 3.41 million shares. There was a decline of -54.28%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.

The most recent change occurred on January 26, 2022 when Jefferies began covering the stock and recommended ‘”a Hold”‘ rating along with a $25 price target.

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