Hamilton Insurance Group (NYSE:HG) vs. CNO Financial Group (NYSE:CNO) Head to Head Contrast

Hamilton Insurance Group (NYSE:HG) and CNO Financial Group (NYSE:CNO) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Hamilton Insurance Group and CNO Financial Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hamilton Insurance Group	$2.91 billion	1.04	$576.67 million	$6.11	5.00
CNO Financial Group	$4.49 billion	0.97	$229.30 million	$2.49	18.64

Hamilton Insurance Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CNO Financial Group. Hamilton Insurance Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CNO Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Hamilton Insurance Group and CNO Financial Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hamilton Insurance Group	0	2	6	1	2.89
CNO Financial Group	1	1	3	0	2.40

Hamilton Insurance Group presently has a consensus price target of $34.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.21%. CNO Financial Group has a consensus price target of $47.50, suggesting a potential upside of 2.35%. Given Hamilton Insurance Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Hamilton Insurance Group is more favorable than CNO Financial Group.

Volatility and Risk

Hamilton Insurance Group has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CNO Financial Group has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Hamilton Insurance Group and CNO Financial Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hamilton Insurance Group	21.73%	23.19%	6.74%
CNO Financial Group	5.44%	17.65%	1.18%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

29.2% of Hamilton Insurance Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.4% of CNO Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Hamilton Insurance Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of CNO Financial Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Hamilton Insurance Group beats CNO Financial Group on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Hamilton Insurance Group

Hamilton Insurance Group, Ltd., through its subsidiaries, provides underwriting specialty insurance and reinsurance risks in Bermuda and internationally. The company operates Hamilton Global Specialty, Hamilton Select, and Hamilton Re underwriting platforms. The company offers casualty reinsurance products, such as commercial motor, general liability, healthcare, multiline, personal motor, professional liability, umbrella and excess casualty, and worker's compensation and employer's liability reinsurance; property reinsurance and insurance; and specialty reinsurance solutions, including accident and health, aviation and space, crisis management, mortgage, financial lines, marine and energy, and multiline specialty. In addition, it offers accident and health, cyber, energy, environmental, financial lines, fine art and specie, kidnap and ransom, mergers and acquisitions, marine and energy liability, political risk and violence, professional liability, property binders, property direct and facultative, professional lines, space, upstream energy, excess casualty, war and terrorism, allied medical, management liability, medical professionals, general liability, products liability and contractors, and small business casualty insurance plans, as well as surety and treaty reinsurance products. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Pembroke, Bermuda.

About CNO Financial Group

CNO Financial Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, develops, markets, and administers health insurance, annuity, individual life insurance, insurance products, and financial services for senior and middle-income markets in the United States. It offers Medicare supplement, supplemental health, and long-term care insurance policies; life insurance; and annuities, as well as Medicare advantage plans to individuals through phone, online, mail, and face-to-face. The company also focuses on sale of voluntary benefit life and health insurance products for businesses, associations, and other membership groups by interacting with customers at their place of employment. In addition, it provides fixed indexed annuities; fixed interest annuities, including fixed rate single and flexible premium deferred annuities; single premium immediate annuities; supplemental health products, such as specified disease, accident, and hospital indemnity products; and long-term care plans primarily to retirees and older self-employed individuals in the middle-income market. Further, the company offers universal life and other interest-sensitive life products; and traditional life policies that include whole life, graded benefit life, term life, and single premium whole life products, as well as graded benefit life insurance products. It markets its products under the Bankers Life, Washington National, and Colonial Penn brand names. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Carmel, Indiana.