Horace Mann Educators (NYSE:HMN) Updates FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Horace Mann Educators (NYSE:HMN) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 3.600-3.900 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 3.710. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts recently weighed in on the company. Piper Sandler lifted their target price on Horace Mann Educators from $36.00 to $42.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 6th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods cut Horace Mann Educators from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating and lifted their price objective for the company from $39.00 to $44.00 in a research report on Tuesday, November 12th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Horace Mann Educators presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $42.67.

Horace Mann Educators Stock Performance

HMN stock traded up $0.77 during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching $38.87. The stock had a trading volume of 270,673 shares, compared to its average volume of 160,934. Horace Mann Educators has a 52-week low of $31.81 and a 52-week high of $43.26. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42, a quick ratio of 0.09 and a current ratio of 0.09. The stock has a market cap of $1.58 billion, a PE ratio of 15.49 and a beta of 0.31. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $39.34 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $37.26.

Horace Mann Educators (NYSE:HMN) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, February 5th. The insurance provider reported $1.62 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.04 by $0.58. Horace Mann Educators had a net margin of 6.55% and a return on equity of 8.14%. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Horace Mann Educators will post 2.56 EPS for the current year.

Horace Mann Educators Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Investors of record on Monday, December 16th were paid a dividend of $0.34 per share. This represents a $1.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.50%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, December 16th. Horace Mann Educators’s dividend payout ratio is currently 54.18%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director Beverley J. Mcclure sold 5,634 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $42.08, for a total transaction of $237,078.72. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 19,057 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $801,918.56. The trade was a 22.82 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CEO Marita Zuraitis sold 4,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $37.37, for a total transaction of $149,480.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 294,324 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $10,998,887.88. The trade was a 1.34 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 20,451 shares of company stock valued at $820,099 over the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 3.80% of the company’s stock.

About Horace Mann Educators

Horace Mann Educators Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an insurance holding company in the United States. The company operates through Property & Casualty, Life & Retirement, and Supplemental & Group Benefits segments. Its Property & Casualty segment offers insurance products, including private passenger auto insurance, residential home insurance, and personal umbrella insurance; and provides auto coverages including liability and collision, and property coverage for homeowners and renters.