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

Horace Mann Educators (NYSE:HMN) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. 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 Ratings Changes

HMN has been the topic of several research reports. Piper Sandler raised 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 lowered Horace Mann Educators from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating and raised their price objective for the company from $39.00 to $44.00 in a report on Tuesday, November 12th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $42.67.

Horace Mann Educators Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:HMN traded up $0.77 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $38.87. The company had a trading volume of 270,673 shares, compared to its average volume of 160,934. Horace Mann Educators has a twelve month low of $31.81 and a twelve month high of $43.26. The stock has a market cap of $1.58 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.49 and a beta of 0.31. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42, a current ratio of 0.09 and a quick ratio of 0.09. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $39.40 and its 200-day simple moving average is $37.25.

Horace Mann Educators (NYSE:HMN) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 5th. The insurance provider reported $1.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating 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%. On average, research analysts predict that Horace Mann Educators will post 2.56 earnings per share for the current year.

Horace Mann Educators Announces Dividend

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

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director Beverley J. Mcclure sold 2,817 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $38.36, for a total transaction of $108,060.12. Following the transaction, the director now owns 16,352 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $627,262.72. This represents a 14.70 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Marita Zuraitis sold 4,000 shares of Horace Mann Educators stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $41.97, for a total value of $167,880.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 300,542 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $12,613,747.74. This represents a 1.31 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders sold 20,451 shares of company stock worth $820,099. Company insiders own 3.80% of the company’s stock.

Horace Mann Educators Company Profile

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.