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 -.

Horace Mann Educators Trading Up 0.2 %

Shares of NYSE:HMN traded up $0.07 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $40.89. 33,894 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 162,956. 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 has a fifty day moving average price of $39.32 and a 200-day moving average price of $37.28. Horace Mann Educators has a 1 year low of $31.81 and a 1 year high of $43.26. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.67 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.29 and a beta of 0.31.

Horace Mann Educators (NYSE:HMN) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 5th. The insurance provider reported $1.62 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.04 by $0.58. Horace Mann Educators had a return on equity of 8.14% and a net margin of 6.55%. Equities analysts expect that Horace Mann Educators will post 2.56 earnings per share for the current year.

Horace Mann Educators Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Investors of record on Monday, December 16th were issued a $0.34 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, December 16th. This represents a $1.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.33%. Horace Mann Educators’s payout ratio is 54.18%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several analysts recently weighed in on HMN shares. Piper Sandler lifted their price objective on Horace Mann Educators from $42.00 to $44.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods lowered shares of 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 report on Tuesday, November 12th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $43.33.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CEO Marita Zuraitis sold 4,000 shares of Horace Mann Educators stock in a transaction on Monday, December 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $41.97, for a total transaction of $167,880.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 300,542 shares in the company, valued at approximately $12,613,747.74. The trade was a 1.31 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director Beverley J. Mcclure sold 5,634 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, November 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $42.08, for a total transaction of $237,078.72. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 19,057 shares in the company, valued at $801,918.56. This trade represents a 22.82 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 20,451 shares of company stock worth $820,099 in the last 90 days. 3.80% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

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.