CNO Financial

Name: CNO Financial (CNO) shares outstanding since 2004, split adjusted
Creator: Buyback Radar
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CNO

CNO Financial has retired 63.2% of its shares since 2010, from 251,084,174 to 92,521,371.

The 2010 peak comes after shares sold to Paulson and in a public offering in 2009. In 2008 the count was 184,753,758, so the retirement is measured from after that issuance.

63.2%retired since 2010

25.0%last 5 years

3.0%last 12 months

93Mshares today

Shares outstanding, 2004 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings

2004, 151,057,8632026-07-30, 92,521,371

A share bought in 2004

1.6× more of CNO Financial today, without buying another share. It was one of 151,057,863 shares then. It is one of 92,521,371 now.

Every filing we read22 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
2004	2005-03-07	151,057,863	10-K	cover page
2005	2006-02-27	151,520,608	10-K	cover page
2006	2007-02-22	150,931,637	10-K	cover page
2007	2008-03-20	184,655,525	10-K	cover page
2008	2009-03-06	184,753,758	10-K	cover page
2009	2009-12-31	250,786,216	10-K	review share change, capital issuance
2010	2011-02-11	251,084,174	10-K
2011	2012-01-31	241,304,503	10-K
2012	2013-01-31	221,517,871	10-K
2013	2014-02-12	220,343,659	10-K
2014	2015-02-11	200,194,506	10-K
2015	2016-02-09	179,593,602	10-K
2016	2017-02-09	173,795,204	10-K
2017	2018-02-08	166,876,131	10-K
2018	2019-02-08	160,715,150	10-K
2019	2020-02-10	146,280,557	10-K
2020	2021-02-09	134,644,290	10-K
2021	2022-02-09	118,466,122	10-K
2022	2023-02-08	114,220,896	10-K
2023	2024-02-07	108,991,851	10-K
2024	2025-02-05	100,877,837	10-K
2025	2026-02-17	94,277,712	10-K

Source: all 10-K filings of CNO Financial on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.

What the buybacks cost, since fiscal 2011cash flow statement against share count

$3.5Bspent on buybacks

159Mfewer shares outstanding

6.6%buyback yield, last fiscal year’s spend on today’s market value

Cash spent comes from the cash flow statement. Shares outstanding fell by less than the company bought, because part of every buyback only replaces shares handed to employees. Today’s price is $54.58.

CNO Financial buybacks, answered

Is CNO Financial buying back its stock?

Yes. CNO Financial has 3.0% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 92,521,371 as of July 30, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 25.0%.

How many shares has CNO Financial bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, CNO Financial has 158.6 million fewer shares than at its 2010 peak. That is 63.2% of the company.

How many shares does CNO Financial have outstanding?

92,521,371 shares, as of July 30, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2010 peak it had 251,084,174.

What do CNO Financial's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held CNO Financial stock in 2010 owns 2.7 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.

How does CNO Financial compare with other cannibal stocks?

CNO Financial ranks No. 11 of 65 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Loews (65.7%), Ameriprise (65.4%), Voya Financial (62.5%), Assurant (62.0%).

Every answer is computed from CNO Financial's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.