HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORPORATION
In the published model solve dated 2026-Q2, anchored at $51.35, HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORPORATION (HMN) is priced for 9.8% return on equity. boothcheck publishes no house fair value, target price, or buy/sell rating; individual model outputs and user-controlled scenarios are analytical inputs, not Boothcheck targets. The narrative was composed July 26, 2026 from SEC EDGAR filings.
• Horace Mann is a niche insurer built around American educators, selling property and casualty, life and retirement, and supplemental benefits through school partnerships and education-association endorsements that its 10-K names as a principal competitive advantage alongside ⟦overall service, school partnerships, price⟧. • The biggest risk is catastrophe exposure: the company warns that ⟦increased weather-related catastrophes could lead to higher overall losses, which we may not be able to rec
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241 institutional managers reported holding HMN in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. 27 opened new positions that quarter. Held by BlackRock, Vanguard Group, Franklin Resources, among others. On the short side, 1.1M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 3% of shares outstanding (4.4 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
HMN has cut its share count 2.6% over the past five years, spending $82.00M on repurchases. It pays a dividend, and has paid one every year in our records (16 and counting), raised 15 years straight; the current rate is $1.40 a share annually. Cash returned over the past three years: $154.10M in dividends and $48.70M in repurchases.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
Open-market insider buys at HMN over the trailing three years: 2023: 1 buy totaling $104k; 2024: 1 buy totaling $133k; 2025: 1 buy totaling $154k; 2026: 2 buys totaling $157k. 22 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
HMN's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-09 | -4.8% | +5.5% |
| 2023-11-08 | +3.8% | +1.3% |
| 2024-02-28 | +3.8% | +2.7% |
| 2024-05-09 | -8.3% | -6.1% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
HMN's latest 8-K filings: 2026-08-05 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-07-21 (items 1.01, 2.03, 9.01); 2026-07-21 (items 1.01, 2.03, 9.01); 2026-05-21 (items 5.07); 2026-05-06 (items 2.02, 9.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Dates link to the filing on EDGAR. Nothing here is investment advice.
Model solve date: 2026-Q2
Narrative composed: July 26, 2026
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