Horace Mann reports Q4 EPS adjusted core EPS 91c, consensus 66c

Reports Q4 revenue $402.9M, consensus $393.33M. Reports book value per share $28.78 vs. $26.85 last year and tangible book value per share $30.79 vs. $30.58 last year. The company said, “We enter 2024 focused on helping all educators protect what they have today and prepare for a successful tomorrow while we also help school districts and other municipal employers attract and retain employees by providing more comprehensive benefits. We are diversifying to expand our reach in our core markets while managing our businesses to deliver consistent and reliable value to shareholders with a solid balance sheet and a compelling dividend. We remain highly confident in our ability to achieve the company’s long-term objectives of expanding our share of the education market and achieving a sustainable double-digit ROE in 2025. We are executing on our plan. In particular, 2023 results and our 2024 guidance clearly reflect the benefit of the property and casualty rate and non-rate underwriting actions we are taking. Our expectations for 2024 keep us on track to a core return on equity for the year near 9%.”