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HMN Q3 FY26 earnings call: key takeaways

What HMN said on its earnings call of November 4, 2026: results against expectations, what changed since last quarter, guidance and the questions analysts pressed on.

By Lician·November 4, 2026·AI-generated from the call transcript and Lician data

Horace Mann reported core EPS of $2.06 for the third quarter of 2026, significantly above the $0.99 consensus estimate (2:49)
The company raised its full-year core EPS guidance to $5.75 to $5.95 per share. (2:49)

Results vs expectations

Metric	Consensus	Reported	Result
EPS	$0.99	–	–
Revenue	$444.2M	–	–

EPS basis: Provider EPS (EODHD), not yet checked against the SEC

What changed since last quarter

The company raised full-year core EPS guidance to $5.75 to $5.95 per share, up from the previous guidance. (2:49)
The CEO highlighted strong performance across all business segments, including P&C, life and retirement, and individual supplemental and group benefits. (2:49)
The CFO mentioned that the updated guidance incorporates favorable prior-year reserve development and strong limited partnership fund returns. (13:56)

Guidance

Metric	This call	Previous call
EPS	Full-year core EPS of $5.75 to $5.95 (13:56)	not captured
Other	Full-year catastrophe losses of $60 million (13:56)	not captured

What analysts pressed on

Whether the strong limited partnership fund returns will be sustainable in future quarters. (33:15)
Concerns about the impact of rate actions on auto new business sales and retention. (37:20)
Questions about the normalization of benefit ratios in the supplemental group business. (34:01)

In their words

We are operating from a position of strength. (11:49)
We have strong growth across all of our individual products. (37:20)

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Written by AI from the automatic transcript of the company's public webcast and Lician's earnings data. Each sentence cites the passage it comes from, and a sentence with a figure that is not in its sources was removed. Not investment advice.