CNA Financial (CNA) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

CNA Financial Corporation (NYSE: CNA) is a commercial property and casualty insurance company serving businesses, organizations and professionals. Its insurance offerings include commercial property, casualty, workers’ compensation, professional liability, management liability, marine, surety and specialty coverage.

The company serves a broad range of industries, including construction, manufacturing, healthcare, financial services, technology, professional services and nonprofit organizations. CNA distributes its products primarily through independent agents, brokers and other insurance intermediaries, providing both standard and customized risk-management solutions.

Headquartered in Chicago, CNA operates primarily in the United States, with additional business in Canada, the United Kingdom and Europe through its international and specialty insurance operations. The company traces its history to 1897 and is the primary insurance operation of Loews Corporation, which owns a controlling interest in CNA.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $46.61 to $47.60
• 50-Day Range: $47.13 to $55.35
• 52-Week Range: $41.53 to $55.71
• Volume: 181,845 shs
• Average Volume: 488,380 shs
• Market Capitalization: $12.62 billion
• P/E Ratio: 10.25
• Dividend Yield: 4.12%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

CNA Financial Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

CNA Financial scored higher than 57% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 538th out of 836 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

CNA Financial has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

CNA Financial has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 14.08%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for CNA Financial are expected to grow by 14.08% in the coming year, from $4.19 to $4.78 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of CNA Financial is 10.26, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.95.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of CNA Financial is 10.26, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 24.94.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

CNA Financial has a PEG Ratio of 6.33. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

CNA Financial has a P/B Ratio of 1.09. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.40% of the float of CNA Financial has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

CNA Financial has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 11.97, which indicates bearish sentiment.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in CNA Financial has recently increased by 23.69%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Leadership

CNA Financial is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.02%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

CNA Financial has been increasing its dividend for 9 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of CNA Financial is 42.20%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, CNA Financial will have a dividend payout ratio of 40.17% next year. This indicates that CNA Financial will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.77

News Sentiment

CNA Financial has a news sentiment score of 0.77. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.61 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for CNA Financial this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 3 people have searched for CNA on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -25% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, CNA Financial insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $1,642,517.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.29% of the stock of CNA Financial is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

98.45% of the stock of CNA Financial is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/03/2026
• Record date for 9/3 Dividend: 8/17/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/3 Dividend: 8/17/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/03/2026
• Today: 9/24/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/02/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Insurance
• Sub-Industry: Property & Casualty Insurance
• Current Symbol: NYSE:CNA
• CIK: 21175
• Web: www.cna.com
• Phone: (312) 822-5000
• Fax: 312-822-6419
• Employees: 6,600
• Year Founded: 1897

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $4.55
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 10.26
• Forward P/E Ratio: 11.13
• P/E Growth: 6.33
• Net Income: $1.28 billion
• Net Margins: 8.16%
• Pretax Margin: 10.32%
• Return on Equity: 11.34%
• Return on Assets: 1.84%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.27
• Current Ratio: 0.27
• Quick Ratio: 0.27

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $14.86 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.85
• Cash Flow: $4.37 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 10.67
• Book Value: $42.94 per share
• Price / Book: 1.09

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 270,601,000
• Free Float: 269,816,000
• Market Cap: $12.62 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.27