Chesnara (CSN) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Chesnara (CSN.L) is a European life and pensions consolidator listed on the London Stock Exchange. It administers approximately one million policies and operates as Countrywide Assured in the UK, as The Waard Group and Scildon in the Netherlands, and as Movestic in Sweden. Following a three-pillar strategy, Chesnara’s primary responsibility is the efficient administration of its customers’ life and savings policies, ensuring good customer outcomes and providing a secure and compliant environment to protect policyholder interests. It also adds value by writing profitable new business in Sweden, the Netherlands and the UK and by undertaking value-adding acquisitions of either companies or portfolios. Consistent delivery of the Company strategy has enabled Chesnara to increase its dividend for 20 years in succession. Further details are available on the Company's website (www.chesnara.co.uk).

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 353.50 to 359.50
• 50-Day Range: 325 to 376
• 52-Week Range: 265 to 378
• Volume: 444,907 shs
• Average Volume: 1.09 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £824.74 million
• P/E Ratio: 260.03
• Dividend Yield: 6.51%
• Price Target: GBX 418.50
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Chesnara Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Chesnara scored higher than 66% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Chesnara has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Chesnara has a consensus price target of GBX 418.50, representing about 17.4% upside from its current price of GBX 356.50.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

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

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Chesnara is 260.03, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.45.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Chesnara is 260.03, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 24.32.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Chesnara has a P/B Ratio of 1.63. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for CSN.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Chesnara is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 6.51%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Chesnara does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Chesnara is 1,641.14%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Chesnara has a news sentiment score of 0.42. 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 lower news sentiment than the 0.72 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Chesnara this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Chesnara to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Cluster Insider Buying

2 insiders have purchased shares of Chesnara in the last three months. Multiple insiders buying is a strong bullish signal.

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net £113,401.84 in company stock, which represents 0.0138% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Chesnara insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £113,401.84 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.88% of the stock of Chesnara is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

49.22% of the stock of Chesnara is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/25/2026
• Today: 9/30/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Insurance
• Sub-Industry: Life & Health Insurance
• Current Symbol: LON:CSN
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.chesnara.co.uk
• Phone: +44-1772-972050
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 5,700
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Chesnara: GBX 418.50
• High Price Target: GBX 437
• Low Price Target: GBX 400
• Potential Upside/Downside: +17.4%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 2 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 1.37
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 260.03
• Forward P/E Ratio: 14.08
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: £4.20 million
• Net Margins: 0.04%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 0.25%
• Return on Assets: 0.04%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 93.67
• Current Ratio: N/A
• Quick Ratio: 38.06

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £2.34 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.35
• Cash Flow: GBX 8,139.27 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 0.04
• Book Value: GBX 218.84 per share
• Price / Book: 1.63

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 231,343,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £824.74 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.53