CNA Financial Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:CNA)

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for CNA Financial in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" CNA shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in CNA, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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2 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for CNA Financial's stock. Their CNA share price targets range from $41.00 to $41.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $41.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.3%.
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CNA Financial's stock was trading at $42.28 at the start of the year. Since then, CNA stock has decreased by 1.8% and is now trading at $41.54.
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CNA Financial saw a drop in short interest in the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 220,700 shares, a drop of 22.3% from the October 31st total of 284,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 139,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.6 days. Currently, 0.1% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, February 5th 2024.
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CNA Financial Co. (NYSE:CNA) announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October, 30th. The insurance provider reported $1.06 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.99 by $0.07. The insurance provider earned $3.34 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.88 billion. CNA Financial had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.76% and a net margin of 8.42%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.78 EPS.

CNA Financial announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, October 30th. Investors of record on Monday, November 13th will be given a dividend of $0.42 per share on Thursday, November 30th. This represents a $1.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.04%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 10th.
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CNA Financial (NYSE:CNA) pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.98%. CNA has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 4 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 42.11%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CNA will have a dividend payout ratio of 35.52% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of CNA Financial (NYSE:CNA) stock in their portfolio include WBI BullBear Yield 3000 ETF (WBIG), iShares Focused Value Factor ETF (FOVL), Invesco Zacks Mid-Cap ETF (CZA), WisdomTree U.S. Multifactor Fund (USMF) and WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Dividend Fund (DON).iShares U.S. Insurance ETF (IAK).

135 employees have rated CNA Financial Chief Executive Officer Dino Robusto on Glassdoor.com. Dino Robusto has an approval rating of 70% among the company's employees.

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CNA Financial's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Loews Corp (91.70%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (0.51%), LSV Asset Management (0.43%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.42%), River Road Asset Management LLC (0.39%) and Private Management Group Inc. (0.32%). Insiders that own company stock include Corp Loews, Daniel Paul Franzetti, Dino Robusto, Douglas Worman, Elizabeth Ann Aguinaga, Michael A Bless and Susan Ann Stone.
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