CNA Financial (CNA) Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for CNA Financial in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for CNA Financial's stock. Their CNA share price forecasts range from $41.00 to $41.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $41.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.2% from the stock's current price.
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CNA Financial's stock was trading at $42.28 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, CNA stock has decreased by 5.1% and is now trading at $40.13.
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CNA Financial saw a decline in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 228,600 shares, a decline of 12.2% from the August 15th total of 260,400 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 234,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.0 days. Approximately 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, October 30th 2023.
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CNA Financial Co. (NYSE:CNA) released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, July, 31st. The insurance provider reported $1.13 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.14 by $0.01. The insurance provider had revenue of $3.30 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.80 billion. CNA Financial had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.06% and a net margin of 7.63%. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.90 earnings per share.

CNA Financial declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, July 31st. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.42 per share on Thursday, August 31st. This represents a $1.68 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.19%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 11th.
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CNA Financial (NYSE:CNA) pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.16%. 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 47.86%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CNA will have a dividend payout ratio of 37.84% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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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 trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CNA."

CNA Financial's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Loews Corp (90.07%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (0.52%), BlackRock Inc. (0.52%), LSV Asset Management (0.43%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.42%) and River Road Asset Management LLC (0.39%). Insiders that own company stock include Corp Loews, Daniel Paul Franzetti, Dino Robusto, Douglas Worman, Elizabeth Ann Aguinaga and Michael A Bless.
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One share of CNA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $40.13.

CNA Financial (NYSE:CNA) has a market capitalization of $10.87 billion and generates $11.88 billion in revenue each year. The insurance provider earns $894 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.51 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 6,100 workers across the globe.

CNA Financial's mailing address is 151 N. Franklin, CHICAGO IL, 60606. The official website for the company is www.cna.com. The insurance provider can be reached via phone at (312) 822-5000, via email at investor.relations@cna.com, or via fax at 312-822-6419.