CNA vs. ACGL, WRB, MKL, CINF, ERIE, FNF, ORI, AXS, RLI, and FAF
Should you be buying CNA Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CNA Financial include Arch Capital Group (ACGL), W.R. Berkley (WRB), Markel Group (MKL), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), Old Republic International (ORI), Axis Capital (AXS), RLI (RLI), and First American Financial (FAF). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
CNA Financial vs. Its Competitors
Arch Capital Group (NASDAQ:ACGL) and CNA Financial (NYSE:CNA) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
Arch Capital Group has a net margin of 20.72% compared to CNA Financial's net margin of 6.19%. Arch Capital Group's return on equity of 15.79% beat CNA Financial's return on equity.
In the previous week, Arch Capital Group had 14 more articles in the media than CNA Financial. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Arch Capital Group and 4 mentions for CNA Financial. Arch Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat CNA Financial's score of 0.36 indicating that Arch Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Arch Capital Group currently has a consensus price target of $114.27, indicating a potential upside of 29.29%. CNA Financial has a consensus price target of $50.50, indicating a potential upside of 11.16%. Given Arch Capital Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Arch Capital Group is more favorable than CNA Financial.
Arch Capital Group has higher revenue and earnings than CNA Financial. Arch Capital Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CNA Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
89.1% of Arch Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.5% of CNA Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 4.2% of Arch Capital Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of CNA Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Arch Capital Group has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CNA Financial has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Arch Capital Group beats CNA Financial on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:CNA) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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