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$43.89 -0.44 (-0.99%)
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CNA vs. ACGL, CINF, AFL, AIG, AXS, CB, HIG, KNSL, L, and MET

Should you be buying CNA Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CNA Financial include Arch Capital Group (ACGL), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Aflac (AFL), American International Group (AIG), Axis Capital (AXS), Chubb (CB), The Hartford Insurance Group (HIG), Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL), Loews (L), and MetLife (MET). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

CNA Financial vs. Its Competitors

CNA Financial (NYSE:CNA) and Arch Capital Group (NASDAQ:ACGL) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.

98.5% of CNA Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of Arch Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of CNA Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Arch Capital Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Arch Capital Group had 36 more articles in the media than CNA Financial. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Arch Capital Group and 4 mentions for CNA Financial. Arch Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat CNA Financial's score of 1.05 indicating that Arch Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
CNA Financial
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Arch Capital Group
21 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CNA Financial$14.27B0.83$959M$3.2813.38
Arch Capital Group$17.44B1.89$4.31B$9.699.08

CNA Financial has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arch Capital Group has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

CNA Financial presently has a consensus target price of $50.50, indicating a potential upside of 15.06%. Arch Capital Group has a consensus target price of $113.40, indicating a potential upside of 28.86%. Given Arch Capital Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Arch Capital Group is more favorable than CNA Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
CNA Financial
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50
Arch Capital Group
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.53

Arch Capital Group has a net margin of 19.49% compared to CNA Financial's net margin of 6.19%. Arch Capital Group's return on equity of 15.33% beat CNA Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CNA Financial6.19% 11.99% 1.87%
Arch Capital Group 19.49%15.33%4.33%

Summary

Arch Capital Group beats CNA Financial on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CNA vs. The Competition

MetricCNA FinancialINS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$12.00B$56.03B$12.04B$20.69B
Dividend Yield4.15%2.02%5.62%3.67%
P/E Ratio13.3816.3319.7429.07
Price / Sales0.832.6025.9366.31
Price / Cash10.1528.2321.3322.84
Price / Book1.132.792.094.43
Net Income$959M$4.66B$1.00B$994.22M
7 Day Performance-1.14%-2.39%-2.46%-3.35%
1 Month Performance-3.39%-1.97%-0.96%-2.06%
1 Year Performance-10.25%20.90%537.06%10.15%

CNA Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CNA
CNA Financial
3.8118 of 5 stars
$43.89
-1.0%
$50.50
+15.1%
-10.7%$12.00B$14.27B13.386,500Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
ACGL
Arch Capital Group
4.9127 of 5 stars
$87.55
-0.9%
$113.60
+29.8%
-9.4%$32.81B$17.44B8.977,200Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CINF
Cincinnati Financial
4.646 of 5 stars
$149.00
-1.1%
$155.25
+4.2%
+12.5%$23.29B$10.97B16.255,624Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
AFL
Aflac
4.8757 of 5 stars
$101.14
-0.7%
$107.07
+5.9%
-3.5%$54.68B$18.93B15.8012,694Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
AIG
American International Group
4.4324 of 5 stars
$80.81
-0.5%
$88.12
+9.0%
+2.7%$46.57B$27.25B-30.3822,200Upcoming Earnings
AXS
Axis Capital
4.5122 of 5 stars
$96.24
-0.9%
$108.25
+12.5%
+24.9%$7.57B$5.96B9.551,876News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
CB
Chubb
4.9793 of 5 stars
$274.06
0.0%
$307.13
+12.1%
-1.7%$109.82B$56.73B13.1943,000Analyst Downgrade
HIG
The Hartford Insurance Group
4.8421 of 5 stars
$121.39
-1.2%
$133.67
+10.1%
+12.1%$34.49B$26.54B12.1019,100Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
KNSL
Kinsale Capital Group
3.6996 of 5 stars
$476.61
-0.7%
$491.88
+3.2%
-0.7%$11.11B$1.59B27.42470Analyst Forecast
L
Loews
2.1693 of 5 stars
$91.25
-1.2%
$112.00
+22.7%
+13.9%$19.13B$17.51B14.9813,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
MET
MetLife
4.9934 of 5 stars
$76.29
-1.1%
$95.50
+25.2%
-2.3%$51.22B$70.99B12.4145,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings

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