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CNA Financial (CNA) Competitors

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$49.32 +0.00 (+0.00%)
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CNA vs. ACGL, CINF, AFL, AIG, AXS, CB, HIG, KNSL, L, and TRV

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 Travelers Companies (TRV). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

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 businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and profitability.

Arch Capital Group has a net margin of 19.49% compared to CNA Financial's net margin of 5.99%. 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
Arch Capital Group19.49% 15.33% 4.33%
CNA Financial 5.99%11.85%1.85%

Arch Capital Group currently has a consensus target price of $111.27, suggesting a potential upside of 19.12%. CNA Financial has a consensus target price of $50.50, suggesting a potential upside of 2.39%. Given Arch Capital Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Arch Capital Group is more favorable than CNA Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Arch Capital Group
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56
CNA Financial
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50

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
Arch Capital Group$18.56B1.88$4.31B$9.699.64
CNA Financial$14.27B0.94$959M$3.2115.36

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, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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

In the previous week, Arch Capital Group had 8 more articles in the media than CNA Financial. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Arch Capital Group and 16 mentions for CNA Financial. Arch Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat CNA Financial's score of 0.73 indicating that Arch Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Arch Capital Group
19 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
CNA Financial
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

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

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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$13.35B$57.93B$12.40B$20.92B
Dividend Yield3.73%1.87%5.52%3.58%
P/E Ratio15.3616.4919.3929.13
Price / Sales0.942.8026.0753.00
Price / Cash11.2928.6021.7523.54
Price / Book1.252.412.355.45
Net Income$959M$4.66B$1.01B$992.10M
7 Day Performance3.35%2.42%1.73%2.61%
1 Month Performance10.59%2.51%1.02%1.46%
1 Year Performance-2.87%17.61%537.30%10.72%

CNA Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CNA
CNA Financial
3.7019 of 5 stars
$49.32
+0.0%
$50.50
+2.4%
-1.3%$13.35B$14.27B15.366,500News Coverage
Analyst Revision
ACGL
Arch Capital Group
4.7876 of 5 stars
$89.91
+1.2%
$113.07
+25.8%
-12.3%$33.56B$18.56B9.287,200Positive News
CINF
Cincinnati Financial
4.6471 of 5 stars
$149.88
-0.2%
$159.40
+6.4%
+17.8%$23.44B$11.67B13.005,624News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
AFL
Aflac
4.7601 of 5 stars
$104.17
+0.6%
$108.23
+3.9%
+1.6%$55.71B$18.93B23.6212,694Positive News
Buyback Announcement
AIG
American International Group
4.9551 of 5 stars
$78.63
+0.6%
$88.33
+12.3%
+11.5%$43.56B$27.25B14.8922,200Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
AXS
Axis Capital
4.7476 of 5 stars
$96.12
-0.4%
$111.43
+15.9%
+30.2%$7.51B$6.11B9.241,876News Coverage
Insider Trade
CB
Chubb
4.8044 of 5 stars
$271.12
0.0%
$301.50
+11.2%
+1.7%$108.09B$55.75B11.9643,000Positive News
HIG
The Hartford Insurance Group
4.7283 of 5 stars
$128.41
+0.2%
$136.42
+6.2%
+19.9%$36.11B$27.26B11.6419,100Positive News
KNSL
Kinsale Capital Group
4.2845 of 5 stars
$436.67
-0.5%
$506.44
+16.0%
-6.1%$10.17B$1.59B22.78470Positive News
Dividend Announcement
L
Loews
2.3769 of 5 stars
$93.70
-0.1%
N/A+21.1%$19.44B$17.78B14.9013,000News Coverage
TRV
Travelers Companies
4.7863 of 5 stars
$264.31
-0.2%
$282.69
+7.0%
+26.8%$59.50B$46.42B11.6934,000News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:CNA) was last updated on 8/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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