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NYSE:CNA

CNA Financial (CNA) Competitors

$39.56
-0.06 (-0.15%)
(As of 06/9/2023 ET)
Compare
Today's Range
$39.26
$39.89
50-Day Range
$36.85
$40.32
52-Week Range
$35.90
$45.78
Volume
170,163 shs
Average Volume
185,757 shs
Market Capitalization
$10.71 billion
P/E Ratio
12.29
Dividend Yield
4.25%
Price Target
$41.00

CNA vs. WRB, SIGI, RLI, CINF, AXS, THG, WTM, ACGL, ALL, and TRV

Should you be buying CNA Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CNA Financial include W. R. Berkley (WRB), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), RLI (RLI), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), AXIS Capital (AXS), The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), Allstate (ALL), and Travelers Companies (TRV). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.

CNA Financial vs.

W. R. Berkley (NYSE:WRB) and CNA Financial (NYSE:CNA) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and community ranking.

W. R. Berkley has a net margin of 9.73% compared to CNA Financial's net margin of 7.23%. W. R. Berkley's return on equity of 17.98% beat CNA Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
W. R. Berkley 9.73% 17.98% 3.58%
CNA Financial 7.23% 12.05% 1.72%

W. R. Berkley has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CNA Financial has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, CNA Financial had 1 more articles in the media than W. R. Berkley. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for CNA Financial and 4 mentions for W. R. Berkley. CNA Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat W. R. Berkley's score of 0.32 indicating that CNA Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
W. R. Berkley
0 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
CNA Financial
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

71.7% of W. R. Berkley shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.4% of CNA Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.9% of W. R. Berkley shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of CNA Financial shares are owned 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.

W. R. Berkley received 7 more outperform votes than CNA Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.52% of users gave CNA Financial an outperform vote while only 50.94% of users gave W. R. Berkley an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
W. R. BerkleyOutperform Votes
298
50.94%
Underperform Votes
287
49.06%
CNA FinancialOutperform Votes
291
67.52%
Underperform Votes
140
32.48%

W. R. Berkley has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CNA Financial. CNA Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than W. R. Berkley, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
W. R. Berkley$11.17 billion1.34$1.38 billion$3.8914.70
CNA Financial$11.88 billion0.90$894 million$3.2212.29

W. R. Berkley presently has a consensus price target of $77.64, suggesting a potential upside of 35.75%. CNA Financial has a consensus price target of $41.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.64%. Given W. R. Berkley's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe W. R. Berkley is more favorable than CNA Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
W. R. Berkley
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70
CNA Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

W. R. Berkley pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. CNA Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. W. R. Berkley pays out 10.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CNA Financial pays out 52.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. W. R. Berkley has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years and CNA Financial has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Summary

W. R. Berkley beats CNA Financial on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CNA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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 FinancialFire, marine, & casualty insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$10.71B$33.80B$6.35B$15.07B
Dividend Yield4.20%2.59%7.48%3.88%
P/E Ratio12.2967.42151.3021.66
Price / Sales0.901.676,365.868.19
Price / Cash11.1736.1833.3323.99
Price / Book1.211.891.887.37
Net Income$894M-$281.59M$659.98M$904.91M
7 Day Performance3.53%1.38%17.68%1.72%
1 Month Performance-1.79%0.57%19.26%3.83%
1 Year Performance-9.87%2.61%29.72%-2.56%

CNA Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WRB
W. R. Berkley
3.293 of 5 stars
$57.55
+0.2%
$77.64
+34.9%
-17.9%$15.01B$11.17B14.798,186
SIGI
Selective Insurance Group
2.3597 of 5 stars
$98.95
+2.9%
$98.86
-0.1%
+31.3%$5.99B$3.56B23.962,520
RLI
RLI
2.0262 of 5 stars
$128.82
+2.2%
$150.50
+16.8%
+14.6%$5.87B$1.70B9.311,001Positive News
CINF
Cincinnati Financial
2.7647 of 5 stars
$101.16
+0.6%
$117.17
+15.8%
-17.4%$15.90B$6.56B843.005,148
AXS
AXIS Capital
2.553 of 5 stars
$54.09
+2.1%
$64.00
+18.3%
-4.3%$4.61B$4.89B20.722,064
THG
The Hanover Insurance Group
3.1451 of 5 stars
$113.89
+0.9%
$150.71
+32.3%
-19.1%$4.07B$5.58B-3,795.074,600Dividend Announcement
WTM
White Mountains Insurance Group
2.3426 of 5 stars
$1,461.54
+2.9%
N/A+15.4%$3.74B$1.16B4.351,648Positive News
ACGL
Arch Capital Group
1.8771 of 5 stars
$71.20
-0.1%
$74.20
+4.2%
+55.9%$26.52B$9.61B13.725,800
ALL
Allstate
2.9518 of 5 stars
$109.99
+0.5%
$141.31
+28.5%
-12.4%$28.91B$51.41B-12.4054,500Analyst Revision
TRV
Travelers Companies
2.9301 of 5 stars
$174.95
+0.3%
$193.29
+10.5%
+2.4%$40.41B$36.88B14.9132,500

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This page (NYSE:CNA) was last updated on 6/10/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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