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CNA Financial (CNA) Competitors

$44.64
+0.06 (+0.13%)
(As of 06/7/2024 08:51 PM ET)

CNA vs. TRV, ALL, ACGL, MKL, WRB, ERIE, CINF, FNF, ORI, and RLI

Should you be buying CNA Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CNA Financial include Travelers Companies (TRV), Allstate (ALL), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), Markel Group (MKL), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), Old Republic International (ORI), and RLI (RLI). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.

CNA Financial vs.

CNA Financial (NYSE:CNA) and Travelers Companies (NYSE:TRV) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and risk.

In the previous week, Travelers Companies had 5 more articles in the media than CNA Financial. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Travelers Companies and 3 mentions for CNA Financial. Travelers Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat CNA Financial's score of 1.06 indicating that Travelers Companies 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)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Travelers Companies
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

CNA Financial has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Travelers Companies has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

CNA Financial currently has a consensus target price of $46.50, indicating a potential upside of 4.17%. Travelers Companies has a consensus target price of $222.65, indicating a potential upside of 4.55%. Given Travelers Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Travelers Companies 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
Travelers Companies
2 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.21

CNA Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Travelers Companies pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. CNA Financial pays out 38.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Travelers Companies pays out 29.7% 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.

Travelers Companies received 272 more outperform votes than CNA Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.82% of users gave CNA Financial an outperform vote while only 54.20% of users gave Travelers Companies an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CNA FinancialOutperform Votes
296
66.82%
Underperform Votes
147
33.18%
Travelers CompaniesOutperform Votes
568
54.20%
Underperform Votes
480
45.80%

CNA Financial has a net margin of 9.17% compared to Travelers Companies' net margin of 7.32%. CNA Financial's return on equity of 14.27% beat Travelers Companies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CNA Financial9.17% 14.27% 2.06%
Travelers Companies 7.32%13.94%2.58%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CNA Financial$13.30B0.91$1.21B$4.589.75
Travelers Companies$41.36B1.18$2.99B$13.4615.82

98.5% of CNA Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.5% of Travelers Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of CNA Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Travelers Companies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Travelers Companies beats CNA Financial on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CNA vs. The Competition

MetricCNA FinancialFire, marine, & casualty insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$12.11B$39.38B$8.89B$17.62B
Dividend Yield3.94%4.98%10.74%3.57%
P/E Ratio9.7511.1553.3720.97
Price / Sales0.911.713,515.8014.04
Price / Cash10.3716.9227.5315.69
Price / Book1.221.912.444.73
Net Income$1.21B$3.90B$998.68M$973.10M
7 Day Performance-2.08%-1.22%-0.08%0.79%
1 Month Performance-0.69%-1.36%0.61%0.82%
1 Year Performance12.87%39.79%17.76%11.00%

CNA Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TRV
Travelers Companies
4.4877 of 5 stars
$208.38
-0.6%
$222.65
+6.8%
+21.3%$47.72B$41.36B15.4833,300Positive News
ALL
Allstate
4.445 of 5 stars
$163.30
-0.1%
$174.59
+6.9%
+47.4%$43.10B$57.09B36.0553,400Positive News
ACGL
Arch Capital Group
3.4344 of 5 stars
$99.68
-1.2%
$101.33
+1.7%
+40.8%$37.43B$13.63B7.876,400Positive News
MKL
Markel Group
3.0057 of 5 stars
$1,602.31
-0.2%
$1,520.00
-5.1%
+19.3%$20.83B$15.80B8.6521,600Positive News
WRB
W. R. Berkley
4.7095 of 5 stars
$79.85
-0.6%
$90.38
+13.2%
+40.2%$20.41B$12.14B14.168,329Positive News
ERIE
Erie Indemnity
0.6951 of 5 stars
$360.61
-0.1%
N/A+63.8%$18.86B$3.27B38.946,556Negative News
CINF
Cincinnati Financial
4.0987 of 5 stars
$114.62
-0.2%
$126.00
+9.9%
+13.8%$17.94B$10.01B7.635,426Positive News
FNF
Fidelity National Financial
4.8637 of 5 stars
$50.14
-1.8%
$55.80
+11.3%
+39.1%$13.70B$11.75B16.491,200
ORI
Old Republic International
4.5715 of 5 stars
$30.81
-0.8%
$34.00
+10.4%
+21.3%$8.38B$7.26B11.999,200Positive News
RLI
RLI
3.5384 of 5 stars
$142.28
-0.5%
$163.25
+14.7%
+8.9%$6.50B$1.51B19.651,099Positive News

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This page (NYSE:CNA) was last updated on 6/10/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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