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 (NYSE:CNA) and Travelers Companies (NYSE:TRV) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and risk.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Travelers Companies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
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.
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.
In the previous week, Travelers Companies had 12 more articles in the media than CNA Financial. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Travelers Companies and 6 mentions for CNA Financial. Travelers Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat CNA Financial's score of -0.13 indicating that Travelers Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CNA Financial currently has a consensus target price of $46.50, suggesting a potential upside of 1.22%. Travelers Companies has a consensus target price of $222.65, suggesting a potential upside of 3.22%. Given Travelers Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Travelers Companies is more favorable than CNA Financial.
CNA Financial has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Travelers Companies has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CNA Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. 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.
Summary
Travelers Companies beats CNA Financial on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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