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CNA Financial (CNA) Competitors

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$48.85 +0.25 (+0.51%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

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

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

CNA Financial vs.

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

98.4% of CNA Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.5% of Allstate shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of CNA Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Allstate shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

CNA Financial has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Allstate has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Allstate received 696 more outperform votes than CNA Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.43% of users gave Allstate an outperform vote while only 66.29% of users gave CNA Financial an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CNA FinancialOutperform Votes
297
66.29%
Underperform Votes
151
33.71%
AllstateOutperform Votes
993
70.43%
Underperform Votes
417
29.57%

In the previous week, Allstate had 33 more articles in the media than CNA Financial. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Allstate and 6 mentions for CNA Financial. CNA Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Allstate's score of 0.89 indicating that CNA Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
CNA Financial
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Allstate
17 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

CNA Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Allstate pays an annual dividend of $3.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. CNA Financial pays out 36.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Allstate pays out 23.8% 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. Allstate has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

CNA Financial has a net margin of 9.26% compared to Allstate's net margin of 6.77%. Allstate's return on equity of 26.67% beat CNA Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CNA Financial9.26% 13.30% 2.04%
Allstate 6.77%26.67%4.18%

CNA Financial presently has a consensus target price of $51.50, suggesting a potential upside of 5.42%. Allstate has a consensus target price of $214.19, suggesting a potential upside of 8.56%. Given Allstate's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Allstate 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
Allstate
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.81

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CNA Financial$13.83B0.96$1.21B$4.8010.18
Allstate$57.09B0.92-$188M$15.4412.78

Summary

Allstate beats CNA Financial on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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$13.23B$45.83B$10.41B$19.84B
Dividend Yield3.59%6.18%10.14%3.50%
P/E Ratio10.189.2847.1237.73
Price / Sales0.962.163,443.7818.01
Price / Cash11.3819.5730.7717.90
Price / Book1.342.442.484.86
Net Income$1.21B$3.90B$993.44M$985.93M
7 Day Performance0.99%3.19%-0.05%0.45%
1 Month Performance-1.91%9.80%7.13%1.05%
1 Year Performance18.48%58.79%24.11%24.67%

CNA Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CNA
CNA Financial
3.402 of 5 stars
$48.85
+0.5%
$51.50
+5.4%
+20.1%$13.23B$13.83B10.186,300Ex-Dividend
Analyst Revision
Positive News
ALL
Allstate
4.9381 of 5 stars
$197.29
+0.4%
$214.19
+8.6%
+46.5%$52.24B$57.09B12.7853,400Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
ACGL
Arch Capital Group
4.3982 of 5 stars
$95.71
+0.0%
$118.38
+23.7%
+13.3%$36.00B$13.63B6.426,400Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CINF
Cincinnati Financial
4.5834 of 5 stars
$151.62
+0.7%
$138.57
-8.6%
+50.4%$23.54B$12.16B7.795,426Dividend Announcement
WRB
W. R. Berkley
4.8275 of 5 stars
$60.94
+1.2%
$63.08
+3.5%
+31.2%$23.22B$12.14B15.618,329
MKL
Markel Group
3.523 of 5 stars
$1,694.12
+1.4%
$1,651.83
-2.5%
+20.1%$21.48B$15.80B7.8121,600Positive News
ERIE
Erie Indemnity
3.6097 of 5 stars
$419.45
+0.7%
N/A+48.0%$19.38B$3.82B38.966,556
FNF
Fidelity National Financial
4.7182 of 5 stars
$60.08
-1.4%
$63.60
+5.9%
+32.1%$16.68B$11.75B21.851,200Positive News
ORI
Old Republic International
4.6184 of 5 stars
$37.73
+0.7%
$37.00
-1.9%
+33.1%$9.50B$7.26B13.019,200Positive News
RLI
RLI
4.6153 of 5 stars
$176.03
+0.7%
$177.40
+0.8%
+30.8%$8.01B$1.51B19.341,099
AXS
AXIS Capital
4.91 of 5 stars
$86.59
+1.4%
$95.86
+10.7%
+59.4%$7.24B$5.85B12.012,048Analyst Revision

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This page (NYSE:CNA) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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