CNA Financial Corporation

NYSE:CNA Stock Report

Market Cap: US$13.1b

CNA Financial Valuation

Is CNA undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of CNA when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: CNA ($48.99) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($96.59)

Significantly Below Fair Value: CNA is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for CNA?

Key metric: As CNA is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CNA. This is calculated by dividing CNA's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CNA's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio10.2x
EarningsUS$1.31b
Market CapUS$13.10b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does CNA's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for CNA vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average15.3x
AFG American Financial Group
12.9x8.5%US$11.9b
AIZ Assurant
15.1x14.2%US$11.1b
L Loews
10.9xn/aUS$18.0b
FNF Fidelity National Financial
22.1x38.8%US$16.7b
CNA CNA Financial
10.2x15.9%US$13.1b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CNA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.2x) compared to the peer average (15.3x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CNA's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Insurance Industry?

3 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
UTGN UTG
1.9xn/aUS$85.49m
AORE.F American Overseas Group
2.1xn/aUS$16.68m
CUII China United Insurance Service
0.0003xn/aUS$3.13k
No more companies available in this PE range
CNA 10.2xIndustry Avg. 13.1xNo. of Companies14PE01020304050+
3 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CNA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.2x) compared to the US Insurance industry average (13.3x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CNA's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

CNA PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio10.2x
Fair PE Ratio18.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CNA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.1x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst CNA forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$48.99
US$50.00
+2.1%
10.0%US$55.00US$45.00n/a2
Nov ’25US$47.51
US$51.00
+7.3%
5.9%US$54.00US$48.00n/a2
Oct ’25US$49.11
US$49.00
-0.2%
8.2%US$53.00US$45.00n/a2
Sep ’25US$51.92
US$49.00
-5.6%
8.2%US$53.00US$45.00n/a2
Aug ’25US$49.14
US$49.00
-0.3%
8.2%US$53.00US$45.00n/a2
Jul ’25US$45.57
US$45.00
-1.3%
6.7%US$48.00US$42.00n/a2
Jun ’25US$45.94
US$45.00
-2.0%
6.7%US$48.00US$42.00n/a2
May ’25US$44.53
US$47.00
+5.5%
6.4%US$50.00US$44.00n/a2
Apr ’25US$44.76
US$45.50
+1.7%
5.5%US$48.00US$43.00n/a2
Mar ’25US$43.06
US$45.50
+5.7%
5.5%US$48.00US$43.00n/a2
Feb ’25US$43.45
US$42.50
-2.2%
8.2%US$46.00US$39.00n/a2
Jan ’25US$42.31
US$41.50
-1.9%
10.8%US$46.00US$37.00n/a2
Dec ’24US$42.22
US$41.50
-1.7%
10.8%US$46.00US$37.00n/a2
Nov ’24US$40.75
US$41.50
+1.8%
10.8%US$46.00US$37.00US$47.512
Oct ’24US$39.35
US$42.50
+8.0%
8.2%US$46.00US$39.00US$49.112
Sep ’24US$39.64
US$42.50
+7.2%
8.2%US$46.00US$39.00US$51.922
Aug ’24US$39.51
US$42.00
+6.3%
7.1%US$45.00US$39.00US$49.142
Jul ’24US$38.62
US$46.50
+20.4%
11.8%US$52.00US$41.00US$45.572
Jun ’24US$36.92
US$46.50
+25.9%
11.8%US$52.00US$41.00US$45.942
May ’24US$39.05
US$46.00
+17.8%
13.0%US$52.00US$40.00US$44.532
Apr ’24US$39.03
US$47.50
+21.7%
17.9%US$56.00US$39.00US$44.762
Mar ’24US$43.94
US$49.00
+11.5%
14.3%US$56.00US$42.00US$43.062
Feb ’24US$42.66
US$49.00
+14.9%
14.3%US$56.00US$42.00US$43.452
Jan ’24US$42.28
US$48.00
+13.5%
16.7%US$56.00US$40.00US$42.312
Dec ’23US$42.21
US$48.00
+13.7%
16.7%US$56.00US$40.00US$42.222
Nov ’23US$42.40
US$47.50
+12.0%
15.8%US$55.00US$40.00US$40.752

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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