CNA Financial (CNA) Stock Price, News & Analysis

2 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for CNA Financial in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating and 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "reduce" CNA shares.
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2 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for CNA Financial's shares. Their CNA share price targets range from $43.00 to $50.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $46.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 7.3% from the stock's current price.
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CNA Financial's stock was trading at $42.31 at the beginning of the year. Since then, CNA shares have increased by 2.4% and is now trading at $43.34.
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CNA Financial saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 652,200 shares, an increase of 10.1% from the February 29th total of 592,300 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 224,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.9 days. Approximately 0.2% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, May 6th 2024.
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CNA Financial will be holding an earnings conference call on Monday, May 6th at 9:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

CNA Financial Co. (NYSE:CNA) posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February, 5th. The insurance provider reported $1.33 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.10 by $0.23. The insurance provider had revenue of $3.51 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.95 billion. CNA Financial had a net margin of 9.06% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.33%. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.01 EPS.

CNA Financial announced a None dividend on Monday, February 5th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, February 20th will be paid a dividend of $2.44 per share on Thursday, March 7th. This represents a yield of 3.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 16th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous None dividend of $1.62.
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CNA Financial (NYSE:CNA) pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.11%. CNA has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 39.73%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CNA will have a dividend payout ratio of 35.34% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of CNA Financial (NYSE:CNA) stock in their portfolio include iShares Focused Value Factor ETF (FOVL), WBI BullBear Value 3000 ETF (WBIF), Invesco Zacks Mid-Cap ETF (CZA) and WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Dividend Fund (DON).iShares U.S. Insurance ETF (IAK).

135 employees have rated CNA Financial Chief Executive Officer Dino Robusto on Glassdoor.com. Dino Robusto has an approval rating of 70% among the company's employees.

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CNA Financial's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Alaska Permanent Fund Corp (0.06%), Richard P Slaughter Associates Inc (0.02%), Measured Wealth Private Client Group LLC (0.00%), Symmetry Partners LLC (0.00%), Paragon Capital Management Ltd (0.00%) and Janiczek Wealth Management LLC (0.00%). Insiders that own company stock include Corp Loews, Daniel Paul Franzetti, Dino Robusto, Douglas Worman, Elizabeth Ann Aguinaga, Michael A Bless and Susan Ann Stone.
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