CNA
CNA Financial Corporation
CNA's fundamentals are mixed, but it looks expensive: trading at 13x earnings, above its usual 11x. Its downside scenario is about three times its upside.
CNA Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Healthy | |
| N/A | |
| N/A |
CNA's profitability is currently healthy, and its revenue is stable. Free cash flow and net leverage aren't meaningful measures for financial services companies like CNA.
CNA PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 9.8x | $37.32 | -23% |
| Fair | 11x | $42.60 | -12% |
| Forward | 11x | $48.29 | — |
| Current | 13x | $48.29 | — |
| Expensive | 15x | $55.76 | +15% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
CNA's PE is in its expensive range at 13x. On analysts' estimates for next year's earnings, today's price would be 11x, in its fair range.
CNA Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Improving | |
| Decline | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly weakening | |
| Limited | |
| Moderate |
Analysts expect CNA's revenue to grow, but its earnings and profitability to decline.
CNA Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $4.59 | +21% |
| Q3 2026 | $3.79 | +3.8% |
| Q2 2026 | $4.55 | +42% |
| Q1 2026 | $4.47 | +36% |
| Q4 2025 | $4.69 | +33% |
| Q3 2025 | $3.65 | -24% |
| Q2 2025 | $3.21 | -32% |
| Q1 2025 | $3.28 | -28% |
| Q4 2024 | $3.52 | -21% |
CNA earned $3.79 per share over the past year, up 3.8% from the year before.
CNA Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $3.8B | +0.1% |
| Q2 2026 | $3.8B | +3% |
| Q1 2026 | $3.7B | +1.4% |
| Q4 2025 | $3.8B | +3.8% |
| Q3 2025 | $3.8B | +5.5% |
| Q2 2025 | $3.7B | +5.6% |
| Q1 2025 | $3.6B | +5.3% |
| Q4 2024 | $3.7B | +5.2% |
CNA's revenue has grown year over year for 16 quarters in a row: $3.8B last quarter, about level with the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 6.2% | -7.2 points |
| Q2 2026 | 11% | +0.4 points |
| Q1 2026 | 7.3% | -2.4 points |
| Q4 2025 | 9.9% | +9.3 points |
| Q3 2025 | 13% | +3.5 points |
| Q2 2025 | 10% | -1.2 points |
| Q1 2025 | 9.6% | -2.8 points |
| Q4 2024 | 0.6% | -13 points |
CNA's operating margin was 6.2% last quarter, down 7.2 points from the same quarter a year ago.
CNA Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $634M | -9.9% |
| Q2 2026 | $629M | +17% |
| Q1 2026 | $380M | -39% |
| Q4 2025 | $542M | -18% |
| Q3 2025 | $704M | -3.6% |
| Q2 2025 | $538M | -9.9% |
| Q1 2025 | $620M | +28% |
| Q4 2024 | $665M | +34% |
CNA's free cash flow was $2.2B over the past year, down 14% from the year before. Free cash flow isn't a meaningful measure for financial services companies like CNA.
CNA Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.1% | +300K shares |
| 1 year | -0.1% | -300K shares |
| 3 years | -0.1% | -300K shares |
| 5 years | -0.3% | -700K shares |
| Available history | -0.2% | -500K shares |
CNA has 272M diluted shares, about the same as a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | — |
| Q2 2026 | — |
| Q1 2026 | $36M |
| Q4 2025 | — |
| Q3 2025 | — |
| Q2 2025 | — |
| Q1 2025 | $34M |
| Q4 2024 | — |
CNA spent $36M buying back its own shares over the past year, up 5.9% from the year before.
CNA Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 1.9x | Healthy |
| Q2 2026 | 1.6x | Healthy |
| Q1 2026 | 1.5x | Healthy |
| Q4 2025 | 1.5x | Healthy |
| Q3 2025 | 2.2x | Moderate |
| Q2 2025 | 2.2x | Moderate |
| Q1 2025 | 2.1x | Moderate |
| Q4 2024 | 2.0x | Healthy |
CNA's net debt is about 1.9 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), down from 2.2 years a year ago. Net leverage isn't a meaningful measure for financial services companies like CNA.
CNA Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 51.0 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 35.9 | Neutral |
CNA's weekly RSI is 51 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 36 (neutral).
CNA PE vs Financial Services Sector
| Metric | CNA | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 13x | 13x | 2.2% below |
| PE % | 68 | 63 | 5 pts above |
CNA is trading at 13x earnings, in line with the Financial Services sector's median of 13x.
CNA Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $47.4 | 1.9% above |
| 20 week MA | $49.3 | 2% below |
| 50 week MA | $47.6 | 1.5% above |
| 100 week MA | $47.4 | 1.9% above |
| 200 week MA | $45.4 | 6.4% above |
CNA's trend is mixed: it's above four of its five weekly moving averages, and 6.4% above its 200-week average.
CNA Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $44.5 | $38.6 | -13% |
| 2021 | $38.6 | $43.8 | +13% |
| 2022 | $43.8 | $41.9 | -4.4% |
| 2023 | $41.9 | $42.3 | +1.1% |
| 2024 | $42.3 | $48.4 | +14% |
| 2025 | $48.4 | $47.8 | -1.3% |
| 2026 YTD | $47.8 | $48.3 | +1.1% |
CNA has finished lower in three of the last six years. It's up 1.1% so far in 2026.