profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
CNA Financial
$48.55+0.54% today
+5.1% in 1 year
1-year low $41.901-year high $55.31
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $10.28 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
Not measured for banks and insurers: deposits and policy reserves count as debt, so the usual debt test says nothing about them.
Money in, money out
What CNA Financial sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $11.9 billion in 2022 to $14.7 billion in 2025, with $1.28 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
CNA Financial handed back 45% of the cash it generated last year.
$1.0B
Free cash flow 2025$2.4B
Bought back its own shares$34M
Paid as dividends$1.0B
Cash vs. debt$425M vs. $3.0B
CNA Financial vs. similar companies
CNA Financial grows the slowest of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA Financial | 10.3× · Cheap | ||
 Chubb | 13.9× · Cheap | ||
 The Progressive | 12.1× · Cheap | ||
 Tokio Marine Holdings | 15.9× · Fair price | ||
 The Travelers Companies | 13.1× · Cheap |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads CNA Financial's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10,808 | 11,908 | 11,891 | 13,125 | 13,999 | 14,713 | |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1,003 | 1,629 | 977 | 1,718 | 1,411 | 1,825 | |
| 690 | 1,184 | 682 | 1,205 | 959 | 1,278 | |
| 2.53 | 4.34 | 3.28 | 4.43 | 3.52 | 4.69 | |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 6.4% | 9.9% | 5.7% | 9.2% | 6.9% | 8.7% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 64,026 | 66,639 | 61,000 | 64,711 | 66,492 | 69,443 |
| Cash | 419 | 536 | 475 | 345 | 472 | 425 |
| Total debt | 2,776 | 2,779 | 2,781 | 3,031 | 2,973 | 2,971 |
| Total liabilities | 51,319 | 53,830 | 52,452 | 54,818 | 55,979 | 57,822 |
| 12,707 | 11,105 | 8,548 | 9,893 | 10,513 | 11,621 | |
| 272 | 273 | 273 | 272 | 273 | 272 | |
| 4.8% | 9.0% | 6.5% | 10.1% | 7.9% | 9.5% | |
| 5.4% | 10.7% | 8.0% | 12.2% | 9.1% | 11.0% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,775 | 1,997 | 2,502 | 2,285 | 2,571 | 2,490 | |
| 23 | 26 | 52 | 90 | 95 | 86 | |
| 1,752 | 1,971 | 2,450 | 2,195 | 2,476 | 2,404 | |
| Dividends paid | 950 | 621 | 982 | 787 | 1,025 | 1,047 |
| 18 | 18 | 39 | 24 | 20 | 34 | |
| 37 | 32 | 36 | 38 | 42 | 41 |
This is a bank or insurer, so cash-flow and debt ratios are left out: borrowing and lending is the business itself. Price to book and return on equity are the measures that matter here.
Valuation
- 10.3×
- 10.1×
- 0.78
- 1.1×
- 0.9×
- 9.7%
- 9.9%
Profitability
- 8.7%
- 4.5%
- 7.7%
- 11.9%
- 1.9%
Growth
- +6.4%
- +13.1%
- +2.0%
- −0.1%
How it ranks in Financial Services
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 49%of 854
Bottom 25%of 733
Top 29%of 876
Bottom 42%of 878
Top 13%of 929
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $45.00
- Range
- $45.00 – $45.00
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2026 | 0.83 | 1.49 | −44.3% |
| Feb 9, 2026 | 1.16 | 1.20 | −3.3% |
| Nov 3, 2025 | 1.50 | 1.25 | +20.0% |
| Aug 4, 2025 | 1.23 | 0.94 | +30.9% |
| May 5, 2025 | 1.03 | 1.14 | −9.6% |
| Feb 10, 2025 | 1.25 | 1.11 | +12.6% |
| Nov 4, 2024 | 1.08 | 1.07 | +0.9% |
| Jul 29, 2024 | 1.19 | 1.19 | +0.0% |
9.9%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$99a year at today's yield, before tax
+2.0%2020 to 2025
Raised2 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$3.00 in 2015 → $3.84 in 2025
How safe it looks
81.9% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 43.6%
News
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Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
3/7Passes 3 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
60Pass
Benjamin Graham
75Pass
Philip Fisher
56No pass
Peter Lynch
63Pass
Joel Greenblatt
47No pass
Charlie Munger
41No pass
Terry Smith
40No pass
Questions about CNA Financial
Is CNA Financial a good stock to buy?
A solid business, and the price looks low. 3 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the CNA Financial AI analysis
What does CNA Financial do?
CNA Financial Corporation provides commercial property and casualty insurance products primarily in the United States. It operates through Specialty, Commercial, International, Life & Group, and Corporate & Other segments. It is in Insurance - Property & Casualty, based in Chicago, IL, United States, with 6,600 employees.
Does CNA Financial pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 9.9% a year, about 82% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $1.05 billion in dividends.
Is CNA Financial stock halal?
No. CNA Financial does not pass our halal screen: its main business, conventional insurance, is not permitted. How we check
How has CNA Financial stock done over the past year?
Up 5.1% over the past twelve months, to $48.55. It traded between $41.90 and $55.31 and is 12.2% below its high.
Who are CNA Financial's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Chubb, The Progressive, Tokio Marine Holdings and The Travelers Companies. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with CNA Financial's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.