CNA Financial (CNA)

Financial Services · Insurance - Property & Casualty
$46.24 +0.06% on the day Market cap $12.8B 52-week range $41.53 to $55.71 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
-13% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $12.8B, CNA Financial's free cash flow of $2.4B (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about -13% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is slower than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from CNA Financial's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price-13.0% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years7.3% a year
Revenue, same period17.8% a year
Price to free cash flow5.3x

Fundamental grade

C

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from CNA's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation7
Profitability6
Growth2
Financial health1
Cash efficiency9

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)10.6x
P/E (forward)11.2x
Price / free cash flow5.33x
EV / EBITDA8.57x
Price / sales8.42x
Price / book1.18x
Revenue growth-7.8%
Operating margin—
Net margin81.2%
Return on equity11.1%
Dividend yield4.0%
Debt / equity5.25x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from CNA Financial's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$1.4B$1.6B$1.6B$1.6B$1.6B
Net income$1.2B$682M$1.2B$959M$1.3B
Free cash flow$2.0B$2.5B$2.2B$2.5B$2.4B
EPS (diluted)$4.34$2.51$4.43$3.52$4.69
Operating margin—————

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2025.

Commercial$6.5B43%
Specialty$5.7B38%
International$1.5B10%
Life & Group$1.3B9%

Superinvestors who own CNA

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 3 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Trimmed $137M0.05%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Trimmed $23M0.05%Q2 2026
Charles Brandes
Brandes Investment Partners, LP
Trimmed $875,4170.01%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by CNA Financial's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

No open-market insider purchases of CNA in the last 12 months. Most insider activity is selling and option exercises, which aren't shown here.

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In the full deep dive

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Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
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15+ years of statements and quarters

Questions

What growth does CNA Financial's stock price imply?

At a market value of $12.8B, CNA Financial would need its free cash flow to grow about -13% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew 7% a year.

Are CNA Financial insiders buying the stock?

No open-market insider purchases of CNA in the last 12 months, according to SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own CNA Financial?

3 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold CNA in their latest 13F, including Cliff Asness, Joel Greenblatt, Charles Brandes.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.