CNA Financial Corp (NYSE: CNA) is 8.46% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $42.62 and a high of $51.34 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The CNA stock was last observed hovering at around $45.97 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 321.93%.
Currently trading at $367.90K, the stock is 0.45% and -1.70% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.29 million and changing 3293971% at the moment leaves the stock -1.76% off its SMA200. CNA registered 0.21% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 0.48%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $47.3018 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $48.45505.
The stock witnessed a -1.42% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -8.82%, and is 2.67% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.73% over the week and 1.73% over the month.
CNA Financial Corp (CNA) has around 6500 employees, a market worth around $12.58B and $14.45B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 14.17 and Fwd P/E is 9.35. Profit margin for the company is 6.19%. Distance from 52-week low is 9.12% and -9.43% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (7.02%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -4.23% this year.
CNA Financial Corp (CNA) Top Institutional Holders
366.0 institutions hold shares in CNA Financial Corp (CNA), with institutional investors hold 99.45% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 270.62M, and float is at 269.06M with Short Float at 0.56%. Institutions hold 99.07% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is LOEWS CORP with over 248.41 million shares valued at $11.44 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 91.4635% of the CNA Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 1.68 million shares valued at $77.28 million to account for 0.6176 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are JPMORGAN CHASE & CO which holds 1.51 million shares representing 0.5543% and valued at over $69.36 million, while AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC holds 0.4243 of the shares totaling 1.15 million with a market value of $51.76 million.
CNA Financial Corp (CNA) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Robusto Dino, the company’s Executive Chairman. SEC filings show that Robusto Dino sold 6,250 shares of the company’s common stock on Jun 02 ’25 at a price of $47.63 per share for a total of $0.3 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.71 million shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on May 20 ’25, James Mark Steven (EVP, Chief Risk & Rein Off) disposed off 5,015 shares at an average price of $48.35 for $0.24 million. The insider now directly holds 27,059 shares of CNA Financial Corp (CNA).
