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CNA Financial Corporation

CNA
50
Insurance - Property & Casualty · Financial Services
Winston Score
50
Winston is curious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Good
Growth
Good
Cash Flow
Exceptional
Stability
Mixed
Valuation
Good
Dividends
Good

Winston Score History

The full picture

CNA Financial Corporation sells business insurance to companies across many industries. Its main products include coverage for property damage, liability lawsuits, workers' compensation, and professional errors. The company focuses almost entirely on commercial customers — businesses rather than individual consumers — and is one of the larger commercial insurers in the United States.

CNA makes money by collecting premiums from policyholders and investing that money until claims need to be paid. It operates primarily in the U.S., with some international business, and reported roughly $13 billion in annual premiums. Loews Corporation owns about 90% of CNA, giving it a stable, long-term parent but limiting the stock's independence. The company's main competitive strength is its deep focus on commercial specialty lines, where relationships and underwriting expertise matter more than price alone. The key risk is that rising catastrophe losses from severe weather events could pressure profitability, since climate-related claims have grown across the entire property and casualty industry.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+5.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+7.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow EPS growth

Insider Activity

0.6%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$52.5B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

CNA Financial Corporation is growing revenue at 5% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
34.1%
Modest — 34.1% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
11.4%
Modest — 11.4% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
24.9%
Exceptional — 24.9% return on capital

ROIC between 15% and 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns 15 to 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+4.5%
Slow sales growth (+4.5% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+41.3%
Earnings growing fast (+41.3% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
202%
Turns 202% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
17.6%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (17.6%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
N/A
Data not available
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
11.80x
Comfortably covers interest (11.8x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
10.9x
no trend
Attractive valuation — P/E 10.9

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
-1.5
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
7.46%
no trend
Healthy income — 7.46% yield

Yield above 6% — often a flag the market is pricing in a cut.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+2.1%
no trend
Dividend flat

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