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CNA Financial (CNA Financial) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 0.85 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is CNA Financial Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-04-27), CNA Financial's current share price is $43.24. CNA Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $50.73. CNA Financial's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 0.85.

The historical rank and industry rank for CNA Financial's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

CNA' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.54   Med: 0.92   Max: 1.24
Current: 0.86

During the past years, CNA Financial's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 1.24. The lowest was 0.54. And the median was 0.92.

CNA's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked better than
64.32% of 412 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 1.13 vs CNA: 0.86

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted book value per share of a company over the past 10 years.

CNA Financial's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $36.522. Add all the adjusted book value per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share, which is $50.73 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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CNA Financial Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for CNA Financial's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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CNA Financial Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

CNA Financial Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.94 0.81 0.87 0.82 0.83

CNA Financial Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.82 0.75 0.75 0.76 0.83

Competitive Comparison of CNA Financial's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, CNA Financial's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


CNA Financial's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, CNA Financial's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where CNA Financial's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.



CNA Financial Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio takes the Book Value per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/B calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio.

CNA Financial's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=43.24/50.73
=0.85

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

CNA Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

For example, CNA Financial's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Dec. 2023 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2023)
=36.522/129.4194*129.4194
=36.522

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

CNA Financial Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201403 46.613 99.695 60.511
201406 48.432 100.560 62.332
201409 48.283 100.428 62.221
201412 47.389 99.070 61.906
201503 46.022 99.621 59.788
201506 45.268 100.684 58.188
201509 45.382 100.392 58.504
201512 43.497 99.792 56.411
201603 42.406 100.470 54.625
201606 43.944 101.688 55.928
201609 45.085 101.861 57.283
201612 44.248 101.863 56.218
201703 43.151 102.862 54.292
201706 44.386 103.349 55.583
201709 44.875 104.136 55.771
201712 45.147 104.011 56.176
201803 42.101 105.290 51.750
201806 42.061 106.317 51.201
201809 42.408 106.507 51.531
201812 41.321 105.998 50.451
201903 42.187 107.251 50.907
201906 44.519 108.070 53.314
201909 44.656 108.329 53.350
201912 45.005 108.420 53.722
202003 38.184 108.902 45.378
202006 42.911 108.767 51.059
202009 44.295 109.815 52.203
202012 46.822 109.897 55.140
202103 44.503 111.754 51.538
202106 46.685 114.631 52.708
202109 46.669 115.734 52.187
202112 47.202 117.630 51.933
202203 39.872 121.301 42.541
202206 35.059 125.017 36.294
202209 29.880 125.227 30.880
202212 31.555 125.222 32.613
202303 31.999 127.348 32.520
202306 32.216 128.729 32.389
202309 31.614 129.860 31.507
202312 36.522 129.419 36.522

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


CNA Financial  (NYSE:CNA) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PB Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of book value during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio should give similar results to regular PB Ratio.


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CNA Financial (CNA Financial) Business Description

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Address
151 N. Franklin Street, Chicago, IL, USA, 60606
CNA Financial Corporation (CNAF) is an insurance holding company that provides commercial property and casualty insurance. The company operates under five segments: Specialty, Commercial and International being its core business and two segments for its non-core businesses, which are Life and Group and Corporate and Other. CNAF, through its segments, provides professional, financial, specialty property and casualty products to small businesses and medium scale organizations. It has its business spread across Continental Europe, United Kingdom, and Canada. The majority of the revenues are generated from the Specialty and Commercial segment of the business.
Executives
Douglas Worman officer: EVP & Chief Underwriting Off 151 N. FRANKLIN, CHICAGO IL 60606
Susan Ann Stone officer: EVP & General Counsel 151 N. FRANKLIN ST., CHICAGO IL 60606
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Jane Elizabeth Possell officer: EVP & CIO 151 N. FRANKLIN ST., CHICAGO IL 60606
Mark Steven James officer: EVP, Chief Risk & Rein Off 151 N. FRANKLIN STREET, CHICAGO IL 60606
Daniel Paul Franzetti officer: EVP, Claims 151 N. FRANKLIN ST., CHICAGO IL 60606
Michael A Bless director C/O ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL INC, 777 E. WISCONSIN AVE #1400, MILWAUKEE WI 53202
Scott R Lindquist officer: EVP & CFO 151 N. FRANKLIN STREET, CHICAGO IL 60606
Amy Marie Smith officer: SVP & CAO 151 N. FRANKLIN STREET, CHICAGO IL 60606
Elizabeth Ann Aguinaga officer: EVP, Chief HR Officer 151 N. FRANKLIN, CHICAGO IL 60606
Gary Haase officer: EVP & COO 151 N. FRANKLIN ST., CHICAGO IL 60606
Dino Robusto director, officer: Chairman & CEO 151 N. FRANKLIN, CHICAGO IL 60606
Jalil Rehman officer: Pres. & CEO for UK and Europe 20 FENCHURCH STREET, LONDON X0 EC3M 3BY
Nick Creatura officer: President & CEO for Canada 66 WELLINGTON STREET WEST, SUITE 3700, TORONTO A6 M5K 1J5
Robert Joseph Hopper officer: EVP, Actuary 151 N. FRANKLIN ST., CHICAGO IL 60606