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CNA Financial (FRA:CNH) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 6.26 (As of Jun. 04, 2025)


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What is CNA Financial Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-04), CNA Financial's current share price is €41.80. CNA Financial's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was €6.68. CNA Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 6.26.

The historical rank and industry rank for CNA Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:CNH' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.66   Med: 7.63   Max: 12.16
Current: 6.48

During the past years, CNA Financial's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 12.16. The lowest was 5.66. And the median was 7.63.

FRA:CNH's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
76.6% of 312 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 13.155 vs FRA:CNH: 6.48

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 Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

CNA Financial's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was €2.104. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is €6.68 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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CNA Financial Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for CNA Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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 Price-to-FCF Chart

CNA Financial Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.56 8.01 6.80 6.32 6.79

CNA Financial Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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 6.57 6.60 6.94 6.79 6.86

Competitive Comparison of CNA Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, CNA Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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 Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, CNA Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where CNA Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.


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CNA Financial Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF 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 Price-to-FCF.

CNA Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=41.80/6.68
=6.26

* 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 FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, CNA Financial's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=2.104/134.9266*134.9266
=2.104

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

CNA Financial Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 1.346 100.684 1.804
201509 1.573 100.392 2.114
201512 1.021 99.792 1.380
201603 0.998 100.470 1.340
201606 0.811 101.688 1.076
201609 1.570 101.861 2.080
201612 0.852 101.863 1.129
201703 0.867 102.862 1.137
201706 0.638 103.349 0.833
201709 1.132 104.136 1.467
201712 1.048 104.011 1.359
201803 0.536 105.290 0.687
201806 0.308 106.317 0.391
201809 1.582 106.507 2.004
201812 1.118 105.998 1.423
201903 0.906 107.251 1.140
201906 0.718 108.070 0.896
201909 1.532 108.329 1.908
201912 0.509 108.420 0.633
202003 0.697 108.902 0.864
202006 1.407 108.767 1.745
202009 2.345 109.815 2.881
202012 1.085 109.897 1.332
202103 0.243 111.754 0.293
202106 1.829 114.631 2.153
202109 2.051 115.734 2.391
202112 2.054 117.630 2.356
202203 2.106 121.301 2.343
202206 2.065 125.017 2.229
202209 2.674 125.227 2.881
202212 1.737 125.222 1.872
202303 1.427 127.348 1.512
202306 1.622 128.729 1.700
202309 2.767 129.860 2.875
202312 1.674 129.419 1.745
202403 1.633 131.776 1.672
202406 2.035 132.554 2.071
202409 2.412 133.029 2.446
202412 2.329 133.157 2.360
202503 2.104 134.927 2.104

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF 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  (FRA:CNH) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow 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 Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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CNA Financial Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
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.