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CNA Financial (CNA Financial) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.45 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is CNA Financial Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

CNA Financial's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $550 Mil. CNA Financial's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,481 Mil. CNA Financial's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,092 Mil. CNA Financial's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.45.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for CNA Financial's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

CNA' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.71   Med: 1.93   Max: 3.25
Current: 1.76

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of CNA Financial was 3.25. The lowest was 1.71. And the median was 1.93.

CNA's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
56.01% of 291 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 1.49 vs CNA: 1.76

CNA Financial Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for CNA Financial's Debt-to-EBITDA 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 Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

CNA Financial Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.88 2.77 1.71 2.85 1.76

CNA Financial Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA 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 2.15 1.69 1.95 2.18 1.45

Competitive Comparison of CNA Financial's Debt-to-EBITDA

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

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, CNA Financial's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where CNA Financial's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



CNA Financial Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

CNA Financial's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(550 + 2481) / 1718
=1.76

CNA Financial's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(550 + 2481) / 2092
=1.45

* 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.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


CNA Financial  (NYSE:CNA) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


CNA Financial Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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CNA Financial (CNA Financial) Business Description

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.
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