| Valuation Method |
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Dollar Difference |
Percent Difference |
| StockSelector Value (DETAILS): |
$35.11 |
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The StockSelector Value is based on the idea that the market will typically price a stock at a consistent multiple to future earnings expectations if fundamentals remain basically the same.
In the past three years, the market has typically priced CNA Financial Corp. at 10.0 times future earnings estimates. Therfore, 12 to 24 months from now, the stock should trade at
10.0 times $6.57. Furthermore, using this theory, CNA Financial Corp. should trade between $52.35 and $75.48 next year.
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| Industry Value (DETAILS): |
$48.61 |
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The Industry Value is based on the same basic principal as the StockSelector Value except instead of using the company's own historic multiple, it uses the current PE ratio based on future earnings estimates for the entire Property / Casualty Insurance industry. Then mulitplies this value by CNA Financial Corp.'s earnings estimate for the subsequent year. If the fundamentals for the company are consistent with the fundamentals for the industry, and these fundamentals (and estimates) remain the same, the CNA Financial Corp. could trade around its Industry Value in the next 12 to 24 months.
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| PEG Value (DETAILS): |
$49.02 |
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A common valuation method is the PEG Ratio - the PE Ratio divided by the earnings growth rate. A stock is typically considered to be reasonably priced when its PEG Ratio = 1 or, in other words, the PE equals its growth rate. The PEG Value is the price where the PEG Ratio equals one, using future earnings estimates.
Therefore, if the future earnings estimate of $6.57 holds true, and the growth rate stays at the current projection of 14.0%, then within the next 12 to 24 months, CNA Financial Corp. should trade around its PEG Value.
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| Intrinsic Value (DETAILS): |
$54.72 |
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Our Intrinsic Value is our method of estimating the company's future earnings using the company's current earnings estimate and the current expected growth rate and then discounting the value using the current U.S. Treasury Yield.
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| Analysts' Target (DETAILS): |
N/A |
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| Investors' Sentiment (DETAILS): |
N/A |
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| This is the average target price of visitors to our website. To prevent manipulation, this is not included in our average valuation number above, but is included in determining a comfort level with the company's current stock price. |
