When close to half the companies in the United States have price-to-earnings ratios (or “P/E’s”) above 18x, you may consider CNA Financial Corporation (NYSE:CNA) as an attractive investment with its 9.8x P/E ratio. Although, it’s not wise to just take the P/E at face value as there may be an explanation why it’s limited.
CNA Financial certainly has been doing a good job lately as its earnings growth has been positive while most other companies have been seeing their earnings go backwards. One possibility is that the P/E is low because investors think the company’s earnings are going to fall away like everyone else’s soon. If you like the company, you’d be hoping this isn’t the case so that you could potentially pick up some stock while it’s out of favour.
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