NEW YORK (

TheStreet

) -- The ex-dividend date for

CNA Financial

(NYSE:

CNA

) is tomorrow, February 14, 2012. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 15 cents per share. At a price of $28.76 as of 9:30 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 2.1%.

The average volume for CNA Financial has been 198,600 shares per day over the past 30 days. CNA Financial has a market cap of $7.55 billion and is part of the

financial

sector and

insurance

industry. Shares are up 6.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday.

CNA Financial Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides property and casualty insurance products to small, middle-market, and large businesses and organizations primarily in the United States, Europe, Canada, and Hawaii. The company has a P/E ratio of 12.6, above the average insurance industry P/E ratio of 10.5 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

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TheStreet Ratings rates CNA Financial as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its increase in net income, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, attractive valuation levels, good cash flow from operations and solid stock price performance. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins. You can view the full

CNA Financial Ratings Report

.

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