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Profile - CNA Surety Corporation (NYSE:SUR)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug  3Price hit new 52-week high ($14.70)
Upcoming Events
Oct  1Dividend payment of $0.15
Location
CNA Plaza
Chicago, IL 60685
Phone: (312) 822-5000
Fax: (312) 822-6419
Email: invest@can.com
Employees (last reported count): 817
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 ·Sector: Financial
 ·Industry: Insurance (Prop. & Casualty)
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 75%
·Institutional: 95% (380% of float)
(165 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 392.0K shares (+0.96%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
CNA Surety Corporation is an insurance holding company. The Company's products range from very small commercial bonds to large contract bonds. The Company's principal insurance subsidiaries are Western Surety and USA. The insurance subsidiaries write small fidelity and non-contract surety bonds, referred to as commercial bonds, small, medium and large contract bonds, international surety and credit insurance and errors and omissions (E&O) liability insurance.
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Financial Summary
CNA Surety writes surety and fidelity bonds in all 50 states through a combined network of 37,000 independent agencies. For the six months ended 6/30/01, total revenues increased 3% to $171 million. Net income decreased 14% to $24.3 million. Revenues reflect higher investment income. Net income was offset by increased estimates of incurred losses for more recent accident years and higher reinsurance costs due to adverse claim trends on large commercial risks.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY1999 Pay

Peter Wilson
Chairman
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Mark Vonnahme, 50
Pres, CEO, Director
$642K
Thomas Pottle, 40
Sr. VP, COO, Assistant Sec.
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Robert Ayo, 59
Sr. VP and CUO, Contract Surety
367K
Stephen Pate, 53
Sr. VP
362K
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-1999 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc..
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:SURAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 22-Sep-2000
$10.625
Recent Price$14.05 
52-Week High
on 3-Aug-2001
$14.70 
Beta0.38 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)22.9K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)10.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+23.5%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+65.7%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$600.7M
Shares Outstanding42.8M
Float10.7M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.60 
Dividend Yield4.27%
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$9.09 
Earnings (ttm)$1.16 
Earnings (mrq)$0.29 
Sales (ttm)$7.86 
Cash (mrq)$0.15 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.55 
Price/Earnings (ttm)12.14 
Price/Sales (ttm)1.79 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$337.3M
EBITDAN/A 
Income available to common (ttm)$49.7M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)14.7%
Operating Margin (ttm)22.5%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)5.36%
Return on Equity (ttm)13.38%
Financial Strength
Current RatioN/A 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.20 
Total Cash (mrq)$6.43M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short97.0K
Percent of Float0.9%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
89.0K
Short Ratio3.35 
Daily Volume29.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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