Cincinnati Financial (CINF) Competitors

Loews (NYSE:L) and Cincinnati Financial (NASDAQ:CINF) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Is L or CINF a better dividend stock?

Loews pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Cincinnati Financial pays an annual dividend of $3.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Loews pays out 3.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cincinnati Financial pays out 21.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Cincinnati Financial has increased its dividend for 64 consecutive years. Cincinnati Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is L or CINF more profitable?

Cincinnati Financial has a net margin of 20.20% compared to Loews' net margin of 9.14%. Loews' return on equity of 9.26% beat Cincinnati Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Loews	9.14%	9.26%	1.92%
Cincinnati Financial	20.20%	9.10%	3.32%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor L or CINF?

Loews received 11 more outperform votes than Cincinnati Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.63% of users gave Loews an outperform vote while only 51.08% of users gave Cincinnati Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Loews	Outperform Votes 271 60.63%	Underperform Votes 176 39.37%
Cincinnati Financial	Outperform Votes 260 51.08%	Underperform Votes 249 48.92%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, L or CINF?

Cincinnati Financial has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Loews. Cincinnati Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Loews, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Loews	$16.46B	1.06	$1.43B	$6.74	11.65
Cincinnati Financial	$10.65B	1.98	$1.84B	$15.03	8.96

Does the media refer more to L or CINF?

In the previous week, Loews had 6 more articles in the media than Cincinnati Financial. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Loews and 5 mentions for Cincinnati Financial. Loews' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Cincinnati Financial's score of 0.61 indicating that Loews is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Loews	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cincinnati Financial	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in L or CINF?

58.3% of Loews shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.2% of Cincinnati Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.7% of Loews shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Cincinnati Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, L or CINF?

Loews has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cincinnati Financial has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer L or CINF?

Loews currently has a consensus target price of $141.00, indicating a potential upside of 79.53%. Cincinnati Financial has a consensus target price of $133.57, indicating a potential downside of 0.79%. Given Loews' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Loews is more favorable than Cincinnati Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Loews	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Cincinnati Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63

Summary

Loews beats Cincinnati Financial on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.