Loews (L) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of L or AIG?

58.3% of Loews shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.6% of American International Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.7% of Loews shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of American International Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is L or AIG a better dividend stock?

Loews pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. American International Group pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Loews pays out 3.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American International Group pays out -76.9% 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. American International Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer L or AIG?

American International Group received 604 more outperform votes than Loews when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.68% of users gave American International Group an outperform vote while only 60.67% of users gave Loews an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Loews	Outperform Votes 273 60.67%	Underperform Votes 177 39.33%
American International Group	Outperform Votes 877 64.68%	Underperform Votes 479 35.32%

Which has more risk and volatility, L or AIG?

Loews has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American International Group has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is L or AIG more profitable?

Loews has a net margin of 8.08% compared to American International Group's net margin of -4.25%. Loews' return on equity of 8.04% beat American International Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Loews	8.08%	8.04%	1.73%
American International Group	-4.25%	8.01%	1.39%

Does the media refer more to L or AIG?

In the previous week, American International Group had 23 more articles in the media than Loews. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for American International Group and 7 mentions for Loews. Loews' average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat American International Group's score of 1.01 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)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
American International Group	18 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings & valuation, L or AIG?

Loews has higher earnings, but lower revenue than American International Group. American International Group 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	$17.24B	1.05	$1.41B	$6.40	13.34
American International Group	$27.27B	1.77	-$1.40B	-$2.08	-39.22

Do analysts recommend L or AIG?

Loews presently has a consensus price target of $112.00, indicating a potential upside of 31.23%. American International Group has a consensus price target of $84.38, indicating a potential upside of 3.42%. Given Loews' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Loews is more favorable than American International Group.

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
American International Group	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.65

Summary

American International Group beats Loews on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.