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Loews (L) Competitors

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$85.96 -0.20 (-0.23%)
(As of 11:58 AM ET)

L vs. AIG, HIG, AFG, AIZ, KMPR, GNW, HMN, TRV, ALL, and ACGL

Should you be buying Loews stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Loews include American International Group (AIG), The Hartford Financial Services Group (HIG), American Financial Group (AFG), Assurant (AIZ), Kemper (KMPR), Genworth Financial (GNW), Horace Mann Educators (HMN), Travelers Companies (TRV), Allstate (ALL), and Arch Capital Group (ACGL). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Loews vs.

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

Loews currently has a consensus target price of $112.00, suggesting a potential upside of 29.98%. American International Group has a consensus target price of $84.80, suggesting a potential upside of 11.60%. Given Loews' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.53

58.3% of Loews shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.6% of American International Group shares are held by institutional investors. 18.7% of Loews shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of American International Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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 2.1%. Loews pays out 3.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American International Group pays out -47.2% 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.

Loews has a net margin of 9.71% compared to American International Group's net margin of -6.19%. Loews' return on equity of 9.70% beat American International Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Loews9.71% 9.70% 2.06%
American International Group -6.19%8.63%1.15%

American International Group received 599 more outperform votes than Loews when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.69% of users gave American International Group an outperform vote while only 60.80% of users gave Loews an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
LoewsOutperform Votes
273
60.80%
Underperform Votes
176
39.20%
American International GroupOutperform Votes
872
64.69%
Underperform Votes
476
35.31%

Loews has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American International Group has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, American International Group had 3 more articles in the media than Loews. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for American International Group and 18 mentions for Loews. American International Group's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Loews' score of 1.16 indicating that American International Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Loews
14 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
American International Group
17 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

American International Group has higher revenue and earnings than Loews. 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Loews$15.90B1.18$1.43B$7.5311.44
American International Group$45.90B1.03$3.64B-$3.39-22.41

Summary

American International Group beats Loews on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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L vs. The Competition

MetricLoewsFire, marine, & casualty insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$18.77B$46.05B$10.73B$20.35B
Dividend Yield0.29%5.91%10.06%3.45%
P/E Ratio11.4410.8244.8844.58
Price / Sales1.182.153,358.8120.32
Price / Cash10.8720.2530.7822.40
Price / Book1.032.354.044.76
Net Income$1.43B$3.90B$1.02B$984.18M
7 Day Performance0.41%0.96%0.14%0.03%
1 Month Performance8.70%13.68%5.50%6.66%
1 Year Performance23.08%59.79%24.28%24.57%

Loews Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
L
Loews
4.6244 of 5 stars
$85.96
-0.2%
$112.00
+30.3%
+23.1%$18.72B$16.96B11.4212,280Positive News
AIG
American International Group
4.6973 of 5 stars
$76.34
-0.7%
$84.80
+11.1%
+15.2%$47.62B$45.90B-22.6825,200Short Interest ↑
Positive News
HIG
The Hartford Financial Services Group
4.8699 of 5 stars
$121.93
-0.7%
$122.00
+0.1%
+55.8%$35.35B$25.91B12.1818,700Positive News
AFG
American Financial Group
4.2167 of 5 stars
$144.63
-1.5%
$141.25
-2.3%
+23.6%$12.14B$7.83B13.768,500Positive News
AIZ
Assurant
4.922 of 5 stars
$226.72
-0.2%
$225.20
-0.7%
+34.1%$11.63B$11.13B16.1413,600Short Interest ↑
KMPR
Kemper
4.599 of 5 stars
$70.89
-0.8%
$79.00
+11.4%
+59.3%$4.54B$4.94B16.818,100Short Interest ↑
GNW
Genworth Financial
3.3436 of 5 stars
$7.75
-0.6%
$7.00
-9.7%
+28.7%$3.31B$7.49B37.142,700Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
HMN
Horace Mann Educators
3.6942 of 5 stars
$41.32
-1.3%
$42.67
+3.3%
+23.2%$1.68B$1.54B16.681,700Short Interest ↑
TRV
Travelers Companies
4.6876 of 5 stars
$265.39
-0.2%
$251.15
-5.4%
+44.8%$60.25B$41.36B13.6133,300Positive News
ALL
Allstate
4.9171 of 5 stars
$205.88
-0.7%
$217.19
+5.5%
+48.5%$54.52B$57.09B13.4353,400Positive News
ACGL
Arch Capital Group
4.3188 of 5 stars
$100.72
0.0%
$118.38
+17.5%
+20.2%$37.90B$16.21B6.766,400Short Interest ↑
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:L) was last updated on 12/3/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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