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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.

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

American International Group received 610 more outperform votes than Loews when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.55% of users gave American International Group an outperform vote while only 60.67% of users gave Loews an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
American International GroupOutperform Votes
883
64.55%
Underperform Votes
485
35.45%
LoewsOutperform Votes
273
60.67%
Underperform Votes
177
39.33%

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

American International Group presently has a consensus target price of $87.65, indicating a potential upside of 6.33%. Loews has a consensus target price of $112.00, indicating a potential upside of 28.97%. 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
American International Group
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.61
Loews
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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
American International Group-4.25% 8.01% 1.39%
Loews 8.08%8.04%1.73%

In the previous week, American International Group had 13 more articles in the media than Loews. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for American International Group and 21 mentions for Loews. Loews' average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat American International Group's score of 0.73 indicating that Loews is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
American International Group
16 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
6 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Loews
11 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

American International Group has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Loews has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

American International Group pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Loews pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. American International Group pays out -76.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Loews pays out 3.9% 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.

Loews has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
American International Group$27.27B1.80-$1.40B-$2.08-39.63
Loews$17.24B1.06$1.41B$6.4013.57

Summary

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

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L vs. The Competition

MetricLoewsFire, marine, & casualty insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$18.23B$48.94B$10.90B$18.67B
Dividend Yield0.31%2.44%6.00%4.24%
P/E Ratio13.5411.3021.6331.32
Price / Sales1.065.6625.2526.45
Price / Cash10.0616.8117.6117.54
Price / Book1.032.252.614.32
Net Income$1.41B$4.16B$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance6.85%6.44%4.09%7.19%
1 Month Performance0.33%-0.43%-3.26%-6.37%
1 Year Performance18.25%21.58%535.44%1.78%

Loews Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
L
Loews
4.3425 of 5 stars
$86.84
+0.6%
$112.00
+29.0%
+16.8%$18.23B$17.24B13.5412,000Short Interest ↓
Positive News
AIG
American International Group
4.463 of 5 stars
$77.68
-1.6%
$87.12
+12.1%
+10.6%$46.09B$27.27B-37.3526,200Short Interest ↓
High Trading Volume
HIG
The Hartford Financial Services Group
4.7932 of 5 stars
$109.67
-3.4%
$123.47
+12.6%
+20.4%$31.30B$26.38B10.6018,100Short Interest ↓
AFG
American Financial Group
4.077 of 5 stars
$116.85
-4.1%
$143.50
+22.8%
+1.2%$9.81B$8.28B11.056,900Short Interest ↑
High Trading Volume
AIZ
Assurant
4.7239 of 5 stars
$181.56
-2.9%
$234.17
+29.0%
+12.1%$9.22B$11.88B12.5513,700Positive News
KMPR
Kemper
4.6442 of 5 stars
$56.47
-2.2%
$81.60
+44.5%
+3.6%$3.62B$4.63B11.509,500News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
GNW
Genworth Financial
2.7863 of 5 stars
$6.14
-5.6%
$7.00
+14.1%
+13.4%$2.57B$7.14B9.022,700Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
HMN
Horace Mann Educators
3.7265 of 5 stars
$40.38
-2.5%
$43.67
+8.1%
+18.7%$1.65B$1.55B16.281,450Short Interest ↓
Positive News
High Trading Volume
TRV
Travelers Companies
4.6183 of 5 stars
$233.39
-3.7%
$260.00
+11.4%
+13.3%$52.91B$46.43B10.8732,500Upcoming Earnings
ALL
Allstate
4.8659 of 5 stars
$180.41
-3.3%
$219.80
+21.8%
+17.2%$47.81B$64.12B10.6254,500Positive News
High Trading Volume
ACGL
Arch Capital Group
4.4507 of 5 stars
$84.99
-3.2%
$117.19
+37.9%
+3.2%$31.93B$16.93B7.595,200Short Interest ↑
High Trading Volume
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