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.
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 companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
American International Group pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Loews pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. American International Group pays out 21.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Loews pays out 3.7% 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 has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. American International Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
American International Group has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Loews has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
American International Group currently has a consensus price target of $81.06, indicating a potential upside of 4.18%. Loews has a consensus price target of $170.00, indicating a potential upside of 124.81%. Given American International Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Loews is more favorable than American International Group.
American International Group has higher revenue and earnings than Loews. Loews is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American International Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
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 will outperform the market over the long term.
American International Group received 590 more outperform votes than Loews when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.05% of users gave American International Group an outperform vote while only 60.67% of users gave Loews an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Loews had 6 more articles in the media than American International Group. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Loews and 12 mentions for American International Group. American International Group's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Loews' score of 0.55 indicating that Loews is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
American International Group has a net margin of 9.98% compared to American International Group's net margin of 9.27%. Loews' return on equity of 10.54% beat American International Group's return on equity.
Summary
American International Group beats Loews on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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