NYSE:L - Loews Stock Price, Forecast & News

Loews trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "L."

Loews declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 11th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, February 26th will be given a dividend of $0.0625 per share on Tuesday, March 10th. This represents a $0.25 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.47%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 25th. View Loews' Dividend History.

Loews Co. (NYSE:L) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February, 10th. The insurance provider reported $0.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.72 by $0.01. The insurance provider earned $3.88 billion during the quarter. Loews had a return on equity of 4.90% and a net margin of 6.24%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned ($0.28) earnings per share. View Loews' Earnings History.

Loews is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, May 4th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Loews.

3 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for Loews' shares. Their forecasts range from $68.00 to $80.00. On average, they expect Loews' stock price to reach $73.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 36.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Loews.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Loews in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Loews.

Media coverage about L stock has been trending extremely negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Loews earned a coverage optimism score of -4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the insurance provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Loews.

Loews saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,940,000 shares, an increase of 10.4% from the January 15th total of 3,570,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 939,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.2 days. Currently, 1.5% of the company's shares are sold short. View Loews' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Loews include American International Group (AIG), Hartford Financial Services Group (HIG), American Financial Group (AFG), Assurant (AIZ), Kemper (KMPR), American National Insurance (ANAT), Genworth Financial (GNW) and Horace Mann Educators (HMN).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Loews investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Intel (INTC), QUALCOMM (QCOM), General Electric (GE), Visa (V), Verizon Communications (VZ), Wells Fargo & Co (WFC), Walmart (WMT), Starbucks (SBUX) and Alibaba Group (BABA).

Loews' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (4.27%), Boston Partners (1.59%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.93%), Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (0.91%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.75%) and Marathon Asset Management LLP (0.70%). Company insiders that own Loews stock include Andrew H Tisch, Ann E Berman, Charles M Diker, David B Edelson, Jonathan M Tisch, Joseph L Bower, Kenneth I Siegel, Marc A Alpert, Mark S Schwartz, Philip A Laskawy, Richard Waldo Scott and Walter L Harris. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Loews.

L stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., PGGM Investments, Becker Capital Management Inc., State Street Corp, Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. and Marathon Asset Management LLP. Company insiders that have sold Loews company stock in the last year include Ann E Berman, David B Edelson, Jonathan M Tisch, Joseph L Bower, Kenneth I Siegel, Marc A Alpert, Mark S Schwartz, Philip A Laskawy, Richard Waldo Scott and Walter L Harris. View Insider Buying and Selling for Loews.

L stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including M&G Investment Management Ltd., Vestcor Investment Management Corp, Barclays PLC, MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, UBS Group AG, Bank of America Corp DE and Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Loews.

Shares of L can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of L stock can currently be purchased for approximately $53.70.

Loews has a market capitalization of $15.45 billion and generates $14.93 billion in revenue each year. The insurance provider earns $932 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.57 on an earnings per share basis. Loews employs 18,605 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Loews.

The official website for Loews is http://www.loews.com/.

Loews' mailing address is 667 MADISON AVE, NEW YORK NY, 10065. The insurance provider can be reached via phone at 212-521-2000 or via email at [email protected]