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L vs. AIG, HIG, AFG, AIZ, KMPR, GNW, HMN, MET, PRU, and PUK

Should you be buying Loews stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Loews include American International Group (AIG), The Hartford Insurance Group (HIG), American Financial Group (AFG), Assurant (AIZ), Kemper (KMPR), Genworth Financial (GNW), Horace Mann Educators (HMN), MetLife (MET), Prudential Financial (PRU), and Prudential Public (PUK). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Loews vs. Its Competitors

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

American International Group currently has a consensus target price of $88.12, suggesting a potential upside of 6.68%. Loews has a consensus target price of $112.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.12%. Given Loews' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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 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$27.25B1.75-$1.40B-$2.66-31.05
Loews$17.51B1.08$1.41B$6.0914.82

In the previous week, American International Group had 14 more articles in the media than Loews. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for American International Group and 11 mentions for Loews. American International Group's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Loews' score of 0.85 indicating that American International Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
American International Group
21 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Loews
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

American International Group pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Loews pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. American International Group pays out -67.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Loews pays out 4.1% 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 raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. American International Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Loews has a net margin of 7.47% compared to American International Group's net margin of -7.05%. Loews' return on equity of 7.43% beat American International Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
American International Group-7.05% 7.13% 1.87%
Loews 7.47%7.43%1.61%

American International Group has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Loews has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding L and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

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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L vs. The Competition

MetricLoewsINS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$18.91B$20.67B$12.01B$20.47B
Dividend Yield0.27%2.92%5.61%3.76%
P/E Ratio14.8113.6819.9527.69
Price / Sales1.082.1125.7037.00
Price / Cash11.1118.8121.1721.79
Price / Book1.104.022.254.52
Net Income$1.41B$1.60B$1.00B$984.47M
7 Day Performance1.52%0.56%2.39%3.14%
1 Month Performance0.66%4.50%3.96%5.57%
1 Year Performance20.41%19.41%540.00%13.91%

Loews Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
L
Loews
3.5998 of 5 stars
$90.24
-2.3%
$112.00
+24.1%
+23.5%$18.91B$17.51B14.8113,000
AIG
American International Group
4.7414 of 5 stars
$85.89
+0.9%
$88.12
+2.6%
+15.2%$49.06B$27.25B-32.2922,200Positive News
HIG
The Hartford Insurance Group
4.9034 of 5 stars
$127.49
+1.1%
$131.15
+2.9%
+26.7%$35.83B$26.54B12.7119,100Positive News
AFG
American Financial Group
4.7073 of 5 stars
$126.15
+1.9%
$138.75
+10.0%
+3.0%$10.36B$8.32B13.258,700News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
AIZ
Assurant
4.9307 of 5 stars
$199.51
+1.7%
$228.67
+14.6%
+18.3%$9.98B$11.88B15.5514,200Positive News
Analyst Revision
KMPR
Kemper
4.6293 of 5 stars
$64.10
+1.4%
$79.40
+23.9%
+9.0%$4.05B$4.64B11.987,400
GNW
Genworth Financial
4.0482 of 5 stars
$7.89
+1.5%
$9.00
+14.1%
+29.8%$3.22B$7.30B15.782,960
HMN
Horace Mann Educators
3.469 of 5 stars
$43.16
+2.4%
$46.00
+6.6%
+33.0%$1.72B$1.60B15.641,750Positive News
MET
MetLife
4.9506 of 5 stars
$79.69
+0.6%
$94.17
+18.2%
+15.9%$53.17B$70.99B12.9645,000Trending News
PRU
Prudential Financial
4.9624 of 5 stars
$105.74
+1.4%
$120.15
+13.6%
-7.3%$36.93B$68.05B16.7638,196Positive News
PUK
Prudential Public
4.268 of 5 stars
$24.37
+1.6%
N/A+35.9%$31.10B$16.66B10.5015,412

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This page (NYSE:L) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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