Loews (L) Competitors

Loews (NYSE:L) and Cincinnati Financial (NASDAQ:CINF) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.

Do analysts prefer L or CINF?

Cincinnati Financial has a consensus target price of $159.40, suggesting a potential upside of 2.45%. Given Cincinnati Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cincinnati Financial is more favorable than Loews.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Loews	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Cincinnati Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Is L or CINF a better dividend stock?

Loews pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Cincinnati Financial pays an annual dividend of $3.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Loews pays out 4.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cincinnati Financial pays out 30.2% 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. Cincinnati Financial has increased its dividend for 65 consecutive years. Cincinnati Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, L or CINF?

Loews has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cincinnati Financial has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is L or CINF more profitable?

Cincinnati Financial has a net margin of 15.59% compared to Loews' net margin of 7.47%. Loews' return on equity of 7.43% beat Cincinnati Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Loews	7.47%	7.43%	1.62%
Cincinnati Financial	15.59%	7.14%	2.66%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in L or CINF?

58.3% of Loews shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.2% of Cincinnati Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 18.7% of Loews shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Cincinnati Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to L or CINF?

In the previous week, Loews had 6 more articles in the media than Cincinnati Financial. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Loews and 9 mentions for Cincinnati Financial. Cincinnati Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Loews' score of 1.21 indicating that Cincinnati Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Loews	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cincinnati Financial	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better valuation & earnings, L or CINF?

Cincinnati Financial has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Loews. Cincinnati Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Loews, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Loews	$17.51B	1.16	$1.41B	$6.29	15.51
Cincinnati Financial	$11.34B	2.15	$2.29B	$11.53	13.49

Summary

Cincinnati Financial beats Loews on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.