How to buy Loews (L) stocks

Loews is an insurance - property & casualty business based in the US. Loews shares (L) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars.

Its last market close was $83.19 – a decrease of 1.18% over the previous week. Loews employs 12,280 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $17.2 billion.

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Loews stock price (NYSE: L)

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Loews stocks at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-18.

Latest market close	$83.19
52-week range	$68.27 - $87.45
50-day moving average more info button	$82.58
200-day moving average more info button	$78.46
Wall St. target price	$60.00
PE ratio more info button	10.8378
Dividend yield more info button	$0.25 (0.31%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$7.52

Is it a good time to buy Loews stock?

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Loews price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $83.19 from 2024-12-20

1 week (2024-12-13)	-1.18%
1 month (2024-11-22)	-3.35%
3 months (2024-09-20)	5.92%
6 months (2024-06-21)	8.66%

1 year (2023-12-22)	20.92%
2 years (2022-12-22)	46.52%
3 years (2021-12-22)	48.25%
5 years (2019-12-20)	64.67%

Is Loews stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Loews stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Loews's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Loews's P/E ratio

Loews's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 11x. In other words, Loews shares trade at around 11x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the stock or simply that they're under-valued.

Loews's PEG ratio

Loews's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.69. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Loews's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the stock prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Loews's EBITDA

Loews's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $3.2 billion.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Loews's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Loews financials

Revenue TTM	$17.2 billion
Operating margin TTM	15.07%
Gross profit TTM	$4.7 billion
Return on assets TTM	2.08%
Return on equity TTM	10.67%
Profit margin	9.71%
Book value	$79.28
Market Capitalization more info button	$17.7 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Loews stock dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 3.35% of net profits

Recently Loews has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Loews shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Loews's case, that would currently equate to about $0.25 per share.

While Loews's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Loews is investing more in its future growth.

Loews's most recent dividend payout was on 9 December 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their stocks by 26 November 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Loews's stocks ever split?

Loews's stocks were split on a 3:1 basis on 8 May 2006 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 3 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Loews stocks – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 66.7% lower stock price could have impacted the market appetite for Loews stocks, which in turn could have impacted Loews's stock price.

Loews stock price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Loews's stocks have ranged in value from as little as $68.2694 up to $87.45. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta."

Beta is a measure of a stocks volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Loews's is 0.818. This would suggest that Loews's stocks are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Loews overview

Loews Corporation provides commercial property and casualty insurance in the United States and internationally. The company offers specialty insurance products, such as management and professional liability, and other coverage products; surety and fidelity bonds; property insurance products that include standard and excess property, marine and boiler, and machinery coverages; and casualty insurance products, such as workers' compensation, general and product liability, and commercial auto, surplus, and umbrella coverages. It also provides loss-sensitive insurance programs; and warranty, risk management, information, and claims administration services. The company markets its insurance products and services through independent agents, brokers, and managing general underwriters. In addition, the company is involved in the transportation and storage of natural gas and natural gas liquids, and hydrocarbons through natural gas pipelines covering approximately 13,455 miles of interconnected pipelines; 855 miles of NGL pipelines in Louisiana and Texas; 14 underground storage fields with an aggregate gas capacity of approximately 199.5 billion cubic feet of natural gas; and eleven salt dome caverns and related brine infrastructure for providing brine supply services. Further, the company operates a chain of 25 hotels; and develops, manufactures, and markets a range of extrusion blow-molded and injection molded plastic containers for customers in the pharmaceutical, dairy, household chemicals, food/nutraceuticals, industrial/specialty chemicals, and water and beverage/juice industries, as well as manufactures commodity and differentiated plastic resins from recycled plastic materials.

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Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Loews is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 18.577% of Loews stocks are held by insiders and 59.785% by institutions. How many people work for Loews?
Latest data suggests 12,280 work at Loews. When does the fiscal year end for Loews?
Loews's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Loews based?
Loews's address is: 9 West 57th Street, New York, NY, United States, 10019-2714 What is Loews's ISIN number?
Loews's international securities identification number is: US5404241086 What is Loews's CUSIP number?
Loews's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 540424207

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