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Loews Corporation L
$106.03 +0.93% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $21.82B
Inexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 2, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin widened to 16.6% from 10.1% a year earlier.
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $8.14, up 29.4% year over year.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $18.55B, up 4.3% from a year earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Financial Services sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 42%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 37%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 15%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 27%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 50%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 28%
- Gross marginBottom 20%
- Operating marginBottom 39%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 32%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 33%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 39%
- Interest coverTop 17%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 41%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 41%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 22%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 20%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 26%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 49%
- 6-month returnBottom 18%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 48%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 43%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 27%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 21%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 43%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 47%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 22%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 20%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 28%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 39%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 4.5% | 4.3% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 28.9% | 29.4% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 43.6% | 47.0% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 10.1% | 16.6% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 17.3% | 10.9% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 4.3% | 4.5% | ↓ | Bottom 42% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 29.4% | 28.9% | ↑ | Top 37% |
| Gross margin | 47.0% | 43.6% | ↑ | Bottom 20% |
| Operating margin | 16.6% | 10.1% | ↑ | Bottom 39% |
| Net margin | 10.4% | 7.6% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 10.9% | 17.3% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 5.6% | — | Top 28% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 9.0% | — | Bottom 27% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.44×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -1.0%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -1.1 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.45×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 7.0×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.24%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 1.56%
- Shareholder yield
- 1.80%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -1.8%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -3.4%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 3, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 1 of 1
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +12.6%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Analysts with a rating
- 4
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 50%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2026 | — | +0.2% | -0.4% | -5.4% | — |
| May 4, 2026 | — | -5.9% | -6.4% | -7.0% | +6.5% |
| Feb 9, 2026 | — | -0.3% | -2.2% | -2.0% | -4.6% |
| Nov 3, 2025 | — | -0.1% | +3.0% | +6.9% | +5.1% |
| Aug 4, 2025 | — | +2.8% | +3.9% | +7.2% | +10.8% |
| May 5, 2025 | — | -1.8% | +0.3% | +1.8% | +2.5% |
| Feb 10, 2025 | — | -1.0% | -4.3% | -2.1% | +0.0% |
| Nov 4, 2024 | — | -3.5% | +4.8% | +8.7% | +7.8% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2026 | $2.16 | — | — | $4.73B |
| May 4, 2026 | $1.78 | — | — | $4.55B |
| Feb 9, 2026 | $1.94 | — | — | $4.73B |
| Nov 3, 2025 | $2.43 | — | — | $4.60B |
| Aug 4, 2025 | $1.87 | — | — | $4.47B |
| May 5, 2025 | $1.74 | — | — | $4.44B |
| Feb 10, 2025 | $0.86 | — | — | $4.55B |
| Nov 4, 2024 | $1.82 | — | — | $4.40B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 13.0× | 13.6× | 29th | Top 41% |
| EV / EBITDA | 8.8× | — | — | Top 22% |
| EV / Sales | 1.63× | — | — | Top 20% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 9.26% | — | — | Top 41% |
| Earnings yield | 7.68% | — | — | Top 41% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 9.4× – 18.9× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +5.9%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +29.4%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -3.3%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.6%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.2%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -4.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -2.7%
- RSI (14)
- 40.8
- Relative volume
- 0.78×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 13.0%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 7th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.37
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.31
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -11.2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -12.5%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 2022 | Sep 26, 2022 | -26.3% | 109 days | 290 days (Nov 20, 2023) |
| Jul 28, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 | -12.5% | 45 days | Not yet recovered |
| May 14, 2021 | Sep 21, 2021 | -12.3% | 89 days | 73 days (Jan 4, 2022) |
| Apr 1, 2025 | Apr 7, 2025 | -12.2% | 4 days | 58 days (Jul 1, 2025) |
| Oct 12, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | -11.0% | 12 days | 4 days (Nov 3, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $21.82B
- P/E (TTM)
- 13.0
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $8.14
- Revenue (TTM)
- $18.55B
- Dividend yield
- 0.24%
- 52-week range
- $97.38 – $121.01
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $13.73B | $14.05B | $15.68B | $17.24B | $18.18B |
| Gross profit | $5.91B | $5.91B | $6.97B | $7.70B | $7.98B |
| Operating income | $2.16B | $1.11B | $2.00B | $1.87B | $2.28B |
| Net income | $1.56B | $822.0M | $1.43B | $1.41B | $1.67B |
| EPS (diluted) | $6.00 | $3.38 | $6.29 | $6.41 | $7.97 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $4.40B | $4.47B | $4.44B | $4.47B | $4.60B | $4.66B | $4.55B | $4.73B |
| Net income | $401.0M | $187.0M | $370.0M | $391.0M | $504.0M | $402.0M | $572.0M | $444.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.82 | $0.86 | $1.74 | $1.87 | $2.43 | $1.92 | $1.63 | $2.16 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $2.62B | $3.31B | $3.91B | $3.02B | $3.28B |
| Capital expenditure | -$482.0M | -$660.0M | -$686.0M | -$632.0M | -$579.0M |
| Free cash flow | $2.14B | $2.65B | $3.22B | $2.39B | $2.70B |
| Dividends paid | -$65.0M | -$61.0M | -$57.0M | -$55.0M | -$52.0M |
| Net share buybacks | -$1.14B | -$729.0M | -$849.0M | -$608.0M | -$806.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $7.44B
- Total assets
- $87.23B
- Total liabilities
- $67.20B
- Total debt
- $8.94B
- Net debt
- $8.43B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $19.11B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 3, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 2026 | $0.06 | Sep 1, 2026 |
| May 27, 2026 | $0.06 | Jun 9, 2026 |
| Feb 25, 2026 | $0.06 | Mar 10, 2026 |
| Nov 26, 2025 | $0.06 | Dec 9, 2025 |
| Aug 20, 2025 | $0.06 | Sep 2, 2025 |
| May 28, 2025 | $0.06 | Jun 10, 2025 |
| Feb 26, 2025 | $0.06 | Mar 11, 2025 |
| Nov 27, 2024 | $0.06 | Dec 10, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 4,750,834
- Days to cover
- 5.56
- Change vs previous report
- -6.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- May 9, 2006
- 3-for-1
- Mar 21, 2001
- 2-for-1
- Dec 4, 1995
- 2-for-1
- Mar 4, 1985
- 3-for-1
- Apr 17, 1984
- 5-for-2