Loews Stock Price, News & Analysis

Loews Corporation (NYSE: L) reported Q1 2025 net income of $370 million ($1.74 per share), down from $457 million ($2.05 per share) in Q1 2024. Key highlights include: CNA Financial's net income decreased to $252M from $310M due to unfavorable loss reserve development; Boardwalk Pipelines improved to $152M from $121M driven by higher rates; Loews Hotels reported $0M vs $16M previously. The company's book value per share increased to $89.74 (excluding AOCI) as of March 31, 2025. Parent company held $3.5B in cash/investments and $1.8B in debt. Notably, Loews repurchased 5.1M common shares for $429M since December 31, 2024. CNA showed 9% growth in written premiums but faced challenges with a higher combined ratio of 98.4% vs 94.6% year-over-year.

Loews (NYSE: L) has announced it will release its first quarter 2025 financial results on Monday, May 5, 2025. The company will publish both a news release and earnings remarks on its corporate website (www.loews.com). The earnings commentary will feature insights from CEO Ben Tisch and CFO Jane Wang.

Loews (NYSE: L) has declared its quarterly dividend of $0.0625 per share of Common Stock. The dividend will be paid on March 11, 2025 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on February 26, 2025. The company operates as a diversified business with interests across multiple sectors, including insurance, energy, hospitality, and packaging industries.

Loews (NYSE: L) reported Q4 2024 net income of $187 million ($0.86 per share), compared to $446 million ($1.99 per share) in Q4 2023. The results include a previously reported $265 million pension settlement charge for CNA. Full-year 2024 net income was $1,414 million ($6.41 per share).

Key highlights: CNA Financial's results decreased due to higher catastrophe losses and investment losses. Boardwalk Pipelines improved due to increased revenues from higher re-contracting rates. Loews Hotels saw decreased results primarily from higher depreciation and interest expenses related to the Arlington Hotel opening.

The company's book value per share excluding AOCI increased to $88.18 as of December 31, 2024. During 2024, Loews repurchased 7.7 million common shares for $611 million, with 4.2 million shares ($349 million) repurchased in Q4. The parent company held $3.3 billion in cash and investments with $1.8 billion in debt at year-end.

Loews (NYSE: L) has announced it will release its fourth quarter 2024 financial results on Monday, February 10, 2025. The company will publish earnings remarks on its website, featuring commentary from CEO Ben Tisch and CFO Jane Wang.

Shareholders are invited to submit questions for management in advance to cnugent@loews.com. Management may address selected questions in the earnings remarks, with questioners remaining anonymous. Both the news release and earnings remarks will be accessible on the Loews website.

AM Best has revised the outlook for CNA Financial (NYSE: CNA) and its subsidiaries to positive from stable, while affirming their Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of 'a+'. The positive outlook reflects CNA's consistently strong operating performance, favorable underwriting and investment metrics compared to peers, and support from its 92% shareholder Loews

The ratings acknowledge CNA's very strong balance sheet, adequate operating performance, favorable business profile, and appropriate enterprise risk management. The company maintains the strongest level of risk-adjusted capitalization and has established itself as a leading U.S. writer of commercial and specialty lines, with the specialty insurance segment being its primary profitability driver.

Loews (NYSE: L) has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.0625 per share on its Common Stock. The dividend will be paid on December 10, 2024, to shareholders of record at the close of business on November 27, 2024. The company operates as a diversified business with interests across insurance, energy, hospitality, and packaging industries.

Loews (NYSE: L) reported Q3 2024 net income of $401 million, or $1.82 per share, up from $253 million in Q3 2023. The 38% year-over-year growth was driven by improvements at CNA Financial, Boardwalk Pipelines, and parent company investment income, partially offset by decreased performance at Loews Hotels. CNA's results improved due to higher investment income, while Boardwalk benefited from increased revenues from re-contracting at higher rates. Book value per share excluding AOCI increased to $87.22. The company repurchased 0.8 million shares for $64 million in Q3 and an additional 1.2 million shares for $92 million in Q4.

Loews (NYSE: L) has announced it will release its third quarter 2024 financial results on Monday, November 4, 2024. The company will also post earnings remarks on its website, featuring commentary from CEO James S. Tisch and CFO Jane Wang. Loews is inviting shareholders to submit questions for management in advance, which may be addressed in the earnings remarks. Questions can be submitted to cnugent@loews.com, and contributors will remain anonymous. Both the news release and earnings remarks will be available on the Loews website (www.loews.com).