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Loews Corporation, through its subsidiaries, principally provides commercial property and casualty insurance primarily to businesses, associations, professionals, and groups and individuals. Its property insurance products provide coverage to properties, marine, boilers, and machinery; and casualty insurance products include workers’ compensation, general and product liability, and commercial auto coverage products. The company also offers management and professional liability insurance products, as well as provides risk management, information services, warranty, and claims administration ...
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Loews a bargain buy: Low P/E, potentially more future investment due to Lorillard spin-off
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<> I believe Loews Corporation ( LTR ) repersents strong value. Loews operates in a veriety of well-diversified sectors, including property and casualty insurance services, hotels, offshore oil and gas drilling and the operation of an interstate natural gas transmission pipeline system in Texas. Loews has a low P\E value of 12.22, when other stocks such as Google (GOOG) have P\E ratios of 50+. It is unclear whether Loews is affected by the sub-prime crisis, but it is likely to survive the crisis due to diversification, and possibly even gain some insurance business due to reduced compe< />< />< />< />< />< /><><>...
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Loews a bargain buy: Low P/E, potentially more future investment due to Lorillard spin-off
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<> I believe Loews Corporation ( LTR ) repersents strong value. Loews operates in a veriety of well-diversified sectors, including property and casualty insurance services, hotels, offshore oil and gas drilling and the operation of an interstate natural gas transmission pipeline system in Texas. Loews has a low P\E value of 12.22, when other stocks such as Google (GOOG) have P\E ratios of 50+. It is unclear whether Loews is affected by the sub-prime crisis, but it is likely to survive the crisis due to diversification, and possibly even gain some insurance business due to reduced compe< />< />< />< />< />< /><><>...
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Loews a good bargain buy, low P\E, and potentially more future investment due to Lorillard tobacco spin-off
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I believe Loews Corporation (LTR) repersents strong value. Loews operates in a veriety of well-diversified sectors, including property and casualty insurance services, hotels, offshore oil and gas drilling and the operation of an interstate natural gas transmission pipeline system in Texas. Loews has a low P\E value of 12.22, when other stocks such as Google (GOOG) have P\E ratios of 50+. It is unclear whether Loews is affected by the sub-prime crisis, but it is likely to survive the crisis due to diversification, and possibly even gain some insurance business due to reduced competition < />< />< />< />...
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From the Blogosphere
Loews Upgraded – Analyst Blog
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<>We are upgrading our recommendation on the shares of Loews Corp. (L) to Neutral. The company’s third-quarter earnings of $1.08 per share was well ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 87 cents a share. Loews reported a loss of 33 cents a share in the year-ago quarter.
The improved earnings were driven by increased investment income and a considerable reduction in investment losses at CNA Financial Corp. (CNA), besides strong results at Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. (DO).
While the spin-off of Lorillard in 2008 eliminated the company’s overhang of tobacco litigation and the strong < />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< /><><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< /><><>< /><>< /><>< />< />...
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Loews Still Attractive
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Loews (L) continues to provide value to its shareholders, while the market continues to undervalue its shares. I'm not going to break down each of its companies, but rather look at the bigger picture and the comments from their management. br /br /Here are some statements by CEO Jim Tisch (one of the best around, I may add).br /br /-Loews reported a solid quarter reflecting improved results in CNA, continued strong results in Diamond Offshore, and higher investment income in the holding company portfolio. During the third quarter Loews' book value per common share increased by over 14%, pr...
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Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day Highlights: Apple, Inc., Sohu.com, Loews Corporation, CNA Financial Corporation and Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. – Press Releases
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For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – November 3, 2009 – Zacks Equity Research highlights Apple, Inc.(AAPL) as the Bull of the Day and Sohu.com (SOHU) the Bear of the Day. In addition, Zacks Equity Research provides analysis on Loews Corporation (L), CNA Financial Corporation (CNA) and Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. (DO). Full analysis of all these stocks is available at http://at.zacks.com/?id=5506 Here is a synopsis of all five stocks: Bull of the Day: <>Apple, Inc.(AAPL) has experienced tremendous growth, driven by the success of its iPhone and increased Mac shipments. The company reported st...
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Zacks #5 Rank Additions for Friday – Zacks Tale of the Tape
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Here are the stocks added to the Zacks #5 Rank ("strong sell") List today: <> Alliance HealthCare Services Inc (AIQ) American Equity Investment Life Holding Co (AEL) Amerigas Partners LP (APU) Michael Baker Corp (BKR) Cadence Financial Corp (CADE) Celadon Group Inc (CLDN) CRM Holdings Ltd (CRMH) DemandTec Inc (DMAN) Dixie Group Inc (DXYN) Encore Bancshares Inc (EBTX) Fair Isaac Corp (FICO) FelCor Lodging Trust Inc (FCH) First Marblehead Corp (FMD) First Place Financial Corp (FPFC) Hawk Corp (HWK) ICO Inc (ICOC) Independent Bank Corp (IBCP) ...
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Trading Radar for 8/3: MGM MIRAGE (MGM), Marathon (MRO), Clorox (CLX), Tyson (TSN), Molson Coors (TAP), Anadarko (APC), Centex (CTX) Report; Consturction Spending, Auto Sales Due
The Trading Radar highlights key earnings and economic announcements for tomorrow's trading session:<u>Before Market Opens:</u>Earnings:Barnes Group (NYSE: B) - consensus EPS $0.16Clorox (NYSE: CLX) - consensus EPS $1.19Humana (NYSE: HUM) - consensus EPS $1.64Loews (NYSE: L) - consensus EPS $0.98MGM MIRAGE (NYSE: MGM) - consensus loss $0.09Tyson Foods (NYSE: TSN) - consensus EPS $0.21<u>Intraday or Not Specified:</u>Economics:10am ET - Construction Spending for June - Street expects -0.6%
- ISM Index for July - Street expects 46.5
2pm ET - Auto/Truck Sales for July
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