Loews Dividend yield

Loews is part of Nonlife Insurance business, which is part of Financials industry. Loews is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Loews stock dividend

Loews paid a total dividend of 58 million USD last year, for a market value of 14,343 millions (Market Cap 11,728 millions). Loews dividend per share is 0.25 USD, and his stock market price 62.09 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Loews has a dividend yield of 0.40%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also lower than average of Financials industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Loews stocks dividend with other Nonlife Insurance companies or other of the best USA dividend stocks list.

Loews Dividend Payout

About the ability of Loews to maintain his current dividend of USD 0.25 per share, an amount that accounts for 0.40%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Loews payout on ernings is currently 5.68%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Financials industry, which are 39.34% and 46.18% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Loewscan maintain his current dividend.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Loews is USD 14.44 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 0.25, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Loews, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Financials industry and Nonlife Insurance sector companies.

Loews Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Loews's dividend stock, both in percentage and in USD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	0.40%	0.25	5.68%	231
2022	0.43%	0.25	3.77%	237
2021	0.43%	0.25	-6.79%	254
2020	0.56%	0.25	7.40%	275
2019	0.48%	0.25	11.68%	297
2018	0.55%	0.25	8.12%	316
2017	0.50%	0.25	12.89%	337
2016	0.56%	0.25	32.47%	339
2015	0.66%	0.25	15.34%	363

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Loews dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Nonlife Insurance stocks.

Loews Stock performance

Finally, last moth Loews showed a return of -0.90% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.03% of Financials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 12.30% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Nonlife Insurance firms.