Analysis of Loews 2015

Company: Loews Corporation

ISIN US5404241086 | WKN 851615

Business: An American conglomerate run by the Tisch family. They now hold four principal subsidiaries: CNA Financial Corporation, Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc., Boardwalk Pipeline Partners and Loews Hotels & Resorts. Loews are a bit similar to Berkshire Hathaway and their biggest earnings source right now is the insurance subsidiary CNA. The rest of the group is doing fairly poorly.

Active: Main focus is the US.

P/E: 24.61

Comment: Due to the general oil crisis I wanted to go back to take another look at this conglomerate hoping that the price had gone down to a more acceptable level.

Analysis of Loews Corporation

Company: Loews Corporation

Business: An American conglomerate run by the Tisch family. They started off having hotels but have since then expanded and have now five principal subsidiaries: CNA Financial Corporation, Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc., High Mount Exploration and Production, Boardwalk Pipeline Partners and Loews Hotels & Resorts. They are working similar to Berkshire Hathaway and sometimes buy stocks and sometimes entire companies but for some time they have been focused towards the oil industry.

Active: They are mainly active in the US. However the companies they own fully as well as the companies they own stock in are active all over the world.

P/E: 31.0