Reviewing Till Capital (OTCMKTS:TILCF) & Loews (NYSE:L)

Till Capital (OTCMKTS:TILCF) and Loews (NYSE:L) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, dividends and earnings.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

58.3% of Loews shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.5% of Till Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.7% of Loews shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Till Capital and Loews”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Till Capital	N/A	N/A	-$2.18 million	N/A	N/A
Loews	$15.90 billion	1.17	$1.43 billion	$7.53	11.35

Loews has higher revenue and earnings than Till Capital.

Dividends

Till Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 200.0%. Loews pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Loews pays out 3.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Till Capital and Loews, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Till Capital	0	0	0	0	0.00
Loews	0	0	1	0	3.00

Loews has a consensus target price of $112.00, indicating a potential upside of 31.09%. Given Loews’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Loews is more favorable than Till Capital.

Profitability

This table compares Till Capital and Loews’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Till Capital	N/A	N/A	N/A
Loews	9.71%	9.70%	2.06%

Volatility & Risk

Till Capital has a beta of -0.54, indicating that its share price is 154% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Loews has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Loews beats Till Capital on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Till Capital

Till Capital Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the mineral exploration activities in Canada and the United States. The company explores for silver, gold, and other deposits. It owns various mineral royalties and exploration property option agreements. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.

About Loews

Loews Corporation provides commercial property and casualty insurance in the United States and internationally. The company offers specialty insurance products, such as management and professional liability, and other coverage products; surety and fidelity bonds; property insurance products that include standard and excess property, marine and boiler, and machinery coverages; and casualty insurance products, such as workers' compensation, general and product liability, and commercial auto, surplus, and umbrella coverages. It also provides loss-sensitive insurance programs; and warranty, risk management, information, and claims administration services. The company markets its insurance products and services through independent agents, brokers, and managing general underwriters. In addition, the company is involved in the transportation and storage of natural gas and natural gas liquids, and hydrocarbons through natural gas pipelines covering approximately 13,455 miles of interconnected pipelines; 855 miles of NGL pipelines in Louisiana and Texas; 14 underground storage fields with an aggregate gas capacity of approximately 199.5 billion cubic feet of natural gas; and eleven salt dome caverns and related brine infrastructure for providing brine supply services. Further, the company operates a chain of 25 hotels; and develops, manufactures, and markets a range of extrusion blow-molded and injection molded plastic containers for customers in the pharmaceutical, dairy, household chemicals, food/nutraceuticals, industrial/specialty chemicals, and water and beverage/juice industries, as well as manufactures commodity and differentiated plastic resins from recycled plastic materials. Loews Corporation was incorporated in 1969 and is headquartered in New York, New York.