Loews (NYSE:L) & Acmat (OTCMKTS:ACMTA) Head-To-Head Analysis

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

58.3% of Loews shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.0% of Loews shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.8% of Acmat shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Loews and Acmat’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Loews	8.83%	8.51%	1.91%
Acmat	N/A	N/A	N/A

Risk & Volatility

Loews has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acmat has a beta of -0.04, meaning that its stock price is 104% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Loews and Acmat, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Loews	0	0	0	1	4.00
Acmat	0	0	0	0	0.00

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Loews and Acmat”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Loews	$18.45 billion	1.26	$1.67 billion	$7.87	14.39
Acmat	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Loews has higher revenue and earnings than Acmat.

Summary

Loews beats Acmat on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Acmat

ACMAT Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides surety bonds primarily for construction contractors in the United States. The company offers surety bonds for prime, sub-prime, specialty trade, environmental, asbestos, and lead abatement contractors, as well as for miscellaneous obligations. It also provides miscellaneous surety comprising workers’ compensation, supply, subdivision, and license and permit bonds. The company was founded in 1950 and is based in Farmington, Connecticut.