Loews Corporation

Loews Corporation is a diversified holding company controlled by the Tisch family, whose main asset is a majority stake in insurer CNA Financial. It also owns Boardwalk Pipelines, the Loews Hotels chain and a packaging business, operating as a value-oriented conglomerate that allocates capital opportunistically across insurance, energy infrastructure and hospitality. Loews has paid a small, unchanged dividend for many years, reflecting a deliberate preference for returning cash through aggressive share buybacks rather than a rising payout. The yield is very low and dividend growth is effectively absent. A moderate score captures this static dividend, offset by a conservative balance sheet and a long, if unusual, record of continuous payments under disciplined family stewardship.