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Loews (L) Debt-to-EBITDA

: 3.18 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Loews's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,084 Mil. Loews's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $7,919 Mil. Loews's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,836 Mil. Loews's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.17.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Loews's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

L' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -47.02   Med: 4.03   Max: 6.14
Current: 3.8

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Loews was 6.14. The lowest was -47.02. And the median was 4.03.

L's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
80.07% of 291 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 1.49 vs L: 3.80

Loews Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Loews's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Loews Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.35 -47.02 2.93 4.51 3.09

Loews Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.03 3.69 3.78 5.10 3.18

Competitive Comparison

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, Loews's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Loews Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Loews's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Loews's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Loews Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Loews's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1084 + 7919) / 2910
=3.09

Loews's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1084 + 7919) / 2836
=3.17

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


Loews  (NYSE:L) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


Loews Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Loews (L) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
667 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, USA, 10065-8087
Loews Corp is a holding company that is supported by a variety of businesses. Its largest subsidiary is CNA Financial Corporation, a property and casualty insurance company. CNA's services include risk management, information services, and warranty and claims administration. Loews also maintains an operation of offshore oil and gas drilling rigs through Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. The company engages in the transportation and storage of natural gas and natural gas liquids and gathering and processing of natural gas through Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP. Loews also operates a chain of hotels.
Executives
Andrew H Tisch director 667 MADISON AVE, NEW YORK NY 10021-8087
Jonathan M Tisch director, officer: Co-Ch. of Bd/Off. of the Pres. 667 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10021-8087
Ann E Berman director 255 STATE STREET, BOSTON MA 02109
Anthony Welters director
Paul J Fribourg director 667 MADISON AVE, NEW YORK NY 10021
Walter L Harris director TANENBAUM HARBER CO, 320 W 57TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10019
Charles M Diker director ONE NEW YORK PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10004
Joseph L Bower director 667 MADISON AVE, NEW YORK NY 10021
Kenneth I Siegel officer: Senior Vice President 667 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10065
Jonathan C Locker director C/O LOEWS CORPORATION, 9 WEST 57TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10019
Charles D Davidson director QUANTUM ENERGY PARTNERS, 1401 MCKINNEY STREET, SUITE 2700, HOUSTON TX 77010
Richard Waldo Scott officer: SVP & Chief Investment Officer 667 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10065
Benjamin J Tisch officer: Sr. VP, Corp Dev and Strategy 667 MADISON AVE, NEW YORK NY 10065
Marc A Alpert officer: Sr. VP, Gen. Coun. & Secy. 667 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10065
Mark S Schwartz officer: V.P., C.A.O. and Treasurer C/O LOEWS CORPORATION, 667 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10065-8087

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