Loews (NYSE:L – Get Free Report) and Zhibao Technology (NASDAQ:ZBAO – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.
Risk and Volatility
Loews has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zhibao Technology has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Loews and Zhibao Technology’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Loews | 9.03% | 8.86% | 1.96% |
| Zhibao Technology | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Earnings & Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Loews | $18.45 billion | 1.24 | $1.67 billion | $7.98 | 13.96 |
| Zhibao Technology | $38.66 million | 0.75 | -$8.66 million | N/A | N/A |
Loews has higher revenue and earnings than Zhibao Technology.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Loews and Zhibao Technology, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Loews | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.00 |
| Zhibao Technology | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
58.3% of Loews shares are held by institutional investors. 19.0% of Loews shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Loews beats Zhibao Technology on 10 of the 11 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 Zhibao Technology
Zhibao Technology Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides digital insurance brokerage services in China. It also offers managing general underwriter services; and offline insurance brokerage consulting services. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Shanghai, China.
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