EverQuote (NASDAQ:EVER – Get Free Report) and Loews (NYSE:L – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares EverQuote and Loews”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| EverQuote | $500.19 million | 1.04 | $32.17 million | $1.43 | 10.13 |
| Loews | $18.45 billion | 1.23 | $1.41 billion | $7.98 | 13.79 |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for EverQuote and Loews, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| EverQuote | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3.00 |
| Loews | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.00 |
EverQuote presently has a consensus target price of $34.00, indicating a potential upside of 134.64%. Given EverQuote’s higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe EverQuote is more favorable than Loews.
Profitability
This table compares EverQuote and Loews’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| EverQuote | 8.36% | 38.19% | 25.60% |
| Loews | 9.03% | 8.86% | 1.96% |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
91.5% of EverQuote shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.3% of Loews shares are held by institutional investors. 25.5% of EverQuote shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.0% of Loews shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Risk & Volatility
EverQuote has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Loews has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Loews beats EverQuote on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About EverQuote
EverQuote, Inc. operates an online marketplace for insurance shopping in the United States. The company offers auto, home and renters, and life insurance. The company serves carriers and agents, as well as indirect distributors. The company was formerly known as AdHarmonics, Inc., and changed its name to EverQuote, Inc. in November 2014. EverQuote, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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.
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