Loews Corporation (L) earnings on August 3, 2026
More Loews Corporation earnings
Prior outlook: No statistical edge
The hotel and energy company posted higher quarterly profit and sales, but the stock gave up earlier gains and closed slightly lower.
L price around the earnings
116.25
Change: +0.0%
2026-08-03, 20:00 UTC
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Prior thesis
Prior outlook: No statistical edge
- Thesis published
Mixed outlook, positive history but missing analyst data
The stock has been rising and the company has a good record of beating earnings forecasts, but there is no analyst coverage or news to confirm the outlook. This makes the situation uncertain.
Context analyzed before publication
- Summary
- Mixed outlook, positive history but missing analyst data
- Playbook
- The stock rose strongly into the event and then pulled back a bit, suggesting some expectations are already priced in. There is no analyst or news data to provide additional context.
- Trend
- Expert confidence has been fluctuating, with a recent dip
Analysts
Drivers
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Analysts
Neutral
There is no analyst coverage available, which is a major gap in the data.
Evidence
- Quarterly earnings growth
- -8.9%
- Revenue growth
- 1.4%
- Forward EPS
- 2.9
- Trailing EPS
- 7.87
- Analyst moves in the last 60 days
- 0
News and sentiment
Drivers
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News & sentiment
Negative
There is no news context while retail investors are extremely optimistic, which could be a warning sign.
Evidence
Sentiment
- Sentiment
- Constructive
- Mention volume
- High
- Normalized volume
- 99%
News
There is no news coverage available for this event.
Technicals
Drivers
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Technical
Positive
The stock is outperforming the market by 1.54% relative to the S&P 500, with a modest 14-day trend strength of +1.43%.
Evidence
- Price when the context was analyzed
- 116.03
- Average true range (ATR)
- 1.7%
- Distance to 52-week high
- -2.8%
- 14-day change (14d)
- +1.4%
- 30-day change (30d)
- +1.7%
- 30-day relative strength
- +1.5%
- SPY change (30d)
- +0.1%
- Nearest support
- 115.82
- Distance to nearest support
- 0.2%
- Nearest resistance
- 116.36
- Distance to nearest resistance
- 0.3%
- Volume accumulation ratio (14d / 46d)
- 1.02
- Mid: 115.82 (0.2% away, 0.11 ATR, 5 touches)
- Mid: 115.3 (0.6% away, 0.37 ATR, 13 touches)
- Mid: 114.93 (0.9% away, 0.56 ATR, 21 touches)
- Minor: 116.36 (0.3% away, 0.17 ATR, 2 touches)
- Minor: 116.77 (0.6% away, 0.37 ATR, 4 touches)
- Minor: 117.18 (1% away, 0.59 ATR, 3 touches)
Trends
Evidence
- Average earnings surprise
- +6.9%
- February 10, 2020: actual EPS 1.11 vs estimate 0.73 (surprise +52.5%)
- October 28, 2019: actual EPS 0.22 vs estimate 0.68 (surprise -67.5%)
- August 5, 2019: actual EPS 0.91 vs estimate 0.75 (surprise +22.4%)
- April 29, 2019: actual EPS 1.15 vs estimate 0.96 (surprise +20.2%)
Expected move
Drivers
-
Past earnings
Positive
The company has beaten earnings forecasts 75% of the time, with an average surprise of +6.9%, confirming its historical strength.
- Implied move
- +1.4%
- Source
- Options chain
There is no history of past earnings reactions available for this asset.
Monitoring and close
What Loews Corporation reported
- Status
- Finished
Loews reports $444 million profit for Q2 2026, driven by hotels and energy, despite insurance stumbling. CNA Financial's outlook remains unchanged.
Sources (5)
- Insurance Stumbles, But Loews Still Delivers Higher Profit Thanks to Hotels and Energy (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Loews Reports Higher Second-Quarter Profit as Revenue Continues to Grow (opens in a new tab) — InvestorsHub
- Hotels and pipelines drive Loews profits higher as insurance underwriting softens (opens in a new tab) — Proactive
- Loews Q2 EPS $2.16 Up From $1.87 YoY, Sales $4.734B Up From $4.555B YoY (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- LOEWS CORPORATION REPORTS NET INCOME OF $444 MILLION FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2026 (opens in a new tab) — Yahoo
Pre-market second reading after the results
There is no second reading available for this event.
How the stock reacted
- Consolidated
- -0.3%
- Max move
- +1.8%
No verdict: the outlook took no direction, so there is nothing to score as a hit or a miss.