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L vs MKL vs CINF

161 measures in 16 categories, one definition each, computed from filings and market data.
L50.7
Loews Corporation
Financial Services · Insurance - Property & Casualty
$110.52 +1.59%$22.6B mkt cap
Score DNA
MKL49.9
Markel Corporation
Financial Services · Insurance - Property & Casualty
$1,850.13 +1.43%$22.9B mkt cap
Score DNA
CINF78.0
Cincinnati Financial Corporation
Financial Services · Insurance - Property & Casualty
$171.25 +2.41%$26.3B mkt cap
Score DNA

Price, rebased to 100 three years ago

L   MKL   CINF   · weekly adjusted closes
100120140160180200Jan 24Apr 24Jul 24Oct 24Jan 25Apr 25Jul 25Oct 25Jan 26Apr 26Jul 26Oct 26CINF 177L 175MKL 124
● marks the highest or lowest value where that direction is plainly stronger (margins, returns, coverage, leverage); multiples and yields are left unmarked. Bars show each stock's percentile within its own industry. n/a: the measure does not apply to lenders and insurers.

Smart money

8 measures
MeasureLMKLCINF
Insider open-market buys, 180d 2 3 1
Insider $ bought, 180d $1.05M $0.37M $0.17M
Congress purchases, 180d 2 6 3
Last Congress purchase 2026-09-04 2026-05-01 2026-09-18
13F net change in holders +16 +2 +32
ETFs adding shares, 30d 846 526 894
ETFs trimming, 30d 704 372 791
Net ETF funds, 30d +142 +154 +103

Valuation

16 measures
MeasureLMKLCINF
P/E (TTM) 11.8x
62nd
10.0x
42nd
7.9x
27th
PEG (P/E ÷ 3-yr EPS CAGR) 0.46
67th
0.83
81st
0.22
22nd
Price / sales 1.2x
52nd
1.3x
54th
1.9x
75th
Price / book 1.2x
22nd
1.2x
24th
1.6x
38th
Price / tangible book 1.2x
18th
1.5x
31st
1.7x
37th
Price / free cash flow n/a n/a n/a
Price / operating cash flow n/a n/a n/a
Enterprise value n/a n/a n/a
EV / sales n/a n/a n/a
EV / EBITDA n/a n/a n/a
EV / EBIT n/a n/a n/a
EV / free cash flow n/a n/a n/a
Earnings yield 8.5%
46th
10.0%
63rd
12.7%
77th
FCF yield n/a n/a n/a
Operating cash flow yield n/a n/a n/a
Graham number (per share) $139.91
76th
$2,782.72
100th
$226.60
87th

Profitability (TTM)

12 measures
MeasureLMKLCINF
Gross margin n/a n/a n/a
EBITDA margin n/a n/a n/a
Operating margin 16.6%
62nd
17.0%
65th
29.8%
85th
EBIT margin 17.8%
67th
17.9%
69th
30.1%
88th
Net margin 10.4%
44th
13.2%
67th
23.9%
87th
NOPAT margin 14.4%
69th
13.4%
63rd
23.9%
83rd
FCF margin n/a n/a n/a
Operating cash flow margin n/a n/a n/a
R&D / revenue 0.0%
0th
0.0%
0th
0.0%
0th
SG&A / revenue 4.4%
44th
20.4%
87th
29.8%
88th
Stock comp / revenue 0.0%
0th
0.0%
0th
0.3%
49th
Effective tax rate 12.9%
8th
21.4%
70th
19.9%
26th

Returns on capital

11 measures
MeasureLMKLCINF
ROE (on average equity) 10.5%
20th
12.6%
32nd
21.5%
68th
ROA 2.2%
23rd
3.3%
52nd
8.1%
85th
ROIC n/a n/a n/a
ROCE n/a n/a n/a
Return on tangible assets 3.8%
29th
4.5%
52nd
10.3%
83rd
Cash ROIC (OCF / invested capital) n/a n/a n/a
Gross profitability (GP / assets) n/a n/a n/a
ROIC, 3-yr average n/a n/a n/a
ROIC, 5-yr average n/a n/a n/a
ROE, 5-yr average 8.3%
41st
10.5%
45th
13.4%
59th
Incremental ROIC n/a n/a n/a

Growth

17 measures
MeasureLMKLCINF
Revenue growth (TTM YoY) 4.3%
32nd
6.7%
40th
19.5%
78th
Revenue growth (QoQ) 3.9%
33rd
46.4%
90th
49.3%
92nd
Revenue CAGR, 3 yr 7.6%
40th
5.0%
32nd
14.2%
68th
Revenue CAGR, 5 yr 6.0%
38th
6.8%
47th
8.1%
56th
Gross profit CAGR, 3 yr n/a n/a n/a
Operating income CAGR, 3 yr 27.7%
54th
4.2%
21st
36.2%
61st
Net income growth (TTM YoY) 42.5%
65th
2.3%
14th
82.8%
79th
Net income CAGR, 3 yr 21.3%
48th
5.7%
24th
34.9%
62nd
EPS growth (TTM YoY) 45.2%
65th
16.0%
19th
85.0%
79th
EPS CAGR, 3 yr 25.6%
52nd
12.2%
24th
35.5%
62nd
EPS CAGR, 5 yr 9.7%
61st
1.1%
27th
4.0%
39th
FCF growth (TTM YoY) n/a n/a n/a
FCF CAGR, 3 yr n/a n/a n/a
Operating cash flow CAGR, 3 yr n/a n/a n/a
Book value CAGR, 3 yr 13.2%
56th
17.0%
71st
15.3%
64th
Dividend CAGR, 3 yr 2.9%
50th
171.0%
100th
2.8%
47th
Sustainable growth rate 10.2%
42nd
9.3%
40th
18.0%
71st

Margin history & stability

7 measures
MeasureLMKLCINF
Gross margin, 3-yr average n/a n/a n/a
Operating margin, 3-yr average 13.1%
58th
17.5%
75th
24.7%
81st
Net margin, 3-yr average 9.1%
54th
13.3%
81st
19.9%
90th
FCF margin, 3-yr average n/a n/a n/a
Revenue stability (0-1) 0.96
67th
0.95
65th
0.78
23rd
Earnings stability (0-1) 0.27
35th
0.08
12th
0.14
21st
Margin stability (0-1) 0.86
83rd
0.92
94th
0.87
88th

Liquidity (latest quarter)

7 measures
MeasureLMKLCINF
Cash & short-term investments n/a n/a n/a
Net cash (− = net debt) n/a n/a n/a
Working capital n/a n/a n/a
Current ratio n/a n/a n/a
Quick ratio n/a n/a n/a
Cash ratio (cash + ST investments / current liabilities) n/a n/a n/a
Defensive interval (days) n/a n/a n/a

Leverage & solvency (latest quarter)

13 measures
MeasureLMKLCINF
Total debt n/a n/a n/a
Debt / equity n/a n/a n/a
Net debt / equity n/a n/a n/a
Debt / assets n/a n/a n/a
Debt / capital n/a n/a n/a
Debt / EBITDA n/a n/a n/a
Net debt / EBITDA n/a n/a n/a
Interest coverage (EBIT / interest) n/a n/a n/a
Cash interest coverage n/a n/a n/a
Debt payback (years of OCF) n/a n/a n/a
Liabilities / assets 77.0%
52nd
73.3%
38th
61.4%
13th
IS credit model rating BBB+ AA- AA+
Implied credit spread (bps) 225
81st
100
58th
65
2nd

Efficiency

11 measures
MeasureLMKLCINF
Asset turnover n/a n/a n/a
Fixed asset turnover n/a n/a n/a
Inventory turnover n/a n/a n/a
Receivables turnover n/a n/a n/a
Days sales outstanding n/a n/a n/a
Days inventory outstanding n/a n/a n/a
Days payables outstanding n/a n/a n/a
Cash conversion cycle (days) n/a n/a n/a
Capex / revenue n/a n/a n/a
Capex / depreciation n/a n/a n/a
Operating expense ratio n/a n/a n/a

Cash flow & earnings quality

7 measures
MeasureLMKLCINF
Operating cash flow / net income n/a n/a n/a
FCF / net income n/a n/a n/a
FCF / operating cash flow n/a n/a n/a
Capex / operating cash flow n/a n/a n/a
Accruals ratio n/a n/a n/a
Sloan accruals ratio n/a n/a n/a
Earnings quality score (0-1) n/a n/a n/a

Dividends & buybacks

9 measures
MeasureLMKLCINF
Dividend yield 0.2%
27th
0.0%
0th
2.2%
58th
Dividend per share (TTM) $0.25
29th
$0.00
0th
$3.69
73rd
Payout ratio (dividends / net income) 2.7%
24th
26.3%
60th
16.3%
42nd
Dividends / FCF n/a n/a n/a
Dividend growth (YoY) -0.0%
24th
1,788.9%
100th
8.4%
51st
Buyback yield 1.5%
50th
-0.3%
0th
1.7%
56th
Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) 1.7%
25th
2.3%
29th
3.8%
48th
Share count change (YoY) -1.8%
32nd
-11.8%
4th
-1.2%
46th
Buybacks, last 5 years $3.7B
94th
$3.1B
92nd
$851.0M
77th

Scores & forensic checks

15 measures
MeasureLMKLCINF
IS score 51
29th
50
27th
78
94th
IS profitability 49
42nd
67
79th
82
87th
IS growth 60
44th
46
22nd
73
82nd
IS value 82
69th
86
79th
77
52nd
IS momentum 88
54th
68
22nd
90
70th
IS risk (safety) 100
19th
100
19th
100
19th
IS quality 79
65th
79
67th
88
88th
IS balance sheet 59
17th
73
58th
90
100th
IS earnings quality 73
81st
70
52nd
68
48th
IS cash flow 47
19th
57
27th
86
81st
Piotroski F-score (0-9) 8
87th
7
52nd
8
87th
Altman Z-score — — —
Beneish M-score — — —
Ohlson O-score −6.75
37th
−7.28
20th
−8.74
4th
IS credit score 65
19th
84
33rd
94
77th

Per share

7 measures
MeasureLMKLCINF
EPS, diluted (TTM) $9.35
65th
$203.40
100th
$21.34
85th
Book value per share $93.02
85th
$1,692.01
100th
$106.93
88th
Tangible book per share $95.13
88th
$1,309.53
100th
$107.83
92nd
Revenue per share $90.28
62nd
$1,544.95
100th
$89.47
60th
FCF per share n/a n/a n/a
Operating cash flow per share n/a n/a n/a
Cash per share n/a n/a n/a

Size (TTM)

8 measures
MeasureLMKLCINF
Market cap $22.6B
87th
$22.9B
88th
$26.3B
90th
Revenue $18.6B
92nd
$17.4B
88th
$13.9B
85th
EBITDA $3.4B
90th
$3.3B
88th
$4.4B
92nd
Net income $1.9B
87th
$2.3B
90th
$3.3B
92nd
Free cash flow n/a n/a n/a
Total assets $87.2B
92nd
$71.3B
90th
$43.1B
85th
Shareholders' equity $19.1B
92nd
$19.0B
90th
$16.7B
88th
Employees 13,100
87th
22,900
92nd
5,705
62nd

Price performance

9 measures
MeasureLMKLCINF
1 day +1.6% +1.4% +2.4%
1 week +3.6% +5.1% +4.8%
1 month +2.0% +3.7% +1.4%
3 months −3.5% −6.5% −5.0%
6 months −0.6% −6.9% +2.7%
Year to date +5.8% −13.1% +6.0%
1 year +10.4% −3.4% +9.5%
3 years, cumulative +73.3% +24.4% +76.1%
5 years, cumulative +95.7% +46.2% +57.9%

Technicals

4 measures
MeasureLMKLCINF
RSI 14 62.9 68.1 63.5
From 52-week high −8.6% −16.2% −12.1%
From 52-week low +13.8% +8.6% +14.2%
Beta 0.50 0.64 0.53
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