LLoews CorporationStock — Financial
Yield
0.22%
$0.25 indicated at $112.01
Dividend
$0.0625/qtr
Paid Sep 1, 2026; same $0.0625 every quarter shown back through 2021
Payout ratio
3.1%
Trailing, per StockAnalysis
Pays
Quarterly
1.7M shares repurchased for $177M in H1 2026
House verdict
Covered thirty times over — but 0.22% is a token. A $0.0625 quarterly dividend at a 3.08% trailing payout — the lowest payout in the library. Loews returns capital through buybacks (1.7 million shares, $177 million, in the first half of 2026), not the dividend; the $0.25 a year is a formality.
Key risk: The dividend is not the return mechanism — a holder waiting on the payout waits forever.
Changes if: The buyback program pauses, or the dividend is raised to a meaningful rate.
- ✓Covered by earnings 3.08% trailing payout, per StockAnalysis.
- !Token yield 0.22% at the Oct 23 close — a formality, not income.
- ✓Buyback return 1.7M shares, $177M repurchased in H1 2026.
What this grade doesn't say: It screens the dividend only — covered, real, compounding. It says nothing about valuation or price: a well-covered payer can still be overpriced, and its price can still fall.