Loews (L) FY2025 results: revenue $18.5 billion, up 5.4% on the year
Loews Corp. (L) reported revenue of $18.5 billion for fiscal 2025, the year ended 31 December 2025, up 5.4% on the year before. Net income was $1.7 billion, up 17.9%, and diluted earnings per share $7.97. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-K it filed with the SEC on 10 February 2026.
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The year in brief
What management said about the year
Guidance figures: 1 raised, 6 new.
- Fourth quarter net income rose to $402 million: Net income was $402 million, or $1.94 per share, against $187 million, or $0.86 per share, a year earlier. The 2024 quarter included a $265 million CNA pension charge.
- CNA core income fell on asbestos charge: CNA net income attributable to Loews was $276 million, against $19 million, or $284 million excluding the 2024 pension charge. Core income was $317 million against $342 million.
- Quarterly combined ratio rose to 93.8%: The Property and Casualty combined ratio rose 0.7 points to 93.8%, largely from a higher underlying loss ratio. The underlying combined ratio rose to 92.3% from 91.4%.
- Loss cost trends remain elevated: Management said loss cost trends driven by social inflation remain elevated, and that net investment income is expected to offset pressure on underwriting margins.
- Nine projects carry $3.3 billion capital: Boardwalk has nine projects under development with projected capital of about $3.3 billion, concentrated in two large projects.
From this 10-K
Loews is a holding company, incorporated in 1969, that owns four unrelated businesses: a commercial insurer, a natural gas and natural gas liquids pipeline group, a hotel chain, and a stake in a plastic packaging manufacturer. It has four reportable segments: the three consolidated operating subsidiaries and a Corporate segment.
The four quarters: Q1 FY2025 · Q2 FY2025 · Q3 FY2025 · Q4 FY2025
Income statement (profit and loss)
| $ million | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | On the year | Last 8 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 18,454 | 17,510 | 15,901 | +5.4% | |
| Operating income | 2,283 | 1,874 | 1,996 | +21.8% | |
| Operating margin | 12.4% | 10.7% | 12.6% | ||
| Interest expense | 437 | 441 | 376 | -0.9% | |
| Pre-tax income | 2,283 | 1,874 | 1,996 | +21.8% | |
| Income tax | 511 | 380 | 451 | +34.5% | |
| Effective tax rate | 22.4% | 20.3% | 22.6% | ||
| Net income | 1,667 | 1,414 | 1,434 | +17.9% | |
| Net margin | 9.0% | 8.1% | 9.0% | ||
| Diluted EPS | $7.97 | $6.41 | $6.29 | +24.3% |
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Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are.Cash flow
| $ million | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | On the year | Last 8 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | 3,279 | 3,025 | 3,907 | +8.4% | |
| Capital expenditure | 579 | 632 | 686 | -8.4% | |
| Free cash flow | 2,700 | 2,393 | 3,221 | +12.8% | |
| Free cash flow margin | 14.6% | 13.7% | 20.3% | ||
| Cash from investing | -2,828 | -1,975 | -2,745 | ||
| Cash from financing | -513 | -898 | -1,300 | ||
| Depreciation and amortisation | 607 | 580 | 534 | +4.7% | |
| Share-based compensation | 41.0 | 39.0 | 36.0 | +5.1% | |
| Buybacks | 806 | 608 | 849 | +32.6% | |
| Dividends paid | 52.0 | 55.0 | 57.0 | -5.5% | |
| Dividend per share | $0.25 | $0.25 | $0.25 | 0.0% | |
| Diluted shares, weighted | 209m | 221m | 228m | -5.2% |
Balance sheet
| $ million | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | On the year | Last 8 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shareholders' equity | 18,686 | 17,066 | 15,704 | +9.5% | |
| Non-controlling interest | 955 | 871 | 821 | +9.6% | |
| Debt | 8,437 | 8,939 | 7,919 | -5.6% | |
| Other liabilities | 58,270 | 55,067 | 54,753 | +5.8% | |
| Total liabilities and equity | 86,348 | 81,943 | 79,197 | +5.4% | |
| Fixed assets | 10,695 | 10,738 | 10,718 | -0.4% | |
| Goodwill | 349 | 347 | 347 | +0.6% | |
| Investments | 6,044 | 4,606 | 4,396 | +31.2% | |
| Cash and equivalents | 495 | 541 | 399 | -8.5% | |
| Other assets | 68,765 | 65,711 | 63,337 | +4.6% | |
| Total assets | 86,348 | 81,943 | 79,197 | +5.4% |
10-K for the year ended 31 December 2025, filed 10 February 2026: the filing.