Both in Insurance

Principal Financial Group vs Loews

Over the past year PFG returned +35.7% and L returned +10.6%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.41.

PFG +35.7% L +10.6%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricPFGL
Price$112.66$109.97
Market cap$23.93B$22.48B
Today−0.13%−1.23%
1 month+1.5%+4.1%
6 months+11.7%+3.6%
Year to date+27.7%+4.4%
1 year+34.1%+10.5%
Revenue growth (YoY)+6.4%+3.9%
Gross margin49.0%44.0%
Net margin10.3%9.4%
P/E (TTM)15.3×13.3×
Price / sales1.5×1.2×
Net cash$203.31B-$8.43B
Dividend yield2.98%0.23%
Volatility (60d)21.5%12.7%
Short % of float3.7%2.4%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).