COMPANY OVERVIEW
October 2023
2023 Q3
Legal Disclaimers
Forward Looking Statements and Risk Factors. The information presented herein is generally available from public sources, including our and our
subsidiaries' earnings releases and SEC filings. We urge you to read those documents, and we specifically direct you to the forward-looking statements disclaimers and risk factors they contain. The primary purpose of this presentation is to help you understand how we view our Company and our subsidiaries, not to update our or our subsidiaries' filings or correct any forecasts - we categorically do not give guidance. Conditions faced by our various businesses may have changed - for better or worse - since the time periods reflected in this presentation and we disclaim any obligation to update the information presented herein. Any statements made in addressing our or our subsidiaries' results are not meant as an indication of the Company's or our subsidiaries' performance since the time of our or our subsidiaries' latest public filings and disclosures.
Statements contained in this presentation which are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward- looking statements are inherently uncertain and there are a number of important risk factors that could cause the actual results for each of the companies discussed in this presentation to differ from those expressed in forward-looking statements contained herein, including those risk factors discussed in detail in annual and quarterly reports and other filings made with the SEC by Loews Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries: CNA Financial Corporation and Boardwalk Pipelines. Given these risk factors, investors and analysts should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.
Non-GAAPFinancial Measures. This presentation contains financial measures that are not in accordance with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP"). Management believes some investors may find these measures useful to evaluate our and our subsidiaries' financial performance. These non-GAAP measures are reconciled to the most comparable GAAP measures herein. For additional information regarding these non-GAAP measures, please refer to the earnings release we made available with this presentation.
Where You Can Find More Information. Annual, quarterly and other reports filed with the SEC by Loews Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries: CNA Financial Corporation and Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP contain important additional information about those companies and we urge you to read this
presentation together with those filings, copies of which are available, as applicable, at the corporate websites of Loews Corporation at www.loews.comand such
subsidiaries at www.cna.comand www.bwpipelines.com, or at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
- To view the most recent SEC filings of Loews Corporation, http://ir.loews.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=102789&p=irol-sec
- To view the most recent SEC filings of CNA Financial Corporation, https://investor-relations.cna.com/financial/latest-financials
- To view the most recent SEC filings of Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP https://www.bwpipelines.com/news-and-media/sec-filings/
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Loews Corporation Overview
Loews is a diversified holding company operating in the insurance, energy, hospitality and
packaging industries.
Long-term
view,
diversified
portfolio, one class of stock
$2.3 billion Cash
& Investments
$1.8 billion Debt
$14.0 billion Market Cap
Publicly |
Traded |
Privately
Held
Property & | $8.7 billion | |||
91.7% | Net Earned Premiums | |||
Casualty | ||||
Ownership | $10.7 billion | |||
Insurance | ||||
Market Cap | ||||
Natural Gas & | 100% | $892 million | ||
NGL Midstream | Ownership | EBITDA1 | ||
Deluxe & Luxury | 100% | 16,115 System-wide | ||
Hotels | Ownership | Guest Rooms2 | ||
Rigid Plastic | 53% | $1.3 billion | ||
Packaging | Ownership | Net Sales |
Balance sheet data, ownership data and Loews Hotels room count is as of September 30, 2023, unless noted. Market cap data is as of October 27, 2023. All other data is for the year ended December 31, 2022.
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See Appendix - "Boardwalk EBITDA" for a reconciliation of net income attributable to Loews to
EBITDA, a non-GAAP measure. - See page titled "Loews Hotels & Co - Portfolio" for additional disclosure.
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Loews Investment Highlights
- Long history of conservative financial management and shareholder value creation
- Strong and consistent dividends from subsidiaries
- Prudent capital allocation strategy
- Strong liquidity with a portfolio of cash and investments in excess of parent company debt
- Focus on maintaining single-A credit ratings at parent company
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Parent Company
Overview
Loews Capital Allocation Approach
- Maintain a strong balance sheet
- Evaluate capital deployment opportunities based on risk-adjusted returns
- Continually balance the uses of Loews capital
1
Repurchase Loews shares
2
Invest in existing
subsidiaries
3
Acquire a new
subsidiary
Loews Corporation │ CNA │Boardwalk │ Hotels │ Altium | 6 |
The Loews Discount
Loews's market cap is less than its sum-of-the-parts. CNA trades at a discount to its
peers and the market seems to assign little value to the private subsidiaries.
$14.0 billion
Market
Cap
$9.8 billion Market | Trades at earnings and |
Value of Loews's Stake | BV discount to peers |
+
Net Cash1 - $500 million
+
Private Subsidiaries --
Only $3.7 billion Implied Market Value
All data is as of September 30, 2023 except market cap and implied market value data, which is as of October 27, 2023.
1. Represents Loews parent company cash and investments net of debt.
Loews Corporation │ CNA │Boardwalk │ Hotels │ Altium | 7 |
Long History of Share Repurchases
Since year-end 2014, we have retired nearly 40% of our common shares outstanding
400 | Total Shares Outstanding | ||||||||||
350 | 373 | ||||||||||
340 | 337 | 332 | |||||||||
(millions) | |||||||||||
300 | 312 | ||||||||||
291 | |||||||||||
250 | 269 | ||||||||||
248 | |||||||||||
236 | 224 | ||||||||||
200 | |||||||||||
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 9/30/23 | ||
Shares | 15 | 33 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 13 | 12 | |
Repurchased | |||||||||||
(millions) | |||||||||||
Total Cost | $622 | $1,265 | $134 | $216 | $1,026 | $1,051 | $923 | $1,132 | $738 | $704 | |
($ millions) | |||||||||||
Shares outstanding are as of the end of each period.
Loews Corporation │ CNA │Boardwalk │ Hotels │ Altium | 8 |
Working with Our Subsidiaries
While each subsidiary's experienced management team guides day-to-day operations,
Loews provides advice in several areas:
Major capital | Mid- to long-term | Hiring of senior |
allocation decisions | strategic planning | management |
Loews is a Long-Term Partner
Loews Corporation │ CNA │Boardwalk │ Hotels │ Altium | 9 |
Strong and Consistent Cash Flow
-
Div idends
from Subsidiaries1 -
Corporate
Net Investment Income (Loss)2
- All dividends are subject to declaration by the respective Boards of Directors.
- Parent company pretax net investment income (loss).
Loews Corporation │ CNA │Boardwalk │ Hotels │ Altium | 10 |
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