Stock · LOW · Consumer Cyclical
United States · Large Cap · listed since 1985 · Revenue 12 mo. $90.4B
Price as of 11/06/2026
Lowe's Companies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a home improvement retailer in the United States and Canada.
Lowe's Companies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a home improvement retailer in the United States and Canada. It provides a line of products for construction, maintenance, repair, remodeling, and decorating. The company also offers home improvement products, such as appliances, seasonal and outdoor living, lumber, lawn and garden, kitchens and bath, hardware, building materials, millwork, paint, rough plumbing, tools, electrical, flooring, and décor. In addition, it provides installation services through independent contractors in various product categories; and extended protection plans and repair services. Further, the company provides design, distribution, and installation services for interior surface finishes to home builders and property managers. It sells its national brand-name merchandise and private brand products to professional customers, individual homeowners, and renters. The company serves its products through Lowes.com website, mobile applications, retail home improvement stores and outlet stores, and its branches. Lowe's Companies, Inc. was founded in 1921 and is based in Mooresville, North Carolina.
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Summary
44.9 of 100
Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.
Analysis
What the price requires
If free cash flow stays at €6.9B (2026), it supports €76.3B. The remaining €37.8B of the market value assume it grows 5.7% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.
Required FCF growth per year
5.7%
no growth afterwards
Price to operating cash flow 13.6×, within its usual range.
Middle half of 20 quarters: 13.4× to 15.0×, median 14.1×.
Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
with respect to the priced-in expectation
Since the last quarter
Q2 → Q3 2026
6 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., Gross margin, EBIT margin, FCF margin, Net debt, Shares outstanding
Derivation
Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.
Price as of 11/06/2026.
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on equity | −64.84% | 11.07% | Rank 3 |
| Return on capital (Greenblatt) | 42.03% | 17.91% | Rank 83 |
| EBIT margin | 11.77% | 10.89% | Rank 54 |
| FCF margin | 8.87% | 8.07% | Rank 56 |
| Gross margin | 33.48% | 34.00% | Rank 48 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, 1 year | 3.12% | 5.10% | Rank 37 |
| Earnings growth, 3 years per year | 5.22% | 8.34% | Rank 44 |
| Earnings growth, 5 years per year | 8.84% | 15.10% | Rank 36 |
| Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) | 2.56% | 4.34% | Rank 25 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | 5.29% | 4.32% | Rank 61 |
| FCF yield | 6.02% | 4.17% | Rank 62 |
| EV/saleslower is better | 1.98 | 1.95 | Rank 49 |
| EV/EBITlower is better | 16.79 | 16.88 | Rank 51 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | −12.55% | −4.35% | Rank 38 |
| Share price, 6 months | −1.55% | 3.63% | Rank 35 |
| Share price, 3 months | 5.67% | 2.92% | Rank 65 |
| Distance from 52-week high | −21.87% | −15.83% | Rank 36 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals (Sloan)lower is better | 18.34% | 0.39% | Rank 0 |
| Change in share countlower is better | −1.31% | −0.37% | Rank 61 |
| Dividend streak in years | 41 | 4 | Rank 100 |
| Price reaction to results, market-adjusted | 1.79% | 0.16% | Rank 67 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity ratio | −18.32% | 40.59% | Rank 3 |
| Net debt/EBITDAlower is better | 3.47 | 0.99 | Rank 17 |
| Debt to equitylower is betterdoes not count towards the rank | −4.59 | 0.49 | |
| Volatility, 1 yearlower is better | 29.79% | 33.42% | Rank 67 |
Ten years in figures
| Year | Revenue, $B | EBIT margin | FCF, $B | Shares | Net debt, $B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 65.0 | 9.0% | 4.5 | 881M | 15.1 |
| 2018 | 68.6 | 9.6% | 3.9 | 840M | 16.3 |
| 2019 | 71.3 | 5.6% | 5.0 | 812M | 15.7 |
| 2020 | 72.1 | 8.8% | 2.8 | 778M | 23.0 |
| 2021 | 89.6 | 10.8% | 9.3 | 750M | 21.5 |
| 2022 | 96.3 | 12.6% | 8.3 | 699M | 28.3 |
| 2023 | 97.1 | 10.5% | 6.8 | 631M | 36.6 |
| 2024 | 86.4 | 13.4% | 6.2 | 584M | 39.2 |
| 2025 | 83.7 | 12.5% | 7.7 | 567M | 37.9 |
| 2026 | 86.3 | 11.8% | 7.7 | 560M | 43.7 |
3 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built
Lowe's Companies Inc mainly meets criteria in the Valuation category. Result from 18 strategies checked.
Lowe's Companies Inc is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.
3 of 7 rules met
6 of 11 points
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Selected fundamental metrics for Lowe's Companies Inc.
| Metric | Stock | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio | 18.9 | 21.6 |
| P/B ratio | −12.6 | 2.4 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | −64.8% | 11.1% |
| Equity ratio | −18.3% | 40.6% |
| Debt-to-equity (D/E) | −4.59 | 0.49 |
| Dividend yield | 2.2% | 2.2% |
How comparable stocks in the same sector score in the StockScorer model.
| Symbol | Company | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| LOW | Lowe's Companies Incthis page | |
| HD | The Home Depot Inc | Low2.7 |
| WES.AX | Wesfarmers Ltd | locked |
| KGF.L | Kingfisher PLC | locked |
| HBH.DE | Hornbach Holding Vz. | locked |
| BKNG | Booking Holdings Inc | locked |
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