Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Home Improvement
Lowe's Companies, Inc. LOW
$180.80 -0.87% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $101.38B
Low risk
Next earnings report: Nov 18, 2026
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Three things to know
- At 15.3× trailing earnings, the shares trade at the lowest P/E of the company's past five years.
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 14 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +2.8%).
- Net debt is 3.2× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth46Neutral
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 32%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 44%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 33%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 22%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 23%
Quality60Neutral
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 9%
- Gross marginBottom 44%
- Operating marginTop 30%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 34%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 42%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 44%
- Interest coverTop 38%
Value76Positive
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 29%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 41%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 43%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 42%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 8%
Momentum21Very weak
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 28%
- 6-month returnBottom 19%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 28%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 33%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 18%
Revisions82Strong
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 35%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 3%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 31%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 38%
Stability82Strong
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 20%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 28%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 44%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 6.2% | 8.2% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -2.1% | -2.9% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 33.5% | 33.1% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 12.4% | 11.4% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 9.2% | 7.7% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 8.2% | 6.2% | ↑ | Top 32% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -2.9% | -2.1% | ↓ | Bottom 44% |
| Gross margin | 33.1% | 33.5% | ↓ | Bottom 44% |
| Operating margin | 11.4% | 12.4% | ↓ | Top 30% |
| Net margin | 7.3% | 8.2% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 7.7% | 9.2% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 20.6% | — | Top 9% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -3.8% | — | Bottom 22% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.39×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -4.7%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.3%
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 3.19×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 6.5×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 2.66%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.31%
- Shareholder yield
- 2.97%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.0%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -1.4%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jul 31, 2026 (filed Aug 27, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 14
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +2.8%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 2 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $250.11
- Target vs current price
- +38.3%
- Analysts with a rating
- 51
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 61%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 2026 | +4.3% | +2.0% | -0.5% | -10.0% | — |
| May 20, 2026 | +2.0% | +1.2% | -0.7% | -0.5% | +0.0% |
| Feb 25, 2026 | +2.1% | -5.6% | -7.5% | -15.9% | -20.7% |
| Nov 19, 2025 | +3.0% | +4.0% | +8.4% | +12.9% | +28.1% |
| Aug 20, 2025 | +2.1% | +0.3% | +0.8% | +4.5% | -8.4% |
| May 21, 2025 | +1.4% | -1.7% | -2.9% | -8.8% | +9.0% |
| Feb 26, 2025 | +4.9% | +1.9% | -1.0% | -4.8% | -6.2% |
| Nov 19, 2024 | +2.8% | -4.6% | +1.3% | -5.2% | -7.7% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 2026 | $4.40 | $4.22 | +4.3% | $25.96B |
| May 20, 2026 | $3.03 | $2.97 | +2.0% | $23.08B |
| Feb 25, 2026 | $1.98 | $1.94 | +2.1% | $20.58B |
| Nov 19, 2025 | $3.06 | $2.97 | +3.0% | $20.81B |
| Aug 20, 2025 | $4.33 | $4.24 | +2.1% | $23.96B |
| May 21, 2025 | $2.92 | $2.88 | +1.4% | $20.93B |
| Feb 26, 2025 | $1.93 | $1.84 | +4.9% | $18.55B |
| Nov 19, 2024 | $2.89 | $2.81 | +2.8% | $20.17B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 15.3× | 19.3× | 0th | Top 29% |
| P/E (forward) | 14.7× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 11.5× | — | — | Top 43% |
| EV / Sales | 1.55× | — | — | Bottom 42% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 6.90% | — | — | Top 41% |
| Earnings yield | 6.54% | — | — | Top 29% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 15.4× – 22.8× since Jul 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -27.1%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -2.9%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -17.3%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -4.0%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.0%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -11.8%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -21.9%
- RSI (14)
- 25.4
- Relative volume
- 0.83×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 25.0%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 50th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.77
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.46
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -37.1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -37.1%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 2026 | Oct 2, 2026 | -37.1% | 159 days | Not yet recovered |
| Dec 10, 2021 | Jun 16, 2022 | -34.3% | 129 days | 569 days (Sep 23, 2024) |
| Oct 16, 2024 | Jun 18, 2025 | -25.8% | 167 days | 162 days (Feb 10, 2026) |
| Oct 16, 2020 | Nov 18, 2020 | -17.4% | 23 days | 54 days (Feb 8, 2021) |
| Feb 8, 2021 | Mar 4, 2021 | -14.2% | 17 days | 11 days (Mar 19, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $101.38B
- P/E (TTM)
- 15.3
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $11.83
- Revenue (TTM)
- $90.43B
- Dividend yield
- 3.37%
- 52-week range
- $179.21 – $293.06
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $96.25B | $97.06B | $86.38B | $83.67B | $86.29B |
| Gross profit | $32.06B | $32.26B | $28.84B | $27.88B | $28.89B |
| Operating income | $12.09B | $10.16B | $11.56B | $10.47B | $10.15B |
| Net income | $8.44B | $6.44B | $7.73B | $6.96B | $6.65B |
| EPS (diluted) | $12.03 | $10.17 | $13.20 | $12.23 | $11.85 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $20.17B | $18.55B | $20.93B | $23.96B | $20.81B | $20.59B | $23.08B | $25.96B |
| Net income | $1.70B | $1.12B | $1.64B | $2.40B | $1.62B | $999.0M | $1.63B | $2.40B |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.99 | $2.00 | $2.92 | $4.27 | $2.88 | $1.78 | $2.90 | $4.27 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $10.11B | $8.59B | $8.14B | $9.63B | $9.86B |
| Capital expenditure | -$1.85B | -$1.83B | -$1.96B | -$1.93B | -$2.21B |
| Free cash flow | $8.26B | $6.76B | $6.18B | $7.70B | $7.65B |
| Dividends paid | -$1.98B | -$2.37B | -$2.53B | -$2.57B | -$2.64B |
| Net share buybacks | -$13.01B | -$14.12B | -$6.14B | -$4.05B | -$62.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $3.41B
- Total assets
- $55.88B
- Total liabilities
- $63.32B
- Total debt
- $42.02B
- Net debt
- $38.85B
- Shareholders’ equity
- -$7.44B
As of Jul 31, 2026 (filed Aug 27, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 2026 | $1.25 | Nov 4, 2026 |
| Jul 22, 2026 | $1.25 | Aug 5, 2026 |
| Apr 22, 2026 | $1.20 | May 6, 2026 |
| Jan 21, 2026 | $1.20 | Feb 4, 2026 |
| Oct 22, 2025 | $1.20 | Nov 5, 2025 |
| Jul 23, 2025 | $1.20 | Aug 6, 2025 |
| Apr 23, 2025 | $1.15 | May 7, 2025 |
| Jan 22, 2025 | $1.15 | Feb 5, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 9,399,130
- Days to cover
- 3.17
- Change vs previous report
- +2.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jul 3, 2006
- 2-for-1
- Jul 2, 2001
- 2-for-1
- Jun 29, 1998
- 2-for-1
- Apr 4, 1994
- 2-for-1
- Jun 29, 1992
- 2-for-1