Lowe's Companies, Inc.

LOW Consumer Cyclical Home Improvement Retail

Lowe's Companies, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended January 2026) was $86.3 billion, up 3.12% from fiscal 2025. In the quarter to July 2026, revenue grew 8.34%, EPS was flat, free cash flow fell 16.6% and total debt rose 8.16%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for twenty-five consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

197.38 1.66 +0.85%
Market cap
$109.8B
P/E
16.7×
Fwd P/E
17.5×
Dividend yield
3.09%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
3.36
Beneish M
7.25
Dividend safety
83/100

Lowe's Companies, Inc. (LOW) Debt to equity

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Lowe's Companies, Inc.'s debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 31 July 2026 was −5.0×, down 1.0× from fiscal 2026 (−4.0×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −5.1× (fiscal 2022) to 15.2× (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 17% of that period. That is below the Home Improvement Retail industry median of 0.2× and below the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 0.2×.

Debt to equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2026 −4.0× —
FY2025 −2.5× —
FY2024 −2.4× —
FY2023 −2.4× —
FY2022 −5.1× —
FY2021 15.2× 54.82%
FY2020 9.8× 119.90%
FY2019 4.5× 53.85%
FY2018 2.9× 18.60%
FY2017 2.4× 47.65%

Quarterly newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
Jul 2026 −5.0× —
Apr 2026 −4.1× —
Jan 2026 −4.0× —
Oct 2025 −3.8× —
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −5.1× High 15.2×
Ten-year median 1.4×
Current reading's percentile 17

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
LOW Lowe's Companies, Inc. −5.0×
HVT Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. compare 0.0×
FND Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. compare 0.1×
TTSH Tile Shop Hldgs, Inc. compare 0.2×
HVT.A Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. compare 0.7×
LIVE Live Ventures Incorporated compare 1.7×
HD The Home Depot, Inc. compare 3.2×
Home Improvement Retail industry median 0.2×
Consumer Cyclical sector median 0.2×
Market median 0.1×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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