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

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 0.23
Total sells 13.17
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy 1 — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — — 1 — 1 — — 3 — — — —
Insider Ownership 0.00%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 109,810.00
Revenue 90,431.00
Net Income 6,643.00
Free Cash Flow 7,083.00
Net Debt 34,149.00
Current Ratio 1.10
Debt/Equity (5.05) (negative: negative equity)
P/E ratio 16.67
Fwd P/E 17.50
P/S ratio 1.22
P/B ratio 0.00
Past 5Y EPS Growth 8.86%
This Y EPS Growth (0.15%) (below 0%: weak)
Next Y EPS Growth 5.67%
Next Y revenue growth 6.78%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 4.82%

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 7.96%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 36.12%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 50.09%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 38.74%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.52
Annual Dividend Rate 6.10
Annual Dividend Yield 3.09%
total individual payouts
2029 Powerpack
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 4.90
1.20
1.20
1.25
1.25
2025 4.70
1.15
1.15
1.20
1.20
2024 4.50
1.10
1.10
1.15
1.15
2023 4.30
1.05
1.05
1.10
1.10
2022 3.70
0.80
0.80
1.05
1.05
2021 2.80
0.60
0.60
0.80
0.80
2020 2.25
0.55
0.55
0.55
0.60
2019 2.06
0.48
0.48
0.55
0.55
2018 1.78
0.41
0.41
0.48
0.48
2017 1.52
0.35
0.35
0.41
0.41
2016 1.26
0.28
0.28
0.35
0.35
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Cash 1,228 2,133 1,352 3,407
Receivables — 94 1,090 1,238
Inventory 16,894 17,409 17,300 17,737
Other 949 722 1,213 960
19,071 20,358 20,955 23,342
2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Payables 8,704 9,290 9,762 11,076
ST’ Debt 537 2,586 2,431 2,352
Other 3,478 3,952 3,795 4,194
15,568 18,757 19,463 21,132

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 3.86% (0.75%) (3.85%)
Cash Flow 7.50% (2.24%) 4.72%
Earnings 10.11% 2.69% 1.13%
Book Value 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Revenue $m

Apr Jul Oct Jan Year
’26 23,078 25,956 — — —
’26 20,930 23,959 20,813 20,584 86,286
’25 21,364 23,586 20,170 18,554 83,674
’24 22,347 24,956 20,471 18,603 86,377
’23 23,659 27,476 23,479 22,445 97,059
’22 24,422 27,570 22,918 21,340 96,250
’21 19,675 27,302 22,309 20,311 89,597
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Apr Jul Oct Jan Year
’26 3,350 3,659 — — —
’26 3,379 4,231 687 1,567 9,864
’25 4,262 3,153 1,299 911 9,625
’24 2,106 3,862 1,064 1,108 8,140
’23 2,977 3,035 2,126 451 8,589
’22 4,492 2,421 2,266 934 10,113
’21 4,450 7,302 (267) (436) 11,049
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Apr Jul Oct Jan Year
’26 2,835 3,119 — — —
’26 2,863 3,741 108 1,021 7,733
’25 3,895 2,734 760 414 7,803
’24 1,734 3,486 497 512 6,229
’23 2,644 2,700 1,741 (280) 6,805
’22 4,095 2,050 1,872 356 8,373
’21 4,147 6,941 (715) (1,025) 9,348
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Apr Jul Oct Jan Year
’26 2.90 4.27 — — —
’26 2.92 4.27 2.88 1.78 11.85
’25 3.06 4.17 2.99 1.99 12.23
’24 3.77 4.56 3.06 1.77 13.20
’23 3.51 4.67 0.25 1.58 10.17
’22 3.21 4.25 2.73 1.78 12.04
’21 1.76 3.74 0.91 1.32 7.75
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.8
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to January

Group Line 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Trend 2027e 2028e 2029e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 70.49 81.16 90.23 60.00 150.84 170.12 181.85 209.55 206.39 178.45

Analyst estimates 2027–2029

Powerpack
High 93.55 117.70 121.46 180.67 263.31 260.83 237.21 287.01 274.98 293.06
People
People Employees 290,000 310,000 300,000 320,000 340,000 340,000 307,000 284,000 270,000 276,000
Revenue/emp, $m 0.22 0.22 0.24 0.23 0.26 0.28 0.32 0.30 0.31 0.31
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 65,017 68,619 71,309 72,148 89,597 96,250 97,059 86,377 83,674 86,286
Gross margin, % 33.34 32.69 32.12 31.80 33.01 33.30 33.23 33.39 33.32 33.48
EBT 5,201 5,489 3,394 5,623 7,739 11,208 9,036 10,175 9,153 8,747
EBT margin, % 8.00 8.00 4.76 7.79 8.64 11.64 9.31 11.78 10.94 10.14
Net income 3,093 3,447 2,314 4,281 5,835 8,442 6,437 7,726 6,957 6,654
Depreciation 1,590 1,540 2,559 1,410 1,594 1,882 1,981 1,923 1,972 2,194
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 73.88 81.79 87.93 92.85 119.78 138.29 154.31 148.41 147.57 154.36
Earnings 3.48 4.09 2.84 5.49 7.77 12.07 10.20 13.23 12.25 11.87
Cash flow 6.38 6.04 7.64 5.53 14.77 14.53 13.66 13.99 16.98 17.65
Capex (1.28) (1.28) (1.35) (1.70) (2.27) (2.50) (2.84) (3.28) (3.21) (3.81)
Free cash flow 5.10 4.75 6.28 3.83 12.50 12.03 10.82 10.70 13.76 13.83
Book value 7.31 7.00 4.49 2.54 1.92 (6.92) (22.66) (25.86) (25.10) (17.74)
Shares, m 880 839 811 777 748 696 629 582 567 559
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 21.06 25.54 34.34 21.21 21.08 19.75 20.76 16.15 21.26 22.67
P/S 0.99 1.28 1.09 1.25 1.36 1.72 1.35 1.43 1.76 1.74
P/B 10.00 14.96 21.40 45.80 85.04 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
EV/Sales 1.22 1.52 1.31 1.51 1.55 1.96 1.68 1.84 2.16 2.19
EV/FCF 17.68 26.13 18.35 36.55 14.85 22.52 23.98 25.46 23.17 24.44
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 5,617 5,065 6,193 4,296 11,049 10,113 8,589 8,140 9,625 9,864
Capex (1,130) (1,078) (1,098) (1,321) (1,701) (1,740) (1,784) (1,911) (1,822) (2,131)
Free cash flow 4,487 3,987 5,095 2,975 9,348 8,373 6,805 6,229 7,803 7,733
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 26 676 (269) 136 3,596 392 1,931 3,503 1,601 1,492
Total debt 15,699 16,995 16,223 19,306 21,780 24,727 33,960 35,921 35,487 39,921
Net debt 15,041 16,305 15,494 18,430 16,584 23,323 32,228 34,693 33,354 38,569
Shareholders’ equity 6,434 5,873 3,644 1,972 1,437 (4,816) (14,254) (15,050) (14,231) (9,917)
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 9.33 9.86 6.61 11.54 13.48 18.41 14.52 18.03 16.35 13.65
ROIC 17.01 18.56 13.12 19.34 33.46 40.84 35.33 36.77 34.21 22.15
ROE 43.50 55.84 48.48 151.99 340.92 (497.72) (67.29) (52.59) (47.40) (54.96)
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Jan 2026 · latest quarter Jul 2026

Charts ten years each

Lowe's Companies, Inc. vs peers in Home Improvement Retail (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
HD The Home Depot, Inc. $307.5B 21.6× 21.5× +5.71% (above 0%: growing) +4.36% (above 0%: growing) +21.04% (above 0%: growing) 33.67% 14.29% Compare
LOW Lowe's Companies, Inc. $109.8B 16.7× 17.5× +8.34% (above 0%: growing) 0.00% −16.63% (below 0%: shrinking) 33.04% 13.67%
FND Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. $4.9B 21.0× 25.0× +2.97% (above 0%: growing) +50.85% (above 0%: growing) +1,060.85% (above 0%: growing) 48.24% 9.92% Compare
HVT.A Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. $456.9M 20.9× — −19.73% (below 0%: shrinking) +94.12% (above 0%: growing) +229.94% (above 0%: growing) 60.81% 0.00% Compare
HVT Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. $441.2M 20.2× 13.1× +7.69% (above 0%: growing) +94.12% (above 0%: growing) +989.23% (above 0%: growing) 61.42% 3.37% Compare
TTSH Tile Shop Hldgs, Inc. $158.7M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −5.74% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +243.02% (above 0%: growing) 64.01% (1.30%) Compare
LIVE Live Ventures Incorporated $24.0M — (loss-making) 2.7× −3.22% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −50.97% (below 0%: shrinking) 34.06% 4.85% Compare
Median of peers $449.0M 21.0× 17.3× −0.12% +72.49% +236.48% 54.53% 4.11%

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LOW metrics, ten years each

Lowe's Companies, Inc. (LOW) key facts

  • Concern: Net income was $6.7 billion, or $11.87 per share (basic), a net margin of 7.69%.
  • Strength: Lowe's Companies, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended January 2026) was $86.3 billion, up 3.12% from fiscal 2025.
  • Lowe's Companies, Inc. (LOW) is a Home Improvement Retail company in the Consumer Cyclical sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, LOW traded at $197.38, a market capitalization of $109.8 billion.
  • At that price the stock trades at 16.7× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 1.2× sales; its P/E is higher than 8% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • Lowe's Companies, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $6.10 per share, a yield of 3.09%, with a payout ratio of 51.6%.
  • Return on equity was −55.0% and debt-to-equity -5.05.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 6 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 3.36 (safe zone) for fiscal 2026.

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