Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. (FND) vs Lowe's Companies, Inc. (LOW)

Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. and Lowe's Companies, Inc. are both Home Improvement Retail companies. Lowe's Companies, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $109.8B against $4.9B — 22.5× the size. Lowe's Companies, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 16.7× against 21.0×. Lowe's Companies, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 8.15% against 2.42%. Lowe's Companies, Inc. has the higher net margin (7.32% vs 4.93%) and the higher return on invested capital (24.1% vs 7.92%). Across the 21 metrics below, Lowe's Companies, Inc. leads on 12 and Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric FND LOW Home Improvement Retail median
P/E 21.05 16.67 20.86
P/S 1.04 1.22 0.58
P/B 1.95 n/m 1.46
Price to free cash flow 23.07 15.58 15.58
EV/EBITDA 8.69 11.33 8.69
EV/Sales 1.01 1.60 0.55
Earnings yield 4.75% 6.00% 4.75%
Free cash flow yield 4.34% 6.42% 6.42%

Profitability

Metric FND LOW Home Improvement Retail median
Gross margin 44.86% 33.08% 44.86%
Operating margin 6.37% 11.38% 3.34%
Net margin 4.93% 7.32% 4.93%
Free cash flow margin 4.49% 7.83% 5.08%
Return on equity 9.69% (70.33%) 7.62%
Return on assets 4.17% 12.93% 3.52%
Return on invested capital 7.92% 24.08% 7.92%

Growth

Metric FND LOW Home Improvement Retail median
Revenue growth (TTM) 2.42% 8.15% 2.42%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 1.05% (3.11%) (0.87%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 14.07% (0.75%) 4.51%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 1.36% 2.69% 1.36%

Health

Metric FND LOW Home Improvement Retail median
Debt to equity 0.08 (5.05) 0.17
Current ratio 1.33 1.10 1.33
Net debt to EBITDA (0.10) 3.12 1.45

Dividend

Metric FND LOW Home Improvement Retail median
Dividend yield — 3.09% —
Payout ratio — 0.52 —

Size

Metric FND LOW Home Improvement Retail median
Market cap 4.87b 109.81b 456.85m

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