Lowe's Companies, Inc. (LOW) vs Tile Shop Hldgs, Inc. (TTSH)

Lowe's Companies, Inc. and Tile Shop Hldgs, Inc. are both Home Improvement Retail companies. Lowe's Companies, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $109.8B against $158.7M — 691.8× the size. Tile Shop Hldgs, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Lowe's Companies, Inc. trades at 16.7×. Lowe's Companies, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 8.15% against −2.91%. Lowe's Companies, Inc. has the higher net margin (7.32% vs −1.84%) and the higher return on invested capital (24.1% vs −4.84%). Across the 20 metrics below, Lowe's Companies, Inc. leads on 13 and Tile Shop Hldgs, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric LOW TTSH Home Improvement Retail median
P/E 16.67 n/m 20.86
P/S 1.22 0.25 0.58
P/B n/m 0.94 1.46
Price to free cash flow 15.58 158.71 15.58
EV/EBITDA 11.33 13.51 8.69
EV/Sales 1.60 0.34 0.55
Earnings yield 6.00% (7.13%) 4.75%
Free cash flow yield 6.42% 0.63% 6.42%

Profitability

Metric LOW TTSH Home Improvement Retail median
Gross margin 33.08% 63.00% 44.86%
Operating margin 11.38% (2.13%) 3.34%
Net margin 7.32% (1.84%) 4.93%
Free cash flow margin 7.83% 0.16% 5.08%
Return on equity (70.33%) (5.76%) 7.62%
Return on assets 12.93% (1.96%) 3.52%
Return on invested capital 24.08% (4.84%) 7.92%

Growth

Metric LOW TTSH Home Improvement Retail median
Revenue growth (TTM) 8.15% (2.91%) 2.42%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (3.11%) (300.00%) (0.87%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (0.75%) 0.71% 4.51%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 2.69% 0.00% 1.36%

Health

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

Dividend

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

Size

Metric LOW TTSH Home Improvement Retail median
Market cap 109.81b 158.74m 456.85m

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