Lowe's Companies, Inc.
Rank #75Capital ReturnLOW · NYSE · Consumer Cyclical
Lowe's Companies, Inc. (LOW) — Rank #75 by gross profitability (GP/assets 0.52) · ROE -89.5% · Piotroski F-Score 6 / 9.
As-of 2026-09-15 · CIK 0000060667 · all metrics point-in-time as of the filing date.
About
Lowe's Companies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a home improvement retailer in the United States and Canada.
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It provides a line of products for construction, maintenance, repair, remodeling, and decorating. The company also offers home improvement products, such as appliances, seasonal and outdoor living, lumber, lawn and garden, kitchens and bath, hardware, building materials, millwork, paint, rough plumbing, tools, electrical, flooring, and décor. In addition, it provides installation services through independent contractors in various product categories; and extended protection plans and repair services. Further, the company provides design, distribution, and installation services for interior surface finishes to home builders and property managers. It sells its national brand-name merchandise and private brand products to professional customers, individual homeowners, and renters. The company serves its products through Lowes.com website, mobile applications, retail home improvement stores and outlet stores, and its branches. Lowe's Companies, Inc.
was founded in 1921 and is based in Mooresville, North Carolina.
- Industry
- Home Improvement Retail
- Sector
- Consumer Cyclical
- State
- NC
- Filer Category
- Large accelerated filer
- Fiscal Year End
- January 31
- Website
- corporate.lowes.com
Price History
Company Snapshot
P/E and reverse DCF are the primary valuation lenses at this stage.
Market Cap
$109.04B
P/E (annual)
16.4
P/S (annual)
1.3
P/B
—
P/OCF (annual)
11.1
Shareholder Yield
3.8%
Employees
300,000
Industry
Home Improvement Retail
Exchange
NYSE
Signal Flags
Quality Profile
Profitability
1/1 passSafety
1/1 passCash Flow
3/3 passGrowth
2/2 passTerry Smith quality gate
Passes 2/5 Terry Smith thresholds1 of 5 threshold not computable from filed data.
What Growth Is Priced In
Implied revenue growth (10Y)
3.1%
The annual FCF growth rate today's price requires over a 10-year horizon (discount rate 10%, terminal growth 2.5%).
Buyback tailwind: -1.4% — per-share value needs a total required return of 1.6% once share-count change is priced in.
vs. own 6-year median revenue growth: 2.0%
priced above its own historyCost-of-equity sensitivity (implied growth at different discount rates)
r = 8%
-1.0%
r = 10% (base)
3.1%
r = 12%
6.5%
Net debt / market cap: 33.6%— material leverage inflates the implied growth read.
Valuation History
Current multiple vs historical range at each filing date. Band spans 25th-75th percentile.
P / E
Price / diluted EPS
P / S
Price / revenue per share
P / B
Price / book value per share
P / GP
Price / gross profit per share
P / FCF
Price / free cash flow per share
FCF yield, shareholder yield, and buyback activity are the primary reads at this stage.
Profitability
Gross profitability (GP / assets)
0.52
Primary signal (Novy-Marx).
Return on equity
-89.5%
Gross margin
33.5%
Revenue growth (YoY)
3.1%
Gross margin improving
Margin trend vs prior year.
Operating Leverage
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue vs COGS | ||||
| Revenue vs OpEx | ||||
| Op. Income vs Revenue |
Growth
Revenue CAGR (3Y)
-3.8%
Revenue CAGR (5Y)
-0.8%
Earnings CAGR (3Y)
1.1%
FCF CAGR (3Y)
4.2%
Anti-fragile safety
Balance-sheet safety
Composite anti-fragile check.
Debt / equity
—
Current ratio
1.10×
Quick ratio
0.22×
Net cash
-$36.61B
Cash & equivalents minus total debt.
Cash-flow health
Free cash flow
$7.65B
Operating cash flow minus capex.
Positive free cash flow
FCF / net income
0.15
Cash-backing of earnings.
FCF/NI divergence
Unfavorable divergence (yellow flag).
Accruals healthy
Cash-backed earnings.
SBC / revenue
0.3%
Stock-based comp intensity.
Dividend safety
Composite score
3.2 / 5
Piotroski F-Score
F-Score
6 / 9
Fundamental-strength score (0-9).