Lowe's Companies, Inc. (LOW)
Lowe's Companies, Inc., operates as a home improvement retailer in the United States and Canada.
Scored against other Consumer Cyclical stocks, not a fixed scale.
The quick read
Lowe's Companies is right in the middle: the good and the not-so-good roughly cancel out.
- What's working
- It's priced lower than most other retail and consumer brands, relative to its sales and profits.
- Worth watching
- The stock has been sliding and sits near the low end of its range for the year.
Analyst price target
~12-month · 33 analystsPublished targets from Wall Street analysts (public data) — what analysts expect over roughly a year. This is not a StockGlow forecast and not a recommendation. Analyst targets are frequently wrong.
About Lowe's Companies, Inc.
Lowe's Companies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a home improvement retailer in the United States and Canada. It provides a line of products for construction, maintenance, repair, remodeling, and decorating…
- Sector
- Consumer Cyclical
- Industry
- Home Improvement Retail
- Employees
- 300,000
- Headquarters
- Mooresville, NC
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What’s behind the score
Valuation
P/E 16.7 — lower than 77% of Consumer Cyclical peers
P/S 1.2 — lower than 72% of Consumer Cyclical peers
EV/EBITDA 11.8 — lower than 72% of Consumer Cyclical peers
EV/Revenue 1.7 — lower than 76% of Consumer Cyclical peers
PEG 1.3 — lower than 61% of Consumer Cyclical peers
FCF yield 4.2% — higher than 68% of Consumer Cyclical peers
Profitability & quality
Gross margin 33.0% — higher than 36% of Consumer Cyclical peers
Operating margin 13.4% — higher than 52% of Consumer Cyclical peers
Net margin 7.3% — higher than 40% of Consumer Cyclical peers
ROA 12.5% — higher than 72% of Consumer Cyclical peers
Free cash flow is 70% of reported net income
Financial health
Current ratio 1.10 — higher than 56% of Consumer Cyclical peers
Quick ratio 0.21 — higher than 16% of Consumer Cyclical peers
Cash/debt 0.08 — higher than 32% of Consumer Cyclical peers
Debt/EBITDA 3.30 — lower than 39% of Consumer Cyclical peers
Growth
Revenue growth 8.3% YoY — higher than 52% of Consumer Cyclical peers
Earnings growth 0.0% YoY — higher than 38% of Consumer Cyclical peers
Ownership & investor activity
Payout ratio 41.0% — somewhat unusual vs Consumer Cyclical peers
Net insider selling, -0.3% of insider shares
Institutions net sold, -12.9% of shares held
Insiders hold 0.1% of shares outstanding
2.1% of float sold short
Momentum
Below its 50- & 200-day averages
17% of the way from its 52-week low to high