Lowe's Companies, Inc. (LOW) Stock

About Lowe's Companies, Inc.

Lowe's Companies, Inc. is led by CEO Marvin R. Ellison, employs 300,000 people, headquartered in Mooresville, US, publicly traded since 1980.

Lowe's Companies, Inc. (LOW) stock trades at $197.31 with a market capitalization of $110.70B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 15.79, a negative price-to-book of -14.05, reflecting negative shareholders' equity, price-to-sales of 1.16. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $178.45 and $293.06, and currently trades 32.7% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 2.67%.

On profitability, Lowe's Companies, Inc. generates a return on equity (ROE) of -71.79% (not meaningful, as shareholders' equity is negative), return on capital employed of 29.62%, an operating margin of 11.55%, a net profit margin of 7.34%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Lowe's Companies, Inc. reported annual revenue of $86.3B, net profit of $6.7B. Over the last 5 fiscal years, revenue declined at an average annual rate of 0.8%, and net profit grew at an average annual rate of 2.7%. Over that span net profit grew faster than revenue, so net margin widened.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of -5.65 (negative because shareholders' equity is negative), a current ratio of 1.08, total assets of $54.1B, $982.0M in cash and equivalents.

LOW has an average daily trading volume of 3,125,787 shares, a beta of 0.88.