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Lowe's Companies LOW

$188.62
−$2.74 (-1.43%)
Market open · Sep 24, 1:10 pm ET
After hours $191.14 -0.11%
Open$191.30
Prev close$191.36
Day range$187.50 – $192.69
Volume1.30M
Market cap$105.82B
P/E (TTM)15.9
Dividend yield2.57%

Price chart

Daily bars for up to one year, weekly bars for the 5-year view. Averages are 50/200 trading days (10/40 weeks on the 5-year view).

LOW at a glance

Shares of Lowe's Companies are down 1.43% at $188.62. The company is worth $105.82B, number 147 out of 300 on our list.

It is close to the bottom of its 52-week range ($187.50 to $289.87), 34.9% under the high. Holders are behind 25.2% over twelve months, and down 14.3% across the last three months.

On the chart it has slipped under both the 50-day ($207.94) and 200-day ($231.87) moving averages; RSI is 36, and the last 30 sessions moved at roughly 20% annualized volatility.

In the quarter ended Jul 2026 the company brought in $25.96B of revenue, up 8.3% from a year earlier, with $2.40B of net profit (a 7.3% margin).

Valuation works out to 15.9 times trailing earnings, 17% below its five-year average of 19.2. The median for its industry group is 36.2.

21 analysts follow the stock and the average call is "buy". The mean target, $255.28, sits 35.3% over where the stock trades.

This summary is put together from the numbers on the page and updates when they do. It describes the data; it is not a forecast or a recommendation.

Lowe's Companies: the business

Lowe's is the second-largest U.S. home improvement chain, with growing sales to professional customers.

What tends to move it. Housing activity, mortgage rates and spending on repairs and projects shape same-store sales.

Written by hand by the BeStock desk and revised when a business changes. See how we work. Spot something out of date? Tell us.

Performance

Price return over each window, from adjusted daily and weekly closes

1 day
-1.4%
1 week
-2.8%
1 month
-13.1%
3 months
-14.3%
6 months
-18.7%
Year to date
-20.6%
1 year
-25.2%
Day range
$187.50$192.69
52-week range
$187.50$289.87

Technical signals

Full technicals →
Trend readStrong downtrend

0 bullish · 7 bearish of 7 signals

IndicatorValueSignal
Price vs 20-day average-5.3%Bearish
Price vs 50-day average-9.3%Bearish
Price vs 200-day average-18.7%Bearish
50-day vs 200-day50d below 200dBearish
RSI (14)36.4Bearish
MACD (12,26,9)-4.98Bearish
Bollinger band position2%Bearish

Standard indicator readings worked out from daily closes. They describe how the price has behaved, not where it is going.

Key statistics

Bid / Ask$188.52 / $188.59
Average price today$189.10
Volume1.30MAvg (90d) 3.10M
Turnover$246.53M
Turnover rate0.23%of shares outstanding
Volume ratio0.64vs. recent average pace
Day amplitude2.71%
Market cap$105.82B
Float market cap$105.59B
Shares outstanding559.80M
EPS (TTM)$11.85
P/E (TTM)15.94
P/B-14.23
Book value / share-$13.26
Earnings yield-0.89%
Dividend (TTM)$4.85 / shareYield 2.57%
Net profit (TTM)$6.65B
Net assets-$7.44B
30-day volatility20.4%annualized
Avg daily range (ATR)2.23%of price, 14 days
Max drawdown (1y)-32.8%-33.6% from 1y peak

Quote as of Sep 24, 2026 1:10 pm ET. Prices can lag the live tape. This is background information, not a recommendation.

How LOW ranks on BeStock

Market value#147 of 300
P/E (cheapest = 1)#53 of 283
Dividend yield#79 of 244
Closeness to 52-week high#281 of 300
Dollar volume today#140 of 300

Ranks are among the 300 or so U.S.-listed stocks BeStock covers, recalculated whenever prices refresh. A row is left out when the measure does not apply, such as yield for a stock that pays no dividend.

Latest reported quarter: Q2, ended Jul 2026

Revenue$25.96B+8.3% YoY
Operating profit$3.55B+2.3% YoY
Net profit$2.40B+0.0% YoY
Diluted EPS$4.27+0.0% YoY
Free cash flow$3.12B-16.6% YoY
Operating cash flow$3.66B

Revenue, last 8 quarters

$20.2BOct '24$18.6BJan '25$20.9BMay '25$24.0BJul '25$20.8BOct '25$20.6BJan '26$23.1BApr '26$26.0BJul '26

Net profit, last 8 quarters

$1.7BOct '24$1.1BJan '25$1.6BMay '25$2.4BJul '25$1.6BOct '25$1.0BJan '26$1.6BApr '26$2.4BJul '26

Profitability & balance sheet

Gross margin33.1%
Operating margin11.4%
Net margin7.3%
Return on assets12.9%
Current ratio1.10
Liabilities / assets113.3%
Cash & investments$3.17B
Total debt$41.29B
Net cash (debt)-$38.12B
Free cash flow / sales7.7%

Where the revenue comes from

Quarter 2027/Q2

By business line

  • Retail Home Improvement$24.02B 92.5%
  • Other$1.94B 7.5%
Average move on report day±2.7%last 15 reports
Closed higher8 of 1553% of the time
Best reaction+4.0%
Worst reaction-5.6%

Stock move on the day after each report

-4.6%2025/Q3+1.9%2025/Q4-1.7%2026/Q1+0.3%2026/Q2+4.0%2026/Q3-5.6%2026/Q4+1.2%2027/Q1+2.0%2027/Q2

"Implied move" is the size of move the options market was pricing ahead of the report. Move is the stock’s change on the first session after the release.

Valuation

Multiples measured against the stock's own five-year history

Valuation detail →
Price / earnings16.4x
CheapRich

Near the bottom of its 5-year range · 12th percentile, 5-year average 19.2x

#1243 of 2974 stocks by PE (1 = cheapest)

Price / book-14.7x
CheapRich

Below its usual level · 24th percentile, 5-year average -45.3x

Price / sales1.2x
CheapRich

Near the bottom of its 5-year range · 4th percentile, 5-year average 1.5x

#1791 of 5139 stocks by PS (1 = cheapest)

P/E over five years

14x17x21x24xSep '21Mar '24Sep '26

Dashed line is the 5-year average; the shaded band is one standard deviation either side.

Morningstar fair value estimate

Fair value$255.00
Price vs. fair value-26.0%Trading below the estimate
Star rating★★★★☆
Economic moatWide
UncertaintyMedium

Analyst view

All ratings →
ConsensusBuy
Analysts21
Average target$255.28+35.3% vs. price
  • Buy 71%
  • Hold 29%
Low $230.00Now $188.62Avg $255.28High $275.00

Latest rating actions

  • 15 Sep 2026Goldman SachsBUY · PT $270.00
  • 9 Sep 2026BernsteinBUY · PT $254.00
  • 24 Aug 2026StifelHOLD
  • 24 Aug 2026CitiBUY · PT $260.00
  • 23 Aug 2026Morgan StanleyBUY · PT $258.00

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Ownership detail →
Institutional ownership80.2%-0.28 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding2,957-15 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)10 buys / 10 sellsBalanced
Short interest1.64% of floatDays to cover 2.6 · as of 31 Aug 2026
Short-sale volume share7.3%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

4%8%12%17%Aug '26Sep '26Sep '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$124.28M (3 inflow days, 17 outflow days).

Dividends

Dividend yield (TTM)2.57%
Upcoming dividend$1.25Ex-date 21 Oct 2026
Next-to-last$1.25
Payments on file40

Dividends paid per share, by year

1.7820182.0620192.2520202.8020213.7020224.3020234.5020244.702025

Across the full calendar years shown, the annual payout grew by roughly 14.9% a year.

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LOW stock: common questions

Where is LOW trading right now?

$188.62 is the latest print for LOW, a move of -1.43% against yesterday's close of $191.36. Today's low and high so far: $187.50 and $192.69.

How big is Lowe's Companies?

Equity value comes to $105.82B at the current price. By that measure it is number 147 of the 300 names in our coverage.

How is Lowe's Companies valued against its profits?

Buyers pay 15.9 times the last twelve months of profit (EPS $11.85). Averaged over five years the multiple has been 19.2, and today's level ranks in the 12th percentile of its own history.

Where does LOW sit in its 52-week range?

The year's floor is $187.50 and the ceiling $289.87. Shares are 34.9% away from that ceiling.

Does LOW send cash back through a dividend?

It does. Payouts over the past twelve months work out to a 2.57% yield; the latest ex-dividend date was July 22, 2026.

What is the analyst view on Lowe's Companies?

Of 21 analysts, 71% say buy, 29% hold and 0% sell. Price targets average $255.28, with the most cautious at $230.00 and the most optimistic at $275.00.

What does Lowe's Companies do?

Lowe's is the second-largest U.S. home improvement chain, with growing sales to professional customers.

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