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Lowe's Companies, Inc.

Lowe's Companies, Inc. trades under the ticker symbol LOW on the NYSE. This page brings together its live stock price, an interactive price chart, and key fundamentals like market capitalization, 52-week range, dividend yield, and the next earnings date, with plain-English context to help you understand what the numbers mean.

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Executive summary

About Lowe's Companies, Inc.

Lowe's is one of the two largest home improvement retailers in the United States, selling tools, appliances, building materials, and supplies to both do-it-yourself customers and professional contractors. The home improvement market is effectively a duopoly shared with Home Depot.

The business is tied to the housing cycle. Demand for renovation and maintenance tends to rise with home equity and turnover, and it can soften when interest rates are high and big-ticket projects get delayed.

Lowe's has spent recent years expanding its business with professional contractors, improving its supply chain, and growing online sales, while returning capital to shareholders through dividends and repurchases.

How does Lowe's Companies, Inc. make money?

Source: Lowe's SEC filings (10-K) and investor relations · Last reviewed June 2026

Investment case

Lowe's is a scaled home improvement retailer with leverage to the housing cycle, and the long-term question is whether professional growth and durable home maintenance demand outweigh its cyclicality.

Educational analysis from public filings. This is not a recommendation to buy or sell any security.

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Valuation in context

Sources: Lowe's 10-K (SEC EDGAR), Lowe's Investor Relations · Last reviewed June 2026

Concepts behind this investment case

Market Cap, Valuation, Dividend Yield

How management uses cash

Historically, the company has used a mix of reinvestment, buybacks, and dividends.

Reinvestment

On average, capital spending used about 22% of operating cash flow across 10 fiscal years (FY2016-FY2025) - a moderate share of the cash the business generated went back into it.

Buybacks

Reported share repurchases in 10 of the 10 fiscal years shown, totaling about $56.6B (FY2016-FY2025). The reported share count fell about 35% from FY2016 to FY2025.

Dividends

Paid a per-share dividend in each of the 10 fiscal years shown (FY2016-FY2025). The annual per-share dividend did not decline year over year in that window, rising in 9 straight year-over-year changes into FY2025. In FY2025, dividends paid totaled about $2.6B.

Debt direction

The total debt balance rose over the window: about $14.4B in FY2016 vs about $37.5B in FY2025. This describes the balance's direction, not repayments.

Cash position

As of FY2025, held about $982M in cash and equivalents vs about $37.5B of total debt - more total debt than cash at that date.

Derived from annual figures this company reported to the SEC (EDGAR XBRL company facts). Descriptive history only: not a forecast, not a rating, not investment advice.

Frequently asked questions

What is the investment case for Lowe's?

Lowe's is a scaled home improvement retailer with leverage to the housing cycle, and the long-term question is whether professional growth and durable home maintenance demand outweigh its cyclicality.

Does Lowe's have an economic moat?

Scale and brand in a concentrated two-player industry support purchasing power and consistent returns on capital.

What is the bull case for Lowe's?

Expanding the professional contractor business can support steadier sales and stronger customer loyalty.

What is the bear case for Lowe's?

Results are sensitive to interest rates, home turnover, and the willingness of consumers to fund large projects.

What are the key risks for Lowe's?

Sales are sensitive to the housing cycle, interest rates, and big-ticket discretionary spending. Competition with Home Depot is direct and constant across most product categories.

How should investors think about Lowe's's valuation?

As a cyclical retailer, Lowe's tends to be assessed against where it sits in the housing cycle and its own history. Use the company's filings rather than a third-party target when weighing valuation.

What should investors watch with Lowe's?

Comparable store sales and the growth of the professional customer mix.

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