profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Lowe's
$227.73+0.12% today
-1.6% in 1 year
1-year low $179.501-year high $287.39
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2021 to 2026.
0%20% a year
You pay $19.20 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Lowe's sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $97.1 billion in 2023 to $86.3 billion in 2026, with $6.65 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Lowe's handed back 37% of the cash it generated last year.
$2.6B
Free cash flow 2026$7.7B
Bought back its own shares$211M
Paid as dividends$2.6B
Cash vs. debt$982M vs. $44.7B
Lowe's vs. similar companies
Lowe's grows the slowest of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lowe's | 19.2× · Fair price | ||
 Home Depot | 24.6× · Fair price | ||
 Wesfarmers | 31.4× · Expensive | ||
 Kingfisher | 24.8× · Fair price | ||
 Mr D.I.Y. Group (M) Berhad | 15.4× · Fair price |
Compare Lowe's with Amazon · Alibaba · Home Depot · Toyota · Tesla
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Lowe's's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 89,597 | 96,250 | 97,059 | 86,377 | 83,674 | 86,286 | |
| 29,572 | 32,056 | 32,257 | 28,844 | 27,877 | 28,885 | |
| 9,647 | 12,093 | 10,159 | 11,557 | 10,466 | 10,153 | |
| 11,241 | 13,975 | 12,177 | 13,581 | 12,597 | 12,468 | |
| 5,835 | 8,442 | 6,437 | 7,726 | 6,957 | 6,654 | |
| 7.75 | 12.04 | 10.17 | 13.20 | 12.23 | 11.85 | |
| 33.0% | 33.3% | 33.2% | 33.4% | 33.3% | 33.5% | |
| 10.8% | 12.6% | 10.5% | 13.4% | 12.5% | 11.8% | |
| 6.5% | 8.8% | 6.6% | 8.9% | 8.3% | 7.7% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 46,735 | 44,640 | 43,708 | 41,795 | 43,102 | 54,144 |
| Cash | 4,690 | 1,133 | 1,348 | 921 | 1,761 | 982 |
| Total debt | 25,670 | 28,306 | 37,994 | 40,145 | 39,678 | 44,677 |
| Total liabilities | 45,298 | 49,456 | 57,962 | 56,845 | 57,333 | 64,061 |
| 1,437 | -4,816 | -14,254 | -15,050 | -14,231 | -9,917 | |
| 750 | 699 | 631 | 584 | 568 | 560 | |
| 28.1% | 40.7% | 33.9% | 36.7% | 33.0% | 23.4% | |
| 406.1% | -175.3% | -45.2% | -51.3% | -48.9% | -67.1% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11,049 | 10,113 | 8,589 | 8,140 | 9,625 | 9,864 | |
| 1,791 | 1,853 | 1,829 | 1,964 | 1,927 | 2,213 | |
| 9,258 | 8,260 | 6,760 | 6,176 | 7,698 | 7,651 | |
| Dividends paid | 1,704 | 1,984 | 2,370 | 2,531 | 2,566 | 2,636 |
| 4,971 | 13,012 | 14,124 | 6,138 | 4,053 | 211 | |
| 155 | 230 | 223 | 210 | 221 | 247 |
Valuation
- 19.2×
- 18.1×
- 2.17
- -12.2×
- 1.5×
- 16.7×
- 13.8×
- 6.0%
- 5.2%
- 2.2%
Profitability
- 33.5%
- 11.8%
- 7.7%
- 13.0%
- 23.9%
- 32.5%
- -64.8%
- 12.1%
- 29.5%
- –
Growth
- −0.8%
- +8.9%
- −0.6%
- +15.9%
- −3.9%
Financial health
- 3.5×
- -4.51
- 77.4%
- 6.7×
- 1.08
- 0.18
- 1.61
How it ranks in Consumer Discretionary
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 6%of 981
Top 33%of 995
Bottom 49%of 858
Bottom 17%of 996
Top 44%of 982
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $288.25
- Range
- $230.00 – $325.00
- 4 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 2026 | 1.98 | 1.94 | +2.1% |
| Nov 19, 2025 | 3.06 | 2.97 | +3.0% |
| Aug 20, 2025 | 4.33 | 4.24 | +2.1% |
| May 21, 2025 | 2.92 | 2.88 | +1.4% |
| Feb 26, 2025 | 1.93 | 1.84 | +4.9% |
| Nov 19, 2024 | 2.89 | 2.81 | +2.8% |
| Aug 20, 2024 | 4.10 | 3.97 | +3.3% |
| May 21, 2024 | 3.06 | 2.94 | +4.1% |
2.2%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$22a year at today's yield, before tax
+15.9%2020 to 2025
Raised10 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$1.02 in 2015 → $4.70 in 2025
How safe it looks
39.6% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 34.5%
News
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Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
3/7Passes 3 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
68Pass
Benjamin Graham
65Pass
Philip Fisher
61Pass
Peter Lynch
32No pass
Joel Greenblatt
49No pass
Charlie Munger
57No pass
Terry Smith
56No pass
Questions about Lowe's
Is Lowe's a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers at a fair price. 3 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Lowe's AI analysis
What does Lowe's do?
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. It is in Home Improvement Retail, based in Mooresville, NC, United States, with 167,000 employees.
Does Lowe's pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 2.2% a year, about 40% of its yearly profit. In 2026 it paid out $2.64 billion in dividends.
Is Lowe's stock halal?
No. Lowe's does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 35% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Lowe's stock done over the past year?
Down 1.6% over the past twelve months, to $227.73. It traded between $179.50 and $287.39 and is 20.8% below its high.
Who are Lowe's's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Home Depot, Wesfarmers, Kingfisher and Mr D.I.Y. Group (M) Berhad. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Lowe's's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.