Lowe's Companies Inc. (LOW)

Sector:

Retailers

Index:

S&P 100

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$ 27.24
   
  • Change Today:
    $0.14
  • 52 Week High: $32.10
  • 52 Week Low: $18.11
  • Currency: US Dollars
  • Shares Issued: 1,198.91m
  • Volume: 16,809,896
  • Market Cap: $32,658m
  • RiskGrade: 178
  • Beta: 0.75

LOW Overview

Lowe’s is a home improvement products retailer, with a specific emphasis on retail DIY and commercial business customers. Serving around 10m customers each week and operating over 950 home improvement stores in 45 states, the company is the second-largest home improvement retailer in the world.

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Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 1.9%
Div Cover 2.7
Op Mrgn 6.5%
ROCE 12.0%
Latest F'cast
P/E 19.0
PEG 27.0
Pr/Revenue 0.7
Pr/Book 2.0
Latest F'cast
Revenue 2.9%
PBT -10.0%
EPS 0.7%
DPS 26.2%

LOW Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue ($m) Pre-tax ($m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
01-Feb-08 48,283.00 4,511.00 190.00¢ 13.4 n/a -6% 29.00¢ 1.1%
30-Jan-09 48,230.00 3,506.00 151.00¢ 12.1 n/a -20% 33.50¢ 1.8%
29-Jan-10 47,220.00 2,825.00 121.00¢ 17.9 n/a -20% 35.50¢ 1.6%
28-Jan-11 48,815.00 3,228.00 142.00¢ 17.8 1.0 +17% 42.00¢ 1.7%
03-Feb-12 50,208.00 2,906.00 143.00¢ 19.0 19.0 +1% 53.00¢ 1.9%

LOW Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue ($m) Pre-tax ($m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Jan-13 50,794.67 3,419.18 182.58¢ 14.9 0.5 +28% 62.03¢ 2.3%
31-Jan-14 52,369.44 3,761.26 222.85¢ 12.2 0.6 +22% 69.80¢ 2.6%

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LOW ShareCast News

US broker round-up 22-May-2012 ShareCast
US broker round-up 16-Apr-2012 ShareCast
US broker round-up 02-Mar-2012 ShareCast

LOW Top Newspaper Links

Lowe's disappoints versus Home Depot 23-Feb-2011 Chicago Tribune
Lowe's net profit rises 19% on cost-cutting 16-Nov-2010 LA Times
Martha Stewart extends lines at Home Depot 07-Dec-2009 Chicago Tribune

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Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

Note 3: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

LOW Market Data

Currency US Dollars
Share Price $ 27.24
Change Today $ 0.14
% Change 0.52 %
52 Week High $32.10
52 Week Low $18.11
Volume 16,809,896
Shares Issued 1,198.91m
Market Cap $32,658m
Beta 0.75
RiskGrade 178

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 13
Buy 2
Neutral 12
Sell 1
Strong Sell 0
Total 28
buy
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Trades for 25-May-2012

Time Volume / Share Price
16:15 303,880 @ $27.24
16:15 200 @ $27.24
16:15 200 @ $27.23
16:15 278 @ $27.24
16:15 100 @ $27.24

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