# Lowes Companies Inc. (LOW)

- Sector: Consumer Discretionary · Industry: Home Improvement Retail
- SEC CIK: 0000060667 ([filings on EDGAR](https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0000060667))
- Full page: https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/low
- Data as of: price 2026-09-25; newest filing used 2026-08-27; latest fiscal period ended 2026-07-31

## Grade

**C** on the growth-and-cash rubric, 3 of 5 checks passed.

| Check | Result | Now | Before |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Revenue growing overall | failed | $90.4B | $93.2B |
| Revenue growing recently | passed | $90.4B | $86.3B |
| Free cash flow positive | passed | $7B |  |
| Free cash flow growing overall | passed | $7B | $6.6B |
| Free cash flow growing recently | failed | $7B | $7.7B |

Business quality (the + / − mark): 3 of 6 checks passed.

| Check | Result | Now | Before |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Profitable | passed | 7.3% |  |
| Healthy profit margin | failed | 7.3% |  |
| Strong operating margin | failed | 11.4% |  |
| Good return on equity | failed | -67.0% |  |
| Debt under control | passed | -4.54 |  |
| Turns sales into cash | passed | 7.7% |  |

How the grade works: the letter counts failed checks (none → A, one → B, two → C, three → D, four or more → F). It is built from SEC filings only — the share price never enters it — and describes the business, not whether the stock is worth buying.

## Key figures

In US dollars, as filed.

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Revenue, trailing twelve months | $90.4B |
| Net income, trailing twelve months | $6.6B |
| Free cash flow, trailing twelve months | $7B |
| Net margin | 7.3% |
| Operating margin | 11.4% |
| Return on equity | -67.0% |
| Debt to equity | -4.54 |
| Diluted EPS, trailing twelve months | $11.83 |
| Share price | $189.28 |
| Market value | $106.2B |
| Price / earnings | 16.0x |
| Price / sales | 1.2x |

## More on this company

- [Overview](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/low)
- [Financial statements](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/low/financials)
- [Competitors](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/low/peers)
- [Earnings](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/low/earnings)

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