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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
BABA Alibaba Group	$119.52 -0.4%	$116.19	$79.21 ▼ $148.43	$285.03B	0.17	21.12 million shs	6.24 million shs
COST Costco Wholesale	$994.16 +1.4%	$971.19	$867.16 ▼ $1,078.23	$440.89B	0.96	2.20 million shs	1.64 million shs
HD Home Depot	$402.03 -1.3%	$371.82	$326.31 ▼ $439.37	$399.99B	1	3.54 million shs	3.25 million shs
LOW Lowe's Companies	$257.24 +0.3%	$227.78	$206.38 ▼ $287.01	$144.17B	0.89	2.71 million shs	3.98 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
BABA Alibaba Group	-1.11%	-2.03%	-0.13%	-2.78%	+43.09%
COST Costco Wholesale	+0.15%	-1.05%	+3.14%	-4.34%	+12.44%
HD Home Depot	+2.92%	+2.56%	+13.05%	+9.58%	+11.89%
LOW Lowe's Companies	+2.13%	+4.53%	+16.92%	+12.73%	+5.35%

Compare MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
BABA Alibaba Group	4.646 of 5 stars	4.4	3.0	1.7	0.0	3.8	0.8	3.1
COST Costco Wholesale	4.3159 of 5 stars	2.3	3.0	3.3	1.5	3.9	2.5	1.3
HD Home Depot	4.5092 of 5 stars	2.4	3.0	4.2	2.1	3.8	2.5	1.3
LOW Lowe's Companies	4.5227 of 5 stars	2.3	3.0	4.2	1.6	3.4	2.5	1.9

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
BABA Alibaba Group	2.85	Moderate Buy	$159.67	33.59% Upside
COST Costco Wholesale	2.63	Moderate Buy	$1,050.00	5.62% Upside
HD Home Depot	2.81	Moderate Buy	$432.52	7.58% Upside
LOW Lowe's Companies	2.58	Moderate Buy	$271.68	5.61% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest HD, LOW, BABA, and COST Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/20/2025	HD Home Depot	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$420.00 ➝ $450.00
8/20/2025	HD Home Depot	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$435.00 ➝ $450.00
8/20/2025	HD Home Depot	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$415.00 ➝ $430.00
8/20/2025	HD Home Depot	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$460.00 ➝ $452.00
8/20/2025	HD Home Depot	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$425.00 ➝ $450.00
8/19/2025	HD Home Depot	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Buy	$450.00
8/19/2025	HD Home Depot	Telsey Advisory Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$455.00
8/18/2025	HD Home Depot	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$425.00 ➝ $432.00
8/18/2025	LOW Lowe's Companies	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Hold ➝ Hold	$240.00 ➝ $265.00
8/13/2025	HD Home Depot	Telsey Advisory Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$455.00
8/13/2025	HD Home Depot	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$417.00 ➝ $433.00

(Data available from 8/20/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
BABA Alibaba Group	$137.30B	2.08	$10.64 per share	11.23	$62.23 per share	1.92
COST Costco Wholesale	$254.45B	1.73	$21.53 per share	46.17	$53.28 per share	18.66
HD Home Depot	$159.51B	2.51	$19.38 per share	20.75	$6.68 per share	60.18
LOW Lowe's Companies	$83.67B	1.72	$15.98 per share	16.10	($25.20) per share	-10.21

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
BABA Alibaba Group	$17.93B	$7.45	16.04	12.87	1.79	13.03%	13.64%	8.05%	8/21/2025 (Estimated)
COST Costco Wholesale	$7.37B	$17.63	56.39	50.49	6.09	2.92%	30.48%	10.52%	9/25/2025 (Estimated)
HD Home Depot	$14.81B	$14.74	27.27	25.77	3.75	8.98%	242.51%	15.45%	N/A
LOW Lowe's Companies	$6.96B	$12.07	21.31	20.51	2.37	8.22%	-49.12%	15.07%	8/20/2025 (Estimated)

Latest HD, LOW, BABA, and COST Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/29/2025	Q1 2026	BABA Alibaba Group	$2.13	N/A	N/A	N/A	$35.28 billion	N/A
8/20/2025	Q2 2026 & Acquisition	LOW Lowe's Companies	$4.25	$4.33	+$0.08	$4.27	$23.99 billion	N/A
8/19/2025	Q2 2026	HD Home Depot	$4.69	$4.68	-$0.01	$4.58	$45.43 billion	$45.28 billion
5/29/2025	Q3 2025	COST Costco Wholesale	$4.24	$4.28	+$0.04	$4.28	$62.93 billion	$63.21 billion
5/21/2025	Q1 2026	LOW Lowe's Companies	$2.88	$2.92	+$0.04	$2.92	$21.09 billion	$20.93 billion
5/20/2025	Q1 2026	HD Home Depot	$3.59	$3.56	-$0.03	$3.45	$39.24 billion	$39.86 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
BABA Alibaba Group	$0.95	0.79%	N/A	12.75%	N/A
COST Costco Wholesale	$5.20	0.52%	N/A	29.50%	22 Years
HD Home Depot	$9.20	2.29%	N/A	62.42%	16 Years
LOW Lowe's Companies	$4.80	1.87%	N/A	39.77%	53 Years

Latest HD, LOW, BABA, and COST Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/15/2025	COST Costco Wholesale	quarterly	$1.30	0.55%	8/1/2025	8/1/2025	8/15/2025
5/30/2025	LOW Lowe's Companies	quarterly	$1.20	2.13%	7/23/2025	7/23/2025	8/6/2025
5/22/2025	HD Home Depot	quarterly	$2.30	2.51%	6/5/2025	6/5/2025	6/18/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
BABA Alibaba Group	0.19	1.55	1.55
COST Costco Wholesale	0.21	1.02	0.52
HD Home Depot	5.95	1.09	0.28
LOW Lowe's Companies	N/A	1.01	0.19

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
BABA Alibaba Group	13.47%
COST Costco Wholesale	68.48%
HD Home Depot	70.86%
LOW Lowe's Companies	74.06%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
BABA Alibaba Group	12.50%
COST Costco Wholesale	0.18%
HD Home Depot	0.10%
LOW Lowe's Companies	0.27%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
BABA Alibaba Group	124,320	2.38 billion	2.09 billion	Optionable
COST Costco Wholesale	333,000	443.48 million	442.68 million	Optionable
HD Home Depot	520,700	994.93 million	993.93 million	Optionable
LOW Lowe's Companies	270,000	560.44 million	558.93 million	Optionable

HD, LOW, BABA, and COST Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Lowe’s targets $85.5B sales and deepens Pro market reach with $8.8B FBM acquisition while pausing buybacks through 2027

1 hour ago | msn.com

Lowe's Companies, Inc. (LOW) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

2 hours ago | seekingalpha.com

Lowe's Q2 Earnings Beat, Comps Rise Y/Y, View Revised on ADG Inclusion

3 hours ago | zacks.com

Lowe's Companies (NYSE:LOW) Price Target Raised to $265.00

3 hours ago | marketbeat.com

Lowe's raises 2025 forecast while consumers still 'waiting for more confidence' on bigger projects

4 hours ago | finance.yahoo.com

Lowe's Beats Expectations, Raises Guidance, Spends $8.8 Billion To Boost Pro Customer Offerings

5 hours ago | benzinga.com

Lowe's (LOW) Tops Earnings Estimates on Pro and DIY Strength

5 hours ago | zacks.com

Lowe's: How To Read A Macro Story Disguised As An Earnings Report

5 hours ago | seekingalpha.com

Lowe's (LOW) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

5 hours ago | fool.com

Lowe's Q2 Sales Rise FBM Deal Announced

August 20 at 11:11 AM | fool.com

Lowe's Raises Outlook as Profit Jumps on Pro and DIY Demand

August 20 at 11:01 AM | investopedia.com

Lowe's Buys Foundation Building Materials for $8.8 Billion

August 20 at 10:39 AM | pymnts.com

2 Retail Stocks With Opposing Post-Earnings Reactions

August 20 at 10:31 AM | schaeffersresearch.com

Lowe's Raises Outlook, Expands Pro Reach With $8.8 Billion Acquisition

August 20 at 9:32 AM | benzinga.com

RWA Wealth Partners LLC Has $17.64 Million Holdings in Lowe's Companies, Inc. $LOW

August 20 at 8:23 AM | marketbeat.com

Lowe's shares set to climb on $8.8bn Foundation Building Materials deal, earnings beat

August 20 at 8:22 AM | proactiveinvestors.com

Lowe's (LOW) Q2 Earnings Top Estimates

August 20 at 8:11 AM | zacks.com

Korea Investment CORP Has $90.04 Million Stock Position in Lowe's Companies, Inc. $LOW

August 20 at 7:58 AM | marketbeat.com

Lowe’s to buy Foundation Building Materials for US$8.8 billion to boost contractor business

August 20 at 7:54 AM | msn.com

American Securities and CD&R to sell Foundation Building Materials to Lowe’s for $8.8bn

August 20 at 7:54 AM | pehub.com

Lowe’s shares rise as Q2 earnings top estimates, raises revenue outlook

August 20 at 7:54 AM | investing.com

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HD, LOW, BABA, and COST Company Descriptions

Alibaba Group NYSE:BABA

$119.52 -0.47 (-0.39%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$119.58 +0.06 (+0.05%)

As of 04:16 PM Eastern

Alibaba Group Holding Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides technology infrastructure and marketing reach to help merchants, brands, retailers, and other businesses to engage with their users and customers in the People's Republic of China and internationally. The company operates through seven segments: China Commerce, International Commerce, Local Consumer Services, Cainiao, Cloud, Digital Media and Entertainment, and Innovation Initiatives and Others. It operates Taobao, a digital retail platform; Tmall, a third-party online and mobile commerce platform; Alimama, a monetization platform; 1688.com and Alibaba.com, which are online wholesale marketplaces; AliExpress, a retail marketplace; Lazada, Trendyol, and Daraz that are e-commerce platforms; Freshippo, a retail platform for groceries and fresh goods; and Tmall Global, an import e-commerce platform. The company also operates Cainiao Network logistic services platform; Ele.me, an on-demand delivery and local services platform; Koubei, a restaurant and local services guide platform; and Fliggy, an online travel platform. In addition, it offers pay-for-performance, in-feed, and display marketing services; and Taobao Ad Network and Exchange, a real-time online bidding marketing exchange. Further, the company provides elastic computing, storage, network, security, database, big data, and IoT services; and hardware, software license, software installation, and application development and maintenance services. Additionally, it operates Youku, an online video platform; Quark, a platform for information search, storage, and consumption; Alibaba Pictures and other content platforms that provide online videos, films, live events, news feeds, literature, music, and others; Amap, a mobile digital map, navigation, and real-time traffic information app; DingTalk, a business efficiency mobile app; and Tmall Genie smart speaker. The company was incorporated in 1999 and is based in Hangzhou, the People's Republic of China.

Costco Wholesale NASDAQ:COST

$994.16 +13.31 (+1.36%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

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$993.02 -1.15 (-0.12%)

As of 04:16 PM Eastern

Costco Wholesale Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the operation of membership warehouses in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Japan, the United Kingdom, Korea, Australia, Taiwan, China, Spain, France, Iceland, New Zealand, and Sweden. The company offers branded and private-label products in a range of merchandise categories. It offers merchandise, such as sundries, dry groceries, candies, coolers, freezers, deli, liquor, and tobacco; appliances, electronics, health and beauty aids, hardware, garden and patio products, sporting goods, tires, toys and seasonal products, office supplies, automotive care products, postages, tickets, apparel, small appliances, furniture, domestics, housewares, special order kiosks, and jewelry; and meat, produce, service deli, and bakery products. The company also operates gasoline, pharmacies, optical, food courts, hearing-aid centers, and tire installation centers; and offers business delivery, travel, grocery, and various other services online. It also operates e-commerce websites. The company was formerly known as Costco Companies, Inc. and changed its name to Costco Wholesale Corporation in August 1999. Costco Wholesale Corporation was founded in 1976 and is based in Issaquah, Washington.

Home Depot NYSE:HD

$402.03 -5.17 (-1.27%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$401.18 -0.86 (-0.21%)

As of 04:16 PM Eastern

The Home Depot, Inc. operates as a home improvement retailer in the United States and internationally. It sells various building materials, home improvement products, lawn and garden products, and décor products, as well as facilities maintenance, repair, and operations products. The company also offers installation services for flooring, water heaters, bath, garage doors, cabinets, cabinet makeovers, countertops, sheds, furnaces and central air systems, and windows. In addition, it provides tool and equipment rental services. The company primarily serves homeowners; and professional renovators/remodelers, general contractors, maintenance professionals, handymen, property managers, and building service contractors, as well as specialty tradesmen, such as electricians, plumbers, and painters. It sells its products through websites, including homedepot.com; homedepot.ca and homedepot.com.mx; blinds.com, justblinds.com, and americanblinds.com for custom window coverings; thecompanystore.com, an online site for textiles and décor products; hdsupply.com for maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) products and related services; and The Home Depot stores. The Home Depot, Inc. was incorporated in 1978 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Lowe's Companies NYSE:LOW

$257.24 +0.88 (+0.34%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$257.12 -0.13 (-0.05%)

As of 04:15 PM Eastern

Lowe's Companies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a home improvement retailer in the United States. The company offers a line of products for construction, maintenance, repair, remodeling, and decorating. It also provides home improvement products, such as appliances, seasonal and outdoor living, lawn and garden, lumber, kitchens and bath, tools, paint, millwork, hardware, flooring, rough plumbing, building materials, décor, and electrical. In addition, the company offers installation services through independent contractors in various product categories; and extended protection plans and repair services. It sells its national brand-name merchandise and private brand products to professional customers, homeowners, renters, businesses, and government. The company also sells its products through Lowes.com website; and through mobile applications. Lowe's Companies, Inc. was founded in 1921 and is based in Mooresville, North Carolina.

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