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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

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Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
HD Home Depot	$335.36 +0.7%	$367.36	$274.26 ▼ $396.87	$329.90B	0.98	3.35 million shs	3.08 million shs
LOW Lowe's Companies	$230.26 +0.6%	$239.62	$181.85 ▼ $262.49	$131.75B	1.13	2.55 million shs	2.11 million shs

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Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
HD Home Depot	+0.02%	-4.14%	-12.26%	-8.15%	+12.12%
LOW Lowe's Companies	-0.04%	-2.80%	-7.78%	+3.98%	+9.54%

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MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
HD Home Depot	4.8172 of 5 stars	3.3	4.0	4.2	2.1	2.4	2.5	1.9
LOW Lowe's Companies	4.5182 of 5 stars	2.2	5.0	4.2	1.6	1.9	1.7	2.5

Analyst Ratings

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
HD Home Depot	2.65	Moderate Buy	$375.96	12.11% Upside
LOW Lowe's Companies	2.46	Hold	$252.52	9.67% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings

Latest HD and LOW Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
4/17/2024	HD Home Depot	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Buy	$417.00
4/16/2024	HD Home Depot	Evercore ISI Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$420.00 ➝ $415.00
4/16/2024	LOW Lowe's Companies	Evercore ISI Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	In-Line ➝ In-Line	$280.00 ➝ $275.00
4/5/2024	HD Home Depot	Guggenheim Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Buy	$390.00
4/3/2024	HD Home Depot	HSBC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Reduce ➝ Reduce	$323.00
4/3/2024	LOW Lowe's Companies	Gordon Haskett Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Accumulate ➝ Hold	$245.00
4/2/2024	HD Home Depot	Zelman & Associates Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Outperform
4/2/2024	HD Home Depot	Evercore ISI Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$420.00 ➝ $425.00
4/2/2024	LOW Lowe's Companies	Zelman & Associates Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Neutral	$265.00
4/2/2024	LOW Lowe's Companies	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$258.00 ➝ $271.00
4/1/2024	HD Home Depot	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$370.00

(Data available from 4/19/2021 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
HD Home Depot	$152.67B	2.18	$18.69 per share	17.94	$1.05 per share	319.39
LOW Lowe's Companies	$86.38B	1.53	$16.88 per share	13.64	($26.17) per share	-8.80

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
HD Home Depot	$15.14B	$15.10	22.21	20.41	2.22	9.92%	1,452.22%	19.87%	5/14/2024 (Confirmed)
LOW Lowe's Companies	$7.73B	$13.16	17.50	17.12	1.69	8.94%	-51.42%	17.55%	5/28/2024 (Estimated)

Latest HD and LOW Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
5/14/2024	N/A	HD Home Depot	$3.60	N/A	-$3.60	N/A	N/A	N/A
2/27/2024	01/31/2024	LOW Lowe's Companies	$1.68	$1.77	+$0.09	$1.77	$18.47 billion	$18.60 billion
2/20/2024	01/31/2024	HD Home Depot	$2.77	$2.82	+$0.05	$2.82	$34.64 billion	$34.79 billion

Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
HD Home Depot	$9.00	2.68%	+11.69%	59.60%	15 Years
LOW Lowe's Companies	$4.40	1.91%	+24.10%	33.43%	52 Years

Latest HD and LOW Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
3/22/2024	LOW Lowe's Companies	quarterly	$1.10	1.7%	4/23/2024	4/24/2024	5/8/2024
2/20/2024	HD Home Depot	quarterly	$2.25	2.48%	3/6/2024	3/7/2024	3/21/2024

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
HD Home Depot	40.94	1.35	0.40
LOW Lowe's Companies	N/A	1.23	0.14

Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
HD Home Depot	70.86%
LOW Lowe's Companies	74.06%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
HD Home Depot	0.10%
LOW Lowe's Companies	0.26%

Miscellaneous

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
HD Home Depot	509,300	991.02 million	990.03 million	Optionable
LOW Lowe's Companies	284,000	572.18 million	570.70 million	Optionable

HD and LOW Headlines

Source	Headline
	John G Ullman & Associates Inc. Purchases Shares of 22,375 Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE:LOW) marketbeat.com - April 19 at 4:32 PM
	Here's how Lionel Messi's assisting Lowe's ahead of Copa America 2024 suchtv.pk - April 19 at 1:36 PM
	Messi, Inter Miami and 2024 Copa America score Lowe’s sponsorship sportspromedia.com - April 19 at 1:36 PM
	Lowe's Lavished New CLO Juliette Pryor With $8M in Sign-On Bonuses law.com - April 19 at 1:36 PM
	Dividend Roundup: Johnson & Johnson, Dell, Lowe’s, Qualcomm and more msn.com - April 19 at 8:36 AM
	Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE:LOW) Receives Consensus Recommendation of "Hold" from Analysts americanbankingnews.com - April 19 at 2:18 AM
	Calamos Advisors LLC Acquires 11,379 Shares of Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE:LOW) marketbeat.com - April 18 at 4:50 PM
	Messi, Inter Miami, Copa America partner with Lowe’s, which aims to reach soccer fans msn.com - April 18 at 10:14 AM
	Lowe's goes all-in on soccer, lands superstar Lionel Messi as company spokesperson bizjournals.com - April 18 at 10:14 AM
	Lowe’s kicks off partnership with Messi. How the soccer star could help the company msn.com - April 18 at 10:14 AM
	Lowe's Teams Up with Lionel Messi, Inter Miami CF and CONMEBOL Copa América 2024 USA™ to Win Over Soccer Fans prnewswire.com - April 18 at 8:30 AM
	Lowe's (LOW) Gains As Market Dips: What You Should Know finance.yahoo.com - April 17 at 11:51 PM
	Lowe's Companies (NYSE:LOW) Price Target Cut to $275.00 by Analysts at Evercore ISI americanbankingnews.com - April 17 at 4:46 AM
	Tyche Wealth Partners LLC Buys New Position in Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE:LOW) marketbeat.com - April 16 at 7:53 PM
	Russia-Ukraine war: Zelenskiy signs new mobilisation law in effort to boost Ukraine’s exhausted forces – as it happened msn.com - April 16 at 3:15 PM
	Lowe’s employee flooded Presque Isle home 3 times, lawsuit alleges bangordailynews.com - April 16 at 3:15 PM
	Evercore ISI Cuts Lowe's Companies (NYSE:LOW) Price Target to $275.00 marketbeat.com - April 16 at 10:59 AM
	Portland clears out longstanding homeless camp behind Lowe’s pressherald.com - April 16 at 10:15 AM
	Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE:LOW) Shares Purchased by Legacy CG LLC marketbeat.com - April 15 at 4:00 PM
	Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE:LOW) Shares Sold by Vontobel Holding Ltd. marketbeat.com - April 14 at 3:04 PM
	Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE:LOW) Holdings Decreased by Mn Services Vermogensbeheer B.V. marketbeat.com - April 13 at 7:23 PM
	I worked at Lowe’s and had the rudest customer – she was not happy when I used her own words against her thesun.ie - April 13 at 1:01 AM
	NewEdge Wealth LLC Buys 12,199 Shares of Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE:LOW) marketbeat.com - April 12 at 9:03 PM
	The Best Times Of The Year For Deals & Discounts At Lowe's msn.com - April 12 at 2:59 PM

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Company Descriptions

Home Depot

NYSE:HD

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

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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