Lowe's Companies Stock Forecast, Price & News

33 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lowe's Companies in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 30 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" Lowe's Companies stock.
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Lowe's Companies saw a decline in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 9,090,000 shares, a decline of 20.0% from the December 31st total of 11,360,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 5,070,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.8 days. Currently, 1.2% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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Lowe's Companies is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 19th 2021.
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Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE:LOW) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February, 23rd. The home improvement retailer reported $1.33 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.21 by $0.12. Lowe's Companies had a net margin of 6.29% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 211.33%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.94 earnings per share.
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Lowe's Companies' stock was trading at $99.15 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, LOW shares have increased by 63.2% and is now trading at $161.77.
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Lowe's Companies announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, November 13th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, January 20th will be given a dividend of $0.60 per share on Wednesday, February 3rd. This represents a $2.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.48%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, January 19th.
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Lowe's Companies pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.50%. Lowe's Companies has been increasing its dividend for 47 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Lowe's Companies is 41.96%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Lowe's Companies will have a dividend payout ratio of 26.12% next year. This indicates that Lowe's Companies will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Lowe's Companies updated its FY21 earnings guidance on Wednesday, December, 9th. The company provided EPS guidance of $8.62-8.72 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $6.66. The company issued revenue guidance of +22% (implies $88 billion), compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $74.91 billion.

33 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Lowe's Companies' stock. Their forecasts range from $106.00 to $215.00. On average, they expect Lowe's Companies' share price to reach $174.09 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.6% from the stock's current price.
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2,818 employees have rated Lowe's Companies CEO Marvin Ellison on Glassdoor.com. Marvin Ellison has an approval rating of 62% among Lowe's Companies' employees. This puts Marvin Ellison in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Some companies that are related to Lowe's Companies include The Home Depot (HD), Floor & Decor (FND), Builders FirstSource (BLDR), Travis Perkins (TVPKF), Lumber Liquidators (LL), Jewett-Cameron Trading (JCTCF), Wisdom Homes of America (WOFA) and Latitude 360 (LATX).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Lowe's Companies investors own include The Home Depot (HD), NVIDIA (NVDA), Visa (V), The Walt Disney (DIS), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), AT&T (T), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Walmart (WMT), Intel (INTC) and AbbVie (ABBV).

Lowe's Companies trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "LOW."

Lowe's Companies' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include FMR LLC (4.14%), Northern Trust Corp (1.29%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.01%), Nuveen Asset Management LLC (0.97%), Lazard Asset Management LLC (0.89%) and Morgan Stanley (0.79%). Company insiders that own Lowe's Companies stock include Donald Frieson, Jennifer L Weber, Lisa W Wardell, Marvin R Ellison, Matthew V Hollifield and Ross W Mccanless.
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LOW stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Sei Investments Co., Boston Partners, Renaissance Technologies LLC, and Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
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LOW stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Maj Invest Holding A S, Lazard Asset Management LLC, Morgan Stanley, Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC, Sage Financial Management Group Inc., PGGM Investments, and Vontobel Holding Ltd.. Company insiders that have bought Lowe's Companies stock in the last two years include Donald Frieson, Lisa W Wardell, and Marvin R Ellison.
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Shares of LOW can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of LOW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $161.77.

Lowe's Companies has a market capitalization of $118.53 billion and generates $72.15 billion in revenue each year. The home improvement retailer earns $4.28 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.72 on an earnings per share basis.

Lowe's Companies employs 300,000 workers across the globe.

Lowe's Companies was founded in 1946.

The official website for Lowe's Companies is www.lowes.com.

Lowe's Companies is headquartered at 1000 LOWE`S BLVD, MOORESVILLE NC, 28117.

Lowe's Companies' mailing address is 1000 LOWE`S BLVD, MOORESVILLE NC, 28117. The home improvement retailer can be reached via phone at 704-758-1000 or via email at [email protected]