NYSE:LOWLowe's Companies Stock Price, Forecast & News

Lowe's Companies' stock was trading at $99.15 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, LOW stock has increased by 55.2% and is now trading at $153.87.
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31 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lowe's Companies in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 29 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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Lowe's Companies is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 19th 2020.
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Lowe's Companies will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, August 19th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE:LOW) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May, 20th. The home improvement retailer reported $1.77 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.32 by $0.45. The home improvement retailer earned $19.68 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $18.33 billion. Lowe's Companies had a net margin of 6.17% and a return on equity of 220.44%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 10.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.22 EPS.
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Lowe's Companies declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 28th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, July 22nd will be paid a dividend of $0.55 per share on Wednesday, August 5th. This represents a $2.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.43%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, July 21st.
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31 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Lowe's Companies' stock. Their forecasts range from $106.00 to $187.00. On average, they expect Lowe's Companies' stock price to reach $148.40 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.6%.
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Media coverage about LOW stock has been trending extremely negative on Thursday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Lowe's Companies earned a news sentiment score of -4.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the home improvement retailer a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future.
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Lowe's Companies saw a increase in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totaling 10,610,000 shares, an increase of 15.7% from the January 15th total of 9,170,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,660,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.9 days. Currently, 1.4% of the company's shares are short sold.
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Some companies that are related to Lowe's Companies include Home Depot (HD), Floor & Decor (FND), Builders FirstSource (BLDR), Travis Perkins (TVPKF), BMC Stock (BMCH), Lumber Liquidators (LL), Jewett-Cameron Trading (JCTCF), Latitude 360 (LATX) and Wisdom Homes of America (WOFA).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Lowe's Companies investors own include Home Depot (HD), Visa (V), NVIDIA (NVDA), Walt Disney (DIS), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), AT&T (T), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Cisco Systems (CSCO), AbbVie (ABBV) and Intel (INTC).

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 investors include Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.06%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.42%), Swiss National Bank (0.40%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.30%), Prudential Financial Inc. (0.28%) and New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.23%). Company insiders that own Lowe's Companies stock include Brian C Rogers, Donald Frieson, Jennifer L Weber, Lisa W Wardell, Marshall A Croom, Marvin R Ellison and Matthew V Hollifield.
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LOW stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Viking Global Investors LP, M&G Investment Management Ltd., First Trust Advisors LP, DAVENPORT & Co LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., ANTIPODES PARTNERS Ltd, Allen Investment Management LLC, and M&T Bank Corp. Company insiders that have sold Lowe's Companies company stock in the last year include Jennifer L Weber, and Matthew V Hollifield.
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LOW stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Broad Peak Investment Holdings Ltd., SG Americas Securities LLC, MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, Ensign Peak Advisors Inc, AJO LP, Bank of Montreal Can, and Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC. Company insiders that have bought Lowe's Companies stock in the last two years include Brian C Rogers, 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 Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of LOW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $153.87.

Lowe's Companies has a market capitalization of $116.17 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 320,000 workers across the globe.

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

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]