Lowe's Companies Stock Forecast, Price & News

33 Wall Street equities 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 equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" Lowe's Companies stock.
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Lowe's Companies saw a decrease in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 7,360,000 shares, a decrease of 19.3% from the March 15th total of 9,120,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 4,020,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.8 days. Approximately 1.0% of the company's stock 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) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February, 23rd. The home improvement retailer reported $1.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.21 by $0.12. The home improvement retailer had revenue of $20.31 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $19.54 billion. Lowe's Companies had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 211.33% and a net margin of 6.29%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company 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 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, LOW stock has increased by 103.2% and is now trading at $201.52.
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Lowe's Companies declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, March 19th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, April 21st will be given a dividend of $0.60 per share on Wednesday, May 5th. This represents a $2.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.19%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, April 20th.
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Lowe's Companies pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.21%. 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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33 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Lowe's Companies' shares. Their forecasts range from $135.00 to $240.00. On average, they expect Lowe's Companies' stock price to reach $182.12 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 9.6%.
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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), 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 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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Chicago Capital LLC (0.05%), Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.05%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.04%), Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP MA (0.04%), Royal London Asset Management Ltd. (0.04%) and Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.04%). Company insiders that own Lowe's Companies stock include David H Batchelder, 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 FDx Advisors Inc., Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Smith Shellnut Wilson LLC ADV, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Royal London Asset Management Ltd., Pensionfund Sabic, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, and Farmers & Merchants Trust Co of Chambersburg PA.
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LOW stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Fulton Breakefield Broenniman LLC, Everence Capital Management Inc., Brendel Financial Advisors LLC, Carnegie Capital Asset Management LLC, First Financial Bank Trust Division, American National Bank, Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP MA, and Calamos Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have bought Lowe's Companies stock in the last two years include David H Batchelder, 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 $201.52.

Lowe's Companies has a market capitalization of $144.54 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]