Lowe's Companies - LOW Stock Forecast, Price & News

27 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lowe's Companies in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 11 hold ratings and 14 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" LOW shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in LOW, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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27 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Lowe's Companies' shares. Their LOW share price forecasts range from $159.00 to $275.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $224.81 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 14.3% from the stock's current price.
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Lowe's Companies' stock was trading at $199.24 at the beginning of the year. Since then, LOW stock has decreased by 1.3% and is now trading at $196.63.
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Lowe's Companies saw a decline in short interest in February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 9,940,000 shares, a decline of 7.4% from the February 13th total of 10,730,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,070,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.2 days. Approximately 1.7% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 17th 2023.
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Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE:LOW) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, March, 1st. The home improvement retailer reported $2.28 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.21 by $0.07. The home improvement retailer earned $22.40 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $22.71 billion. Lowe's Companies had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 82.30% and a net margin of 6.63%. The business's revenue was up 5.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.78 EPS.
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Lowe's Companies declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, November 11th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, January 25th will be paid a dividend of $1.05 per share on Wednesday, February 8th. This represents a $4.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.14%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, January 24th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Lowe's Companies (NYSE:LOW) stock in their portfolio include VanEck Retail ETF (RTH), iShares U.S. Consumer Focused ETF (IEDI), Invesco BuyBack Achievers ETF (PKW), iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF (ITB), Global X Millennials Consumer ETF (MILN), 2ndVote Life Neutral Plus ETF (LYFE), Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLY) and Emerge EMPWR Sustainable Select Growth Equity ETF (EMGC).

Lowe's Companies (NYSE:LOW) pays an annual dividend of $4.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.13%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 49 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 41.96%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, LOW will have a dividend payout ratio of 27.85% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Lowe's Companies declared that its board has initiated a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, December 15th 2021, which authorizes the company to buyback $13,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 7.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Lowe's Companies updated its FY24 earnings guidance on Wednesday, March, 1st. The company provided EPS guidance of $13.60-$14.00 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $13.84. The company issued revenue guidance of $88.0-$90.0 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $90.66 billion.

2,818 employees have rated Lowe's Companies Chief Executive Officer Marvin Ellison on Glassdoor.com. Marvin Ellison has an approval rating of 62% among the company's employees. This puts Marvin Ellison in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Lowe's Companies investors own include Home Depot (HD), NVIDIA (NVDA), Visa (V), 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 number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Morgan Stanley (1.88%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.77%), Norges Bank (1.18%), Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC (0.82%), Legal & General Group Plc (0.68%) and Franklin Resources Inc. (0.58%). Insiders that own company stock include David H Batchelder, Donald Frieson, Ross W Mccanless and Seemantini Godbole.
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Shares of LOW stock 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 $196.63.

Lowe's Companies (NYSE:LOW) has a market capitalization of $122.05 billion and generates $97.06 billion in revenue each year. The home improvement retailer earns $6.44 billion in net income (profit) each year or $10.01 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 340,000 workers across the globe.

Lowe's Companies' mailing address is 1000 LOWE`S BLVD, MOORESVILLE NC, 28117. The official website for the company is www.lowes.com. The home improvement retailer can be reached via phone at (704) 758-1000, via email at investorrelations@lowes.com, or via fax at 704-757-0576.