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

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 stock has increased by 54.1% and is now trading at $152.78.
View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

30 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 28 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
View analyst ratings for Lowe's Companies.

Lowe's Companies is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 19th 2020.
View our earnings forecast for Lowe's Companies.

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) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May, 20th. The home improvement retailer reported $1.77 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.32 by $0.45. The home improvement retailer had revenue of $19.68 billion for 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 company's revenue for the quarter was up 10.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.22 earnings per share.
View Lowe's Companies' earnings history.

Lowe's Companies announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 28th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, July 22nd will be given a dividend of $0.55 per share on Wednesday, August 5th. This represents a $2.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.44%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, July 21st.
View Lowe's Companies' dividend history.

30 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for Lowe's Companies' shares. Their forecasts range from $106.00 to $187.00. On average, they anticipate Lowe's Companies' share price to reach $143.89 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.8%.
View analysts' price targets for Lowe's Companies.

Press coverage about LOW stock has trended very positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Lowe's Companies earned a news sentiment score of 4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the home improvement retailer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.
View the latest news about Lowe's Companies.

Lowe's Companies saw a drop in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 7,600,000 shares, a drop of 5.4% from the July 15th total of 8,030,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 5,160,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.5 days. Currently, 1.0% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
View Lowe's Companies' Short Interest.

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).
View all competitors.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Lowe's Companies investors own include Home Depot (HD), Visa (V), Walt Disney (DIS), NVIDIA (NVDA), Alibaba Group (BABA), AT&T (T), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Intel (INTC) and Micron Technology (MU).

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 shareholders include Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.42%), Swiss National Bank (0.40%), New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.23%), Coho Partners Ltd. (0.23%), Viking Global Investors LP (0.23%) and M&G Investment Management Ltd. (0.18%). 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.
View institutional ownership trends for Lowe's Companies.

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, M&T Bank Corp, and Coho Partners Ltd.. Company insiders that have sold Lowe's Companies company stock in the last year include Jennifer L Weber, and Matthew V Hollifield.
View insider buying and selling activity for Lowe's Companies.

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, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Cannell Peter B & Co. Inc., Bessemer Group Inc., and Jennison Associates 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.
View insider buying and selling activity for Lowe's Companies.

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 $152.78.

Lowe's Companies has a market capitalization of $115.35 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]