LOW vs. HD, BLDR, FND, JCTC, COST, BABA, MCD, BKNG, TJX, and PDD
Should you be buying Lowe's Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lowe's Companies include Home Depot (HD), Builders FirstSource (BLDR), Floor & Decor (FND), Jewett-Cameron Trading (JCTC), Costco Wholesale (COST), Alibaba Group (BABA), McDonald's (MCD), Booking (BKNG), TJX Companies (TJX), and PDD (PDD). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Lowe's Companies vs.
Home Depot (NYSE:HD) and Lowe's Companies (NYSE:LOW) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Home Depot has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lowe's Companies has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Home Depot had 26 more articles in the media than Lowe's Companies. MarketBeat recorded 73 mentions for Home Depot and 47 mentions for Lowe's Companies. Home Depot's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Lowe's Companies' score of 1.07 indicating that Home Depot is being referred to more favorably in the media.
70.9% of Home Depot shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.1% of Lowe's Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Home Depot shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Lowe's Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Home Depot has higher revenue and earnings than Lowe's Companies. Lowe's Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Home Depot, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Home Depot pays an annual dividend of $9.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Lowe's Companies pays an annual dividend of $4.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Home Depot pays out 62.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lowe's Companies pays out 39.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Home Depot has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years and Lowe's Companies has increased its dividend for 53 consecutive years.
Home Depot has a net margin of 9.45% compared to Lowe's Companies' net margin of 8.19%. Home Depot's return on equity of 452.60% beat Lowe's Companies' return on equity.
Home Depot currently has a consensus price target of $426.77, indicating a potential upside of 15.92%. Lowe's Companies has a consensus price target of $271.12, indicating a potential upside of 20.51%. Given Lowe's Companies' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lowe's Companies is more favorable than Home Depot.
Home Depot received 319 more outperform votes than Lowe's Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.44% of users gave Home Depot an outperform vote while only 69.43% of users gave Lowe's Companies an outperform vote.
Summary
Home Depot beats Lowe's Companies on 17 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:LOW) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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