LOW vs. HD, WSM, FND, FBIN, ETD, HVT.A, HVT, LOVE, MIMI, and KIRK
Should you be buying Lowe's Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lowe's Companies include Home Depot (HD), Williams-Sonoma (WSM), Floor & Decor (FND), Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN), Ethan Allen Interiors (ETD), Haverty Furniture Companies (HVT.A), Haverty Furniture Companies (HVT), Lovesac (LOVE), Mint Incorporation (MIMI), and Kirkland's (KIRK). These companies are all part of the "retail - home frn" industry.
Lowe's Companies vs. Its Competitors
Lowe's Companies (NYSE:LOW) and Home Depot (NYSE:HD) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Home Depot had 64 more articles in the media than Lowe's Companies. MarketBeat recorded 106 mentions for Home Depot and 42 mentions for Lowe's Companies. Lowe's Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Home Depot's score of 1.19 indicating that Lowe's Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Lowe's Companies presently has a consensus target price of $271.12, suggesting a potential upside of 19.22%. Home Depot has a consensus target price of $426.77, suggesting a potential upside of 14.52%. Given Lowe's Companies' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Lowe's Companies is more favorable than Home Depot.
74.1% of Lowe's Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.9% of Home Depot shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Lowe's Companies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Home Depot shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Lowe's Companies pays an annual dividend of $4.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Home Depot pays an annual dividend of $9.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Lowe's Companies pays out 38.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Home Depot pays out 62.4% 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. Lowe's Companies has raised its dividend for 53 consecutive years and Home Depot has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years.
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 has a net margin of 8.98% compared to Lowe's Companies' net margin of 8.22%. Home Depot's return on equity of 242.51% beat Lowe's Companies' return on equity.
Lowe's Companies has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Home Depot has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
Summary
Home Depot beats Lowe's Companies on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:LOW) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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