Lowe's Companies (LOW) Competitors $257.18 +1.65 (+0.65%) Closing price 09/26/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$258.10 +0.92 (+0.36%) As of 09/26/2025 07:59 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock LOW vs. COST, TGLS, BLDR, FBIN, FND, HD, MAS, TGT, WMT, and WSMShould you be buying Lowe's Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lowe's Companies include Costco Wholesale (COST), Tecnoglass (TGLS), Builders FirstSource (BLDR), Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN), Floor & Decor (FND), Home Depot (HD), Masco (MAS), Target (TGT), Walmart (WMT), and Williams-Sonoma (WSM). Lowe's Companies vs. Its Competitors Costco Wholesale Tecnoglass Builders FirstSource Fortune Brands Innovations Floor & Decor Home Depot Masco Target Walmart Williams-Sonoma Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ:COST) and Lowe's Companies (NYSE:LOW) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation and risk. Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of COST or LOW? 68.5% of Costco Wholesale shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.1% of Lowe's Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Costco Wholesale shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Lowe's Companies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Do analysts rate COST or LOW? Costco Wholesale currently has a consensus target price of $1,069.58, suggesting a potential upside of 16.77%. Lowe's Companies has a consensus target price of $285.50, suggesting a potential upside of 11.01%. Given Costco Wholesale's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Costco Wholesale is more favorable than Lowe's Companies.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Costco Wholesale 0 Sell rating(s) 10 Hold rating(s) 17 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.63Lowe's Companies 1 Sell rating(s) 9 Hold rating(s) 16 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.58 Which has stronger valuation & earnings, COST or LOW? Costco Wholesale has higher revenue and earnings than Lowe's Companies. Lowe's Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Costco Wholesale, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioCostco Wholesale$275.24B1.48$8.10B$18.2150.30Lowe's Companies$83.67B1.72$6.96B$12.1721.13 Which has more volatility & risk, COST or LOW? Costco Wholesale has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lowe's Companies has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Is COST or LOW a better dividend stock? Costco Wholesale pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Lowe's Companies pays an annual dividend of $4.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Costco Wholesale pays out 28.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lowe's Companies pays out 39.4% 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. Costco Wholesale has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years and Lowe's Companies has raised its dividend for 53 consecutive years. Lowe's Companies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth. Is COST or LOW more profitable? Lowe's Companies has a net margin of 8.20% compared to Costco Wholesale's net margin of 2.94%. Costco Wholesale's return on equity of 30.09% beat Lowe's Companies' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Costco Wholesale2.94% 30.09% 10.69% Lowe's Companies 8.20%-52.02%15.13% Does the media refer more to COST or LOW? In the previous week, Costco Wholesale had 184 more articles in the media than Lowe's Companies. MarketBeat recorded 222 mentions for Costco Wholesale and 38 mentions for Lowe's Companies. Lowe's Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Costco Wholesale's score of 0.81 indicating that Lowe's Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Costco Wholesale 119 Very Positive mention(s) 24 Positive mention(s) 38 Neutral mention(s) 14 Negative mention(s) 3 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Lowe's Companies 28 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 6 Neutral mention(s) 2 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive SummaryCostco Wholesale beats Lowe's Companies on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Lowe's Companies News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for LOW and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 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Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart LOW vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricLowe's CompaniesRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$144.23B$49.47B$27.41B$21.56BDividend Yield1.87%3.41%172.49%3.54%P/E Ratio21.1320.8120.4829.51Price / Sales1.721.228.5060.58Price / Cash16.5013.3117.6418.12Price / Book-10.2110.505.204.61Net Income$6.96B$2.36B$876.68M$1.00B7 Day Performance-1.41%-3.80%-1.14%-0.56%1 Month Performance-0.52%5.37%2.16%1.82%1 Year Performance-3.73%-8.81%14.44%12.19% Lowe's Companies Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)LOWLowe's Companies4.7428 of 5 stars$257.18+0.6%$285.50+11.0%-3.7%$144.23B$83.67B21.13270,000Positive NewsDividend IncreaseCOSTCostco Wholesale4.687 of 5 stars$942.59-0.9%$1,056.67+12.1%+3.4%$418.06B$254.45B53.47333,000Trending NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionTGLSTecnoglass3.1759 of 5 stars$70.080.0%$89.00+27.0%-1.6%$3.29B$955.73M21.896,910BLDRBuilders FirstSource4.4232 of 5 stars$121.94-1.8%$151.88+24.6%-39.3%$13.48B$16.40B18.5029,000Positive NewsFBINFortune Brands Innovations4.4809 of 5 stars$54.60-2.1%$75.45+38.2%-39.9%$6.55B$4.61B17.1611,000Positive NewsFNDFloor & Decor3.5568 of 5 stars$81.22-2.6%$87.82+8.1%-37.7%$8.74B$4.60B41.6313,690HDHome Depot4.7708 of 5 stars$413.39-0.6%$435.00+5.2%+2.7%$411.70B$159.51B28.10520,700Trending NewsMASMasco4.7842 of 5 stars$71.29-1.3%$74.60+4.6%-15.7%$14.93B$7.66B18.9218,000Positive NewsTGTTarget4.9794 of 5 stars$86.77-1.5%$112.69+29.9%-43.3%$39.42B$105.64B10.11440,000WMTWalmart4.6581 of 5 stars$102.90+0.6%$112.03+8.9%+29.3%$820.94B$693.15B38.712,100,000Trending NewsInsider TradeWSMWilliams-Sonoma3.9658 of 5 stars$196.57-0.8%$199.11+1.3%+30.6%$23.95B$7.71B21.6319,600Trending NewsDividend AnnouncementInsider TradeGap Down Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Costco Wholesale Competitors Tecnoglass Competitors Builders FirstSource Competitors Fortune Brands Innovations Competitors Floor & Decor Competitors Home Depot Competitors Masco Competitors Target Competitors Walmart Competitors Williams-Sonoma Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:LOW) was last updated on 9/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersStrange crypto pattern discovered by 40-person research teamSomething unusual is happening inside a 40-person crypto research firm. 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