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LOW vs. COST, TGLS, BLDR, FND, HD, MAS, PHM, TGT, WMT, and WSM

Should 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), Floor & Decor (FND), Home Depot (HD), Masco (MAS), PulteGroup (PHM), Target (TGT), Walmart (WMT), and Williams-Sonoma (WSM).

Lowe's Companies vs. Its Competitors

Lowe's Companies (NYSE:LOW) and Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ:COST) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and valuation.

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
Lowe's Companies8.20% -52.02% 15.13%
Costco Wholesale 2.94%30.09%10.69%

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 Ratio
Lowe's Companies$83.67B1.64$6.96B$12.1720.12
Costco Wholesale$275.24B1.51$8.10B$18.2151.42

In the previous week, Costco Wholesale had 75 more articles in the media than Lowe's Companies. MarketBeat recorded 115 mentions for Costco Wholesale and 40 mentions for Lowe's Companies. Lowe's Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Costco Wholesale's score of 1.12 indicating that Lowe's Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Lowe's Companies
35 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Costco Wholesale
81 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

74.1% of Lowe's Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.5% of Costco Wholesale shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Lowe's Companies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Costco Wholesale shares are held 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.

Lowe's Companies has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Costco Wholesale has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Lowe's Companies presently has a consensus price target of $282.91, indicating a potential upside of 15.56%. Costco Wholesale has a consensus price target of $1,068.15, indicating a potential upside of 14.08%. Given Lowe's Companies' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Lowe's Companies is more favorable than Costco Wholesale.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lowe's Companies
1 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58
Costco Wholesale
0 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
19 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63

Lowe's Companies pays an annual dividend of $4.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Costco Wholesale pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Lowe's Companies pays out 39.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Costco Wholesale pays out 28.6% 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 increased its dividend for 53 consecutive years and Costco Wholesale has increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years. Lowe's Companies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Costco Wholesale beats Lowe's Companies on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LOW vs. The Competition

MetricLowe's CompaniesRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$137.23B$47.11B$27.07B$21.83B
Dividend Yield1.96%3.68%172.47%3.62%
P/E Ratio20.1219.0819.6832.43
Price / Sales1.641.139.2291.26
Price / Cash15.7012.2462.2424.21
Price / Book-9.719.925.104.59
Net Income$6.96B$2.36B$911.72M$1.02B
7 Day Performance5.40%1.72%2.07%1.31%
1 Month Performance-7.85%-15.23%-3.68%-0.93%
1 Year Performance-13.08%-18.00%5.53%9.51%

Lowe's Companies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LOW
Lowe's Companies
4.7205 of 5 stars
$244.81
+0.7%
$282.91
+15.6%
-13.1%$137.23B$83.67B20.12270,000Positive News
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
COST
Costco Wholesale
4.6217 of 5 stars
$933.62
+0.4%
$1,066.23
+14.2%
+5.3%$414.53B$275.24B51.36341,000Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
TGLS
Tecnoglass
3.636 of 5 stars
$63.08
+1.6%
$89.00
+41.1%
-19.9%$2.97B$955.73M19.726,910
BLDR
Builders FirstSource
4.3807 of 5 stars
$120.41
-1.7%
$147.29
+22.3%
-37.0%$13.31B$16.40B18.2729,000News Coverage
Positive News
FND
Floor & Decor
3.8378 of 5 stars
$69.08
+3.4%
$87.53
+26.7%
-35.2%$7.44B$4.60B35.4313,690Analyst Forecast
HD
Home Depot
4.7916 of 5 stars
$379.10
+0.9%
$435.42
+14.9%
-5.6%$377.64B$165.05B25.77520,700Trending News
MAS
Masco
4.7128 of 5 stars
$65.98
+1.4%
$74.60
+13.1%
-20.8%$13.81B$7.66B17.5018,000News Coverage
Positive News
PHM
PulteGroup
4.8265 of 5 stars
$119.78
-0.2%
$136.92
+14.3%
-16.7%$23.66B$17.69B8.966,793Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Options Volume
TGT
Target
4.7717 of 5 stars
$87.40
+2.2%
$109.10
+24.8%
-42.1%$39.71B$106.57B10.18440,000Analyst Forecast
WMT
Walmart
4.5712 of 5 stars
$101.92
+0.1%
$112.38
+10.3%
+32.6%$813.74B$693.15B38.372,100,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Options Volume
WSM
Williams-Sonoma
4.1254 of 5 stars
$190.08
+4.8%
$199.11
+4.8%
+28.9%$23.14B$7.71B20.9019,600News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast

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