Lowe's Companies (LOW) Stock Forecast & Price Target

$188.36 -0.38 (-0.20%)

Closing price 10/14/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

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Lowe's Companies - Analysts' Recommendations and Stock Price Forecast (2026)

Consensus Rating

Moderate Buy

Based on 37 Analyst Ratings

Sell
2

Hold
12

Buy
23

Based on 37 Wall Street analysts who have issued ratings for Lowe's Companies in the last 12 months, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy." Out of the 37 analysts, 2 have given a sell rating, 12 have given a hold rating, 22 have given a buy rating, and 1 has given a strong buy rating for LOW.

Consensus Price Target

$254.29
35.00% Upside

According to the 37 analysts' twelve-month price targets for Lowe's Companies, the average price target is $254.29. The highest price target for LOW is $293.00, while the lowest price target for LOW is $190.00. The average price target represents a forecasted upside of 35.00% from the current price of $188.36.

MarketBeat calculates consensus analyst ratings for stocks using the most recent rating from each Wall Street analyst that has rated a stock within the last twelve months. Each analyst's rating is normalized to a standardized rating score of 1 (sell), 2 (hold), 3 (buy) or 4 (strong buy). Analyst consensus ratings scores are calculated using the mean average of the number of normalized sell, hold, buy and strong buy ratings from Wall Street analysts. Each stock's consensus analyst rating is derived from its calculated consensus ratings score (0 to .5 = Strong Sell, .5 to 1 = Sell, 1 to 1.5 = Reduce, 1.5 to 2.5 = Hold, 2.5 to 3.0 = Moderate Buy, 3.0 to 3.5 = Buy, >3.5 = Strong Buy). MarketBeat's consensus price targets are a mean average of the most recent available price targets set by each analyst that has set a price target for the stock in the last twelve months. MarketBeat's consensus ratings and consensus price targets may differ from those calculated by other firms due to differences in methodology and available data.

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LOW Analyst Ratings Over Time

Type	Current Forecast 10/15/25 to 10/15/26	1 Month Ago 9/15/25 to 9/15/26	3 Months Ago 7/17/25 to 7/17/26	1 Year Ago 10/15/24 to 10/15/25
Strong Buy	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)
Buy	22 Buy rating(s)	23 Buy rating(s)	23 Buy rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)
Hold	12 Hold rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)
Sell	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Sell rating(s)	1 Sell rating(s)
Consensus Price Target	$254.29	$257.63	$264.57	$282.91
Forecasted Upside	35.00% Upside	32.35% Upside	26.85% Upside	17.02% Upside
Consensus Rating	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy

LOW Analyst Recommendations By Month

The chart below shows how a company's ratings by analysts have changed over time. Each bar represents the previous year of ratings for that month. Within each bar, the sell ratings are shown in red, the hold ratings are shown in yellow, the buy ratings are shown in green, and the strong buy ratings are shown in dark green.

LOW Price Targets by Month

The chart below shows how a company's share price and consensus price target have changed over time. The dark blue line represents the company's actual price. The lighter blue line represents the stock's consensus price target. The even lighter blue range in the background of the two lines represents the low price target and the high price target for each stock.

Lowe's Companies Stock vs. The Competition

Type	Lowe's Companies	Consumer Discretionary Companies	Broader Market
Consensus Rating Score	2.59	2.20	2.53
Consensus Rating	Moderate Buy	Hold	Moderate Buy
Predicted Upside	35.00% Upside	254.93% Upside	19.52% Upside
News Sentiment Rating	Positive News See Recent LOW News	Positive News	Positive News

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Date	Brokerage	Analyst	Action	Rating	Price Target	Report Date Upside/Downside
10/6/2026	Evercore 3 of 5 stars		Set Target		$190.00	+4.14%
10/6/2026	Melius Research 4 of 5 stars		Set Target		$244.00	+33.74%
9/24/2026	Gordon Haskett 2 of 5 stars		Downgrade	Buy ➝ Hold	$200.00	+4.52%
9/21/2026	Guggenheim Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Steven Forbes Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$275.00	+42.91%
9/9/2026	Sanford C. Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Zhihan Ma Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Lower Target	Outperform	$261.00 ➝ $254.00	+26.49%
8/20/2026	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Reiterated Rating	Overweight
8/20/2026	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Steven Zaccone Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Lower Target	Buy	$267.00 ➝ $260.00	+17.79%
8/20/2026	Telsey Advisory Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Joseph Feldman Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Lower Target	Outperform	$280.00 ➝ $260.00	+20.04%
8/20/2026	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Scot Ciccarelli Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Lower Target	Buy	$255.00 ➝ $254.00	+16.63%
8/20/2026	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Michael Lasser Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Lower Target	Buy	$285.00 ➝ $275.00	+26.07%
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8/20/2026	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Max Rakhlenko Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$235.00	+8.27%
8/20/2026	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Steven Shemesh Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Reiterated Rating	Sector Perform	$231.00	+7.24%
8/20/2026	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Bradley B. Thomas Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Reiterated Rating	Overweight	$275.00	+24.58%
8/20/2026	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	David Bellinger Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Lower Target	Outperform	$280.00 ➝ $250.00	+13.26%
8/19/2026	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Michael Baker Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Reiterated Rating	Neutral	$245.00	+11.03%
8/17/2026	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Downgrade	Hold (C) ➝ Hold (C-)
8/13/2026	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Peter Keith Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Lower Target	Overweight	$276.00 ➝ $274.00	+26.94%
8/11/2026	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Zachary Fadem Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Lower Target	Overweight	$255.00 ➝ $245.00	+12.17%
7/31/2026	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Christopher Horvers Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Lower Target	Overweight	$279.00 ➝ $252.00	+20.97%
5/21/2026	Wolfe Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Set Target		$254.00	+14.80%
5/21/2026	HSBC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Lower Target	Hold	$260.00 ➝ $220.00	+1.58%
5/21/2026	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Lower Target	Buy	$300.00 ➝ $293.00	+35.28%
5/21/2026	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Lower Target	Buy	$305.00 ➝ $278.00	+28.44%
5/21/2026	BNP Paribas Exane Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Lower Target	Underperform	$228.00 ➝ $202.00	-6.64%
5/21/2026	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Elizabeth Suzuki Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Lower Target	Neutral	$260.00 ➝ $257.00	+16.16%
5/21/2026	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Peter Benedict Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Lower Target	Outperform	$320.00 ➝ $270.00	+22.03%
5/18/2026	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	W. Andrew Carter Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Lower Target	Hold	$270.00 ➝ $220.00	-0.61%
5/18/2026	Oppenheimer Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Brian Nagel Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Lower Target	Outperform	$315.00 ➝ $275.00	+25.84%
5/12/2026	Craig Hallum Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Upgrade	Buy
5/12/2026	William Blair Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Initiated Coverage	Overweight
5/12/2026	BTIG Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Downgrade	Reduce
5/12/2026	Raymond James Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Downgrade	Market Perform
5/12/2026	Benchmark Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Initiated Coverage	Hold
3/10/2026	KGI Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Initiated Coverage	Neutral	$255.00	+1.16%
3/2/2026	Argus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Boost Target	Buy	$286.00 ➝ $288.00	+14.34%
2/26/2026	Rothschild & Co Redburn Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Boost Target	Buy	$280.00 ➝ $290.00	+10.34%
1/7/2026	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Seth Sigman Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Upgrade	Equal Weight ➝ Overweight	$285.00	+15.63%
12/12/2024	Wedbush Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Reiterated Rating	Neutral	$250.00 ➝ $250.00	-6.69%

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Should I Buy Lowe's Companies Stock? LOW Pros and Cons Explained

These pros and cons were generated based on recent news and financial data from MarketBeat in order to provide readers with the fastest and most accurate insights. They were last updated on Monday, October 12, 2026. Please send any questions or comments about these Lowe's Companies pros and cons to contact@marketbeat.com.

Lowe's Companies
Bull Case

Here are some ways that investors could benefit from investing in Lowe's Companies, Inc.:

The stock is currently trading at $185.74, which is near its 52-week low of $178.45, offering a potential entry point for value-oriented investors who believe the market has overreacted to recent housing concerns.
Lowe's Companies, Inc. recently beat earnings expectations, reporting $4.40 in earnings per share for the quarter compared to the consensus estimate of $4.22, demonstrating strong operational performance and profitability resilience.
The company offers a dividend yield of 2.69%, providing a steady income stream for investors, with a recent quarterly dividend of $1.25 per share scheduled to be paid on November 4th.
Analysts maintain a "Moderate Buy" consensus rating with an average price target of $255.97, suggesting significant upside potential from the current price level as Wall Street remains optimistic about the company's long-term outlook.
Recent institutional activity shows confidence in the stock, with firms like Farther Finance Advisors LLC increasing their stake by 33.7% and Douglas Lane & Associates LLC adding 12,470 shares during the third quarter.

Lowe's Companies
Bear Case

Investors should be bearish about investing in Lowe's Companies, Inc. for these reasons:

The stock has experienced a significant decline, trading well below its 50-day moving average of $202.16 and 200-day moving average of $216.33, indicating a strong downward trend and potential continued pressure on the share price.
Revenue for the most recent quarter was $25.96 billion, which missed the consensus estimate of $26.13 billion, suggesting that top-line growth may be slowing despite the earnings beat.
Insider selling has been notable recently, with executives such as Janice Dupré, Juliette Williams Pryor, and Margrethe R Vagell selling a combined total of over 25,000 shares in June 2026, which can signal a lack of confidence from company leadership.
The company's return on equity was negative at 75.67% for the recent quarter, indicating that the firm is not generating positive returns on its shareholders' equity, which is a concerning metric for long-term value creation.
Short interest has increased slightly, with shares shorted rising to 10,398,099 in the most recent reporting period, suggesting that some market participants are betting against the stock's future performance.

LOW Forecast - Frequently Asked Questions

According to the research reports of 37 Wall Street equities research analysts, the average twelve-month stock price forecast for Lowe's Companies is $254.29, with a high forecast of $293.00 and a low forecast of $190.00.

37 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lowe's Companies in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 12 hold ratings, 22 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" LOW shares.

According to analysts, Lowe's Companies's stock has a predicted upside of 35.00% based on their 12-month stock forecasts.

Over the previous 90 days, Lowe's Companies's stock had 2 downgrades and 1 upgrade by analysts.

Lowe's Companies has been rated by research analysts at Citigroup, DA Davidson, Evercore, Gordon Haskett, Guggenheim, JPMorgan Chase & Co., KeyCorp, Melius Research, Mizuho, Morgan Stanley, Piper Sandler, Royal Bank Of Canada, Sanford C. Bernstein, TD Cowen, Telsey Advisory Group, Truist Financial, UBS Group, Weiss Ratings, and Wells Fargo & Company in the past 90 days.

Analysts like Lowe's Companies more than other "consumer discretionary" companies. The consensus rating for Lowe's Companies is Moderate Buy while the average consensus rating for "consumer discretionary" companies is Hold. Learn more on how LOW compares to other companies.

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Lowe's Companies (LOW) Stock Forecast & Price Target