LOW

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Lowe's Companies Inc. Common Stock
Consumer Cyclical · Home Improvement Retail · NYSE · United States
$192.49-0.88%
Market cap $108.0BNext earnings 2026-11-18Updated Sep 19, 2026
FAIR VALUE · CONSENSUS
$192.49+0.0%
confidence-weighted across 3 of 6 models
Now $192.49
$192.49
$135.94$217.47
TrimBronze41
Price vs fair value
11.3% above
-10.1% to fair value
ACCE score
43
out of 100
Analysts
59% buy
37 covering
P/E
16.3x
forward 15.5x
1-year return
-28.1%
Dividend yield
2.50%
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Overview

⚠ Investor warnings · 4 flags
  • high
    Negative equity / debt structure
    Debt/Equity of -4.03 signals negative book equity, meaning liabilities far exceed assets - a structurally leveraged balance sheet.
  • high
    ROE distortion risk
    ROE reported as 0.0% with negative equity makes return metrics meaningless and masks true leverage risk to equity holders.
  • moderate
    Earnings declining vs revenue
    Revenue grew +10.3% YoY but earnings fell -0.7%, indicating cost pressures or margin erosion absorbing top-line gains.
  • moderate
    Low ACCE momentum score
    Momentum sub-score of 25/100 is notably weak, suggesting poor price trend despite reasonable valuation metrics.

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Price

-26.1% · 1Y

Valuation

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Wall Street consensus

Mixed59% buy · 37 covering analysts
● Strong buy 18● Buy 4● Hold 13● Sell 1● Strong sell 1
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Where it sits vs peers

This stock Peer Peer median weaker → stronger
P/Ebetter than 83% of peers
low 12.1x16.3xhigh 28.9x
ROEbetter than 0% of peers
low 0%0%high 104%
Div yieldbetter than 33% of peers
low 0.0%2.5%high 5.7%

Algorithmic peers (6)

TickerCompanyMcapP/EROED/EYieldQuality
WES.AXWesfarmers$59.0B28.933.5%0.853.0%-Compare
HDHome Depot Inc. (The) Common Stock$299.3B21.0104.3%4.351.5%-Compare
KGF.LKingfisher plc$6.5B21.63.9%0.024.0%-Compare
FNDFloor & Decor Holdings Inc. Common Stock$5.0B22.19.7%0.080.0%-Compare
WIX.LWickes Group plc$0.6B12.129.7%0.655.7%-Compare
HVTHaverty Furniture Companies Inc. Common Stock$0.4B19.87.6%0.124.8%-Compare

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Recent performance

1 week
-2.2%
1 month
-12.5%
3 months
-13.4%
6 months
-14.3%
YTD
-20.2%
1 year
-28.1%

SEC filings

40 filings
September 2026
Sep 16
Form 4Insider transactionPeriod 2026-09-15
Sep 16
Form 4Insider transactionPeriod 2026-09-15
Sep 16
Form 4Insider transactionPeriod 2026-09-15
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