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LOWES COMPANIES INC (LOW)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for LOWES COMPANIES INC. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q2 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About LOWES COMPANIES INC

Lowe's Companies Inc is a home improvement retailer operating 1,759 stores and over 540 branch locations in the United States and Canada. The company serves individual homeowners, renters, and professional customers such as tradespeople and property managers by offering products for construction, maintenance, repair, remodeling, and decorating. Lowe's provides an omnichannel shopping experience through its physical stores, online platforms, on-site specialists, branches, and contact centers.

Snapshot

Revenue
$86.29B
Revenue growth (YoY)
3.1%
Net income
$6.65B
Diluted EPS
$11.85
Gross margin
33.5%
Operating margin
11.8%
Net margin
7.7%
FCF margin
8.9%
ROE
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
16.8×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$110.30B
Long-term debt / equity
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended January 30, 2026). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Lowes Companies

  • Revenue grew 3.1% to $86.3B in FY2025, after a 3.1% decline the year before.
  • Operating margin is 11.8% in FY2025, -0.8 pp against 12.6% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q2 FY2026: revenue $26.0B, up 8.3% from Q2 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $7.7B in FY2025, 8.9% of revenue.
  • Net income fell 4.4% to $6.7B in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Lowes Companies’s fundamentals sit among the 403 Consumer Discretionary companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin33.5%
47th percentile of 275
Operating margin11.8%
80th percentile of 348
Net margin7.7%
75th percentile of 377
FCF margin8.9%
76th percentile of 352
Revenue growth (YoY)+3.1%
47th percentile of 394
P/E16.8×
44th percentile of 249
Short interest2.63d
27th percentile of 401

No reported insider purchases (code P) in the last 90 days; 3 insider sales totaling $5.8M. For context, about 14% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 2 of the superinvestors we track (plus 5 quant / multi-strat books), based on each investor’s most recent 13F; periods vary by investor (newest: Q2 2026).

Conviction investors
2
+5 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
5
0 new, 5 added
Reduced / exited
2
2 trimmed, 0 exited
Combined position
$610.1M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
Markel GroupQ2 2026$165.8M752.0KAdded
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$121.9M552.7KAdded
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$118.3M536.3KReduced
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$88.3M400.6KAdded
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$50.3M230.3KReduced
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$46.9M212.6KAdded
Gotham Asset ManagementQ2 2026$18.7M84.9KAdded

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
0
code P
Bought (90d)
code P value
Sells (90d)
3
$5.8M
Reported activity
Net selling
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-06-18
filed 2026-06-22
Vagell Margrethe REVP, Supply ChainSell2.5K$223.83$560K
2026-06-17
filed 2026-06-18
PRYOR JULIETTE WILLIAMSEVP, CLO & Corp. Sec.Sell9.3K$224.81$2.1M
2026-06-16
filed 2026-06-17
Dupre JaniceEVP, Human ResourcesSell14.2K$221.90$3.1M

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S) — which may be open-market or private; excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
9.2M
settled 2026-08-31
Change vs prior
+0.1%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
2.63
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
3.5M
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-319.2M+0.1%2.63
2026-08-149.2M-18.8%4.01
2026-07-3111.3M+1.9%3.29
2026-07-1511.1M+10.5%4.12
2026-06-3010.0M-0.9%2.97
2026-06-1510.1M+2.0%3.43
2026-05-299.9M-0.6%2.81
2026-05-1510.0M-15.7%3.83

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$86.29B$83.67B$86.38B$97.06B$96.25B
Gross profit$28.89B$27.88B$28.84B$32.26B$32.06B
Operating income$10.15B$10.47B$11.56B$10.16B$12.09B
Net income$6.65B$6.96B$7.73B$6.44B$8.44B
Diluted EPS$11.85$12.23$13.20$10.17$12.04

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$9.86B$9.63B$8.14B$8.59B$10.11B
Capital expenditure$2.21B$1.93B$1.96B$1.83B$1.85B
Free cash flow$7.65B$7.70B$6.18B$6.76B$8.26B

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q2 FY2026$25.96B8.3%$2.40B$4.27
Q1 FY2026$23.08B10.3%$1.63B$2.90
Q4 FY2025$20.59B10.9%$1.00B$1.79
Q3 FY2025$20.81B3.2%$1.62B$2.88
Q2 FY2025$23.96B1.6%$2.40B$4.27
Q1 FY2025$20.93B-2.0%$1.64B$2.92
Q4 FY2024$18.55B-0.3%$1.12B$1.99
Q3 FY2024$20.17B-1.5%$1.70B$2.99

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNYSE
SectorConsumer Discretionary
SIC industryRetail-Lumber & Other Building Materials Dealers
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended January 30, 2026)
Latest reported quarterQ2 FY2026 (ended July 31, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2016
SEC CIK60667

Selected SEC filings

10-K2026-03-23
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10-K2025-03-24
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10-Q2026-08-27
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10-Q2026-05-28
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10-Q2025-11-26
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10-Q2025-08-28
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8-K2026-09-02
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8-K2026-08-19
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.