Financial Health Report: Lowe’s Cos., Inc (LOW)’s Ratios Tell a Tale

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Lowe’s Cos., Inc (NYSE: LOW) closed the day trading at $265.22 up 0.83% from the previous closing price of $263.03. In other words, the price has increased by $0.83 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.84 million shares were traded. LOW stock price reached its highest trading level at $265.69 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $262.26.

Ratios:

For a better understanding of LOW, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 41.72 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 19.23. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.23 and its Current Ratio is at 1.13.

Upgrades & Downgrades

In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, Telsey Advisory Group on November 08, 2024, Upgraded its rating to Outperform and sets its target price to $305 from $275 previously.

On October 22, 2024, Bernstein started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and target price of $323.

Loop Capital Upgraded its Hold to Buy on October 09, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $250 to $300.

Insider Transactions:

The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Oct 03 ’24 when McFarland Joseph Michael sold 4,000 shares for $270.74 per share. The transaction valued at 1,082,974 led to the insider holds 54,099 shares of the business.

Godbole Seemantini sold 26,186 shares of LOW for $7,115,522 on Oct 03 ’24. The EVP, Chief Information Officer now owns 30,159 shares after completing the transaction at $271.73 per share. On Oct 03 ’24, another insider, McFarland Joseph Michael, who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 4,000 shares for $270.74 each.

Valuation Measures:

Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, LOW now has a Market Capitalization of 149849292800 and an Enterprise Value of 190109532160. As of this moment, Lowe’s’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 22.13, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 21.11. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 8.42. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.80. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.263 whereas that against EBITDA is 15.291.

Stock Price History:

Over the past 52 weeks, LOW has reached a high of $287.01, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $196.23. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -1.23%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 9.26%.

Shares Statistics:

Over the past 3-months, LOW traded about 2.23M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, LOW traded about 2505160 shares per day. A total of 574.00M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 566.72M. Insiders hold about 0.10% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 76.37% stake in the company. Shares short for LOW as of 1730332800 were 6985500 with a Short Ratio of 3.13, compared to 1727654400 on 6550005. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 6985500 and a Short% of Float of 1.23000005.

Dividends & Splits

The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.68.

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