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LOW (Lowe's) Days Inventory : 101.96 (As of Jul. 2024)


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What is Lowe's Days Inventory?

Days Inventory is also known as Days Sales of Inventory (DSI). Lowe's's Average Total Inventories for the three months ended in Jul. 2024 was $17,533 Mil. Lowe's's Cost of Goods Sold for the three months ended in Jul. 2024 was $15,691 Mil. Hence, Lowe's's Days Inventory for the three months ended in Jul. 2024 was 101.96.

The historical rank and industry rank for Lowe's's Days Inventory or its related term are showing as below:

LOW' s Days Inventory Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 83.86   Med: 90.05   Max: 113.05
Current: 113.05

During the past 13 years, Lowe's's highest Days Inventory was 113.05. The lowest was 83.86. And the median was 90.05.

LOW's Days Inventory is ranked worse than
51.82% of 1073 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 106.56 vs LOW: 113.05

Lowe's's Days Inventory increased from Jul. 2023 (101.80) to Jul. 2024 (101.96). It might indicate that Lowe's's sales slowed down.

Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year. Lowe's's Inventory Turnover for the three months ended in Jul. 2024 was 0.89.

Inventory-to-Revenue determines the ability of a company to manage their inventory levels. It measures the percentage of Inventories the company currently has on hand to support the current amount of Revenue. Lowe's's Inventory-to-Revenue for the three months ended in Jul. 2024 was 0.74.


Lowe's Days Inventory Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lowe's's Days Inventory can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Lowe's Days Inventory Chart

Lowe's Annual Data
Trend Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Days Inventory
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 95.47 89.30 96.09 101.77 112.37

Lowe's Quarterly Data
Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24
Days Inventory Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 101.80 117.43 124.90 112.25 101.96

Competitive Comparison of Lowe's's Days Inventory

For the Home Improvement Retail subindustry, Lowe's's Days Inventory, along with its competitors' market caps and Days Inventory data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Lowe's's Days Inventory Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Lowe's's Days Inventory distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lowe's's Days Inventory falls into.



Lowe's Days Inventory Calculation

Days Inventory indicates the number of days of goods in sales that a company has in the inventory.

Lowe's's Days Inventory for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Days Inventory (A: Jan. 2024 )
=Average Total Inventories / Cost of Goods Sold*Days in Period
=( (Total Inventories (A: Jan. 2023 ) + Total Inventories (A: Jan. 2024 )) / count ) / Cost of Goods Sold (A: Jan. 2024 )*Days in Period
=( (18532 + 16894) / 2 ) / 57533*365
=17713 / 57533*365
=112.37

Lowe's's Days Inventory for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2024 is calculated as:

Days Inventory (Q: Jul. 2024 )
=Average Total Inventories / Cost of Goods Sold*Days in Period
=( (Total Inventories (Q: Apr. 2024 ) + Total Inventories (Q: Jul. 2024 )) / count ) / Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Jul. 2024 )*Days in Period
=( (18224 + 16841) / 2 ) / 15691*365 / 4
=17532.5 / 15691*365 / 4
=101.96

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Lowe's  (NYSE:LOW) Days Inventory Explanation

Days Inventory indicates the liquidity of the inventory. Generally, a lower Days Inventory is preferred as it indicates a shorter duration to clear off the inventory. An increase of the ratio may indicate the company's sales slowed. Similar ratios related to Days Inventory are:

1. Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year.

Lowe's's Inventory Turnover for the three months ended in Jul. 2024 is calculated as

2. Inventory-to-Revenue determines the ability of a company to manage their inventory levels. It measures the percentage of Inventories the company currently has on hand to support the current amount of Revenue.

Lowe's's Inventory to Revenue for the three months ended in Jul. 2024 is calculated as

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Be Aware

A lot of business are seasonable. It makes more sense to compare Days Inventory from the same period in the previous year instead of from the previous quarter.


Lowe's Days Inventory Related Terms

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Lowe's Business Description

Address
1000 Lowes Boulevard, Mooresville, NC, USA, 28117
Lowe's is the second-largest home improvement retailer in the world, operating more than 1,700 stores in the United States, after the 2023 divestiture of its Canadian locations (RONA, Lowe's Canada, Réno-Dépôt, and Dick's Lumber). The firm's stores offer products and services for home decorating, maintenance, repair, and remodeling, with maintenance and repair accounting for two thirds of products sold. Lowe's targets retail do-it-yourself (around 75% of sales) and do-it-for-me customers as well as commercial and professional business clients (around 25% of sales). We estimate Lowe's captures a high-single-digit share of the domestic home improvement market, based on US Census data and management's market size estimates.
Executives
Griggs Dan Clayton Jr officer: Vice President, CAO 1000 LOWES BOULEVARD, MOORESVILLE NC 28117
Brandon J Sink officer: EVP, Chief Financial Officer 1000 LOWE'S BOULEVARD, MOORESVILLE NC 28117
Seemantini Godbole officer: EVP, Chief Information Officer 1000 LOWE'S BOULEVARD, MOORESVILLE NC 28117
Janice Dupre Little officer: EVP Human Resources 1000 LOWES BOULEVARD, MOORESVILLE NC 28117
Joseph Michael Mcfarland officer: EVP, Stores 1000 LOWE'S BOULEVARD, MOORESVILLE NC 28117
Quonta D Vance officer: EVP, Pro & Home Services 1000 LOWE'S BOULEVARD, MOORESVILLE NC 28117
Donald Frieson officer: EVP, Supply Chain 1000 LOWE'S BOULEVARD, MOORESVILLE NC 28117
William P Boltz officer: EVP, Merchandising 1000 LOWE'S BOULEVARD, MOORESVILLE NC 28117
Juliette Williams Pryor officer: EVP, CLO & Corp. Sec. 1000 LOWE'S BOULEVARD, MOORESVILLE NC 28117
Ross W Mccanless officer: SR VP Gen Counsel & Secretary
Scott H Baxter director 400 NORTH ELM STREET, GREENSBORO NC 27401
Taylor Colleen director C/O BILL.COM HOLDINGS, INC., 1800 EMBARCADERO ROAD, PALO ALTO CA 94303
Stone West Mary E director C/O HASBRO, INC., 1011 NEWPORT AVENUE, PAWTUCKET RI 02861
Daniel J Heinrich director CLOROX CO, 1221 BROADWAY, OAKLAND CA 94612
David H Batchelder director 1000 LOWE'S BOULEVARD, MOORESVILLE NC 28117