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LOW (Lowe's) Inventory-to-Revenue : 0.74 (As of Jul. 2024)


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What is Lowe's Inventory-to-Revenue?

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 Average Total Inventories for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2024 was $17,533 Mil. Lowe's's Revenue for the three months ended in Jul. 2024 was $23,586 Mil. Lowe's's Inventory-to-Revenue for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2024 was 0.74.

Lowe's's Inventory-to-Revenue for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2024 declined from Apr. 2024 (0.82) to Apr. 2024 (0.74)

A decrease in the Inventory-to-Revenue from one quarter to next indicates that one of these is occurring:

1. investment in inventory is shrinking in relation to revenue
2. revenue are increasing
No matter which situation is causing the reduction in the Inventory-to-Revenue, either one suggests that business's inventory levels and its cash flow are effectively managed.

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 three months ended in Jul. 2024 was 101.96.

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


Lowe's Inventory-to-Revenue Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lowe's's Inventory-to-Revenue 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 Inventory-to-Revenue Chart

Lowe's Annual Data
Trend Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Inventory-to-Revenue
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.18 0.16 0.18 0.19 0.21

Lowe's Quarterly Data
Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24
Inventory-to-Revenue 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 0.74 0.85 0.93 0.82 0.74

Competitive Comparison of Lowe's's Inventory-to-Revenue

For the Home Improvement Retail subindustry, Lowe's's Inventory-to-Revenue, along with its competitors' market caps and Inventory-to-Revenue 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 Inventory-to-Revenue Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Lowe's's Inventory-to-Revenue falls into.



Lowe's Inventory-to-Revenue Calculation

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 fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Inventory-to-Revenue (A: Jan. 2024 )
=Average Total Inventories / Revenue
=( (Total Inventories (A: Jan. 2023 ) + Total Inventories (A: Jan. 2024 )) / count ) / Revenue (A: Jan. 2024 )
=( (18532 + 16894) / 2 ) / 86377
=17713 / 86377
=0.21

Lowe's's Inventory-to-Revenue for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2024 is calculated as

Inventory-to-Revenue (Q: Jul. 2024 )
=Average Total Inventories / Revenue
=( (Total Inventories (Q: Apr. 2024 ) + Total Inventories (Q: Jul. 2024 )) / count ) / Revenue (Q: Jul. 2024 )
=( (18224 + 16841) / 2 ) / 23586
=17532.5 / 23586
=0.74

* 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) Inventory-to-Revenue Explanation

An increase in Inventory-to-Revenue from one quarter to the next indicates that one of the following is happening:

1. investment in inventory is growing more rapidly than revenue
2. revenue are dropping
No matter which situation is causing the problem, an increase in the Inventory-to-Revenue may signal an oncoming cash flow problem.

Likewise, a decrease in the Inventory-to-Revenue from one quarter to next indicates that one of these is occurring:

1. investment in inventory is shrinking in relation to revenue
2. revenue are increasing
No matter which situation is causing the reduction in the Inventory-to-Revenue, either one suggests that business's inventory levels and its cash flow are effectively managed.

More Related Terms:

1. 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 three months ended in Jul. 2024 is calculated as:

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

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

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

Inventory Turnover=Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Jul. 2024 ) / Average Total Inventories (Q: Jul. 2024 )
=15691 / 17532.5
=0.89

* 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 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