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LOW (Lowe's) Operating Income : $10,484 Mil (TTM As of Jul. 2024)


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What is Lowe's Operating Income?

Lowe's's Operating Income for the three months ended in Jul. 2024 was $3,447 Mil. Its Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jul. 2024 was $10,484 Mil.

Operating Margin % is calculated as Operating Income divided by its Revenue. Lowe's's Operating Income for the three months ended in Jul. 2024 was $3,447 Mil. Lowe's's Revenue for the three months ended in Jul. 2024 was $23,586 Mil. Therefore, Lowe's's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2024 was 14.61%.

Good Sign:

Lowe's Companies Inc operating margin is expanding. Margin expansion is usually a good sign.

Lowe's's 5-Year average Growth Rate for Operating Margin % was 15.40% per year.

Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition. Lowe's's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2024 was 34.47%. Lowe's's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2024 was 60.69%.


Lowe's Operating Income Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lowe's's Operating Income 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 Operating Income Chart

Lowe's Annual Data
Trend Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Operating Income
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6,314.00 9,647.00 12,093.00 10,159.00 11,557.00

Lowe's Quarterly Data
Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24
Operating Income 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 3,886.00 2,696.00 1,688.00 2,653.00 3,447.00

Lowe's Operating Income Calculation

Operating Income, is the profit a company earned through operations. All expenses, including cash expenses such as cost of goods sold (COGS), research & development, wages, and non-cash expenses, such as depreciation, depletion and amortization, have been deducted from the sales.

Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jul. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $10,484 Mil.

* 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) Operating Income Explanation

1. Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition.

Lowe's's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2024 is calculated as:

ROC % (Q: Jul. 2024 )
=NOPAT/Average Invested Capital
=Operating Income * ( 1 - Tax Rate % )/( (Invested Capital (Q: Apr. 2024 ) + Invested Capital (Q: Jul. 2024 ))/ count )
=13788 * ( 1 - 23.87% )/( (30391 + 30507)/ 2 )
=10496.8044/30449
=34.47 %

where

Note: The Operating Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Jul. 2024) data.

2. Joel Greenblatt's definition of Return on Capital:

Lowe's's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2024 is calculated as:

ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %(Q: Jul. 2024 )
=EBIT/Average of (Net fixed Assets + Net Working Capital)
=EBIT/Average of (Property, Plant and Equipment+Net Working Capital)
     Q: Apr. 2024  Q: Jul. 2024
=EBIT/( ( (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) + (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) )/ count )
=13996/( ( (21360 + max(1853, 0)) + (21334 + max(1573, 0)) )/ 2 )
=13996/( ( 23213 + 22907 )/ 2 )
=13996/23060
=60.69 %

where Working Capital is:

Working Capital(Q: Apr. 2024 )
=(Accounts Receivable + Total Inventories + Other Current Assets) - (Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense + Defer. Rev. + Other Current Liabilities)
=(0 + 18224 + 1289) - (11737 + 1409 + 4514)
=1853

Working Capital(Q: Jul. 2024 )
=(Accounts Receivable + Total Inventories + Other Current Assets) - (Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense + Defer. Rev. + Other Current Liabilities)
=(0 + 16841 + 1136) - (10336 + 1417 + 4651)
=1573

When net working capital is negative, 0 is used.

Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Jul. 2024) EBIT data.

3. Operating Income is also linked to Operating Margin %:

Lowe's's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2024 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: Jul. 2024 )/Revenue (Q: Jul. 2024 )
=3447/23586
=14.61 %

* 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.

4. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the Operating Income growth rate using Operating Income per share data.


Be Aware

Compared with a company's EBITDA margin, Operating Margin can be manipulated by adjusting the rate of depreciation, depletion and amortization (DDA).

If a company is facing competition, its Operating Margin may decline. Often the Operating Margin declines well before the company's revenue or even profit decline. Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important indicator of whether the company is facing problems.

For instance, by 2012, Nokia (NOK)'s problems were well known and its stock had lost more than 90% of its market value since 2007. But Nokia's Operating Margin had already been in decline since 2002, although its earnings per share were still rising. Investors who paid attention to Operating Margin would have avoided this huge loss. The same can be said for Research-in-Motion (RIMM).

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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