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LOW (Lowe's) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 19.75 (As of Oct. 31, 2024)


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What is Lowe's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-10-31), Lowe's's share price is $261.83. Lowe's's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jul. 2024 was $13.26. Hence, Lowe's's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 19.75.

The historical rank and industry rank for Lowe's's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:

LOW' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 10.4   Med: 17.97   Max: 42.74
Current: 19.71

During the past 13 years, Lowe's's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 42.74. The lowest was 10.40. And the median was 17.97.

LOW's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
68.58% of 751 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 11.45 vs LOW: 19.71

Lowe's's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Jul. 2024 was $4.78. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $13.26.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Lowe's was 19.00% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -5.00% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 18.40% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 14.70% per year.

During the past 13 years, Lowe's's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 100.50% per year. The lowest was -162.10% per year. And the median was 14.90% per year.


Lowe's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lowe's's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

Lowe's Annual Data
Trend Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 32.16 13.52 20.09 19.44 20.13

Lowe's Quarterly Data
Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 21.04 20.72 20.13 15.81 18.52

Competitive Comparison of Lowe's's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Home Improvement Retail subindustry, Lowe's's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Lowe's's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lowe's's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.



Lowe's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Lowe's's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/ Free Cash Flow per Share (TTM)
=261.83/13.257
=19.75

Lowe's's Share Price of today is $261.83.
Lowe's's Free Cash Flow per Share 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 $13.26.

* 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.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

Lowe's  (NYSE:LOW) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.

In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.


Be Aware

In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.


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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