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D to A Ratio

10K Derived
	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017
Short-term debt	1112	2538	1832	1431	1305
Long-term debt	20668	16768	14391	15564	14394
Total assets	46735	39471	34508	35291	34408
	46.60%	48.91%	47.01%	48.16%	45.63%
https://www.stock-analysis-on.net/NYSE/Company/Lowes-Cos-Inc/Ratios/Long-term-Debt-and-Solvency#Debt-to-Assets

Debt to Assets

Lowe’s Cos. Inc.
Debt to Assets
	Jan 29, 2021	Jan 31, 2020	Feb 1, 2019	Feb 2, 2018	Feb 3, 2017	Jan 29, 2016
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Short-term borrowings	—	1,941	722	1,137	510	43
Current maturities of long-term debt	1,112	597	1,110	294	795	1,061
Long-term debt, excluding current maturities	20,668	16,768	14,391	15,564	14,394	11,545
Total debt	21,780	19,306	16,223	16,995	15,699	12,649
Total assets	46,735	39,471	34,508	35,291	34,408	31,266
Solvency Ratio
Debt to assets	0.47	0.49	0.47	0.48	0.46	0.40
Benchmarks
Debt to Assets, Competitors
Amazon.com Inc.	—	0.19	0.23	0.26	0.30	0.21
Costco Wholesale Corp.	—	0.14	0.15	0.16	0.18	0.16
Dollar General Corp.	0.16	0.13	0.22	0.24	0.28	0.26
Home Depot Inc.	0.53	0.61	0.66	0.61	0.55	0.50
Target Corp.	0.25	0.27	0.27	0.30	0.34	0.32
TJX Cos. Inc.	0.20	0.09	0.16	0.16	0.17	0.14
Walmart Inc.	0.19	0.23	0.26	0.23	0.23	0.25
Debt to Assets, Sector
General Retailers	—	0.24	0.28	0.28	0.29	0.27
Debt to Assets, Industry
Consumer Services	—	0.33	0.34	0.37	0.34	0.32
Based on: 10-K (filing date: 2021-03-22), 10-K (filing date: 2020-03-23), 10-K (filing date: 2019-04-02), 10-K (filing date: 2018-04-02), 10-K (filing date: 2017-04-04), 10-K (filing date: 2016-03-29).

D to E Ratio

	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017
Short-term debt	1112	2538	1832	1431	1305
Long-term debt	20668	16768	14391	15564	14394
Total Liabilities	21780	19306	16223	16995	15699
Total Shareholder's Equity	1437	1972	3644	5873	6434
D/E Ratio	15.16	9.79	4.45	2.89	2.44
https://www.stock-analysis-on.net/NYSE/Company/Lowes-Cos-Inc/Ratios/Long-term-Debt-and-Solvency#Debt-to-Equity

https://www.stock-analysis-on.net/NYSE/Company/Lowes-Cos-Inc/Ratios/Long-term-Debt-and-Solvency

Debt to Equity

Lowe’s Cos. Inc.
Debt to Equity
	Jan 29, 2021	Jan 31, 2020	Feb 1, 2019	Feb 2, 2018	Feb 3, 2017	Jan 29, 2016
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Short-term borrowings	—	1,941	722	1,137	510	43
Current maturities of long-term debt	1,112	597	1,110	294	795	1,061
Long-term debt, excluding current maturities	20,668	16,768	14,391	15,564	14,394	11,545
Total debt	21,780	19,306	16,223	16,995	15,699	12,649
Shareholders’ equity	1,437	1,972	3,644	5,873	6,434	7,654
Solvency Ratio
Debt to equity	15.16	9.79	4.45	2.89	2.44	1.65
Benchmarks
Debt to Equity, Competitors
Amazon.com Inc.	—	0.66	0.83	0.97	1.41	0.92
Costco Wholesale Corp.	—	0.42	0.45	0.51	0.62	0.43
Dollar General Corp.	0.62	0.43	0.45	0.49	0.59	0.55
Home Depot Inc.	11.29	—	—	18.59	5.45	3.37
Target Corp.	0.88	0.97	1.00	0.99	1.16	0.98
TJX Cos. Inc.	1.04	0.38	0.44	0.43	0.49	0.38
Walmart Inc.	0.60	0.73	0.80	0.60	0.59	0.62
Debt to Equity, Sector
General Retailers	—	0.91	1.02	0.95	1.01	0.84
Debt to Equity, Industry
Consumer Services	—	1.22	1.24	1.27	1.10	0.99
Based on: 10-K (filing date: 2021-03-22), 10-K (filing date: 2020-03-23), 10-K (filing date: 2019-04-02), 10-K (filing date: 2018-04-02), 10-K (filing date: 2017-04-04), 10-K (filing date: 2016-03-29).
https://www.stock-analysis-on.net/NYSE/Company/Lowes-Cos-Inc/Ratios/Long-term-Debt-and-Solvency#Debt-to-Equity

Interest Coverage

	2021	2020	2019	2018
MorningStar Interest Coverage	9.88	8.83	6.21	9.46
	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017
Net Earnings	5835	4281	2314	3447	3093
Income Tax Expense	1904	1342	1080	2042	2108
Interest Expense	872	718	652	649	657
EBIT	8611	6341	4046	6138	5858
Interest Coverage	9.88	8.83	6.21	9.46	8.92
https://www.stock-analysis-on.net/NYSE/Company/Lowes-Cos-Inc/Ratios/Long-term-Debt-and-Solvency#Interest-Coverage

Interest Coverage (2)

Lowe’s Cos. Inc.
Interest Coverage
	Jan 29, 2021	Jan 31, 2020	Feb 1, 2019	Feb 2, 2018	Feb 3, 2017	Jan 29, 2016
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Net earnings	5,835	4,281	2,314	3,447	3,093	2,546
Add: Income tax expense	1,904	1,342	1,080	2,042	2,108	1,873
Add: Interest expense, net of amount capitalized	872	718	652	649	657	556
Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT)	8,611	6,341	4,046	6,138	5,858	4,975
Solvency Ratio
Interest coverage	9.88	8.83	6.21	9.46	8.92	8.95
Benchmarks
Interest Coverage, Competitors
Amazon.com Inc.	—	15.69	9.73	8.95	5.48	8.84
Costco Wholesale Corp.	—	34.54	32.77	28.94	31.14	28.21
Dollar General Corp.	23.64	22.89	21.18	20.66	21.09	22.31
Home Depot Inc.	13.60	13.25	14.85	13.96	13.85	12.99
Target Corp.	6.68	9.78	8.97	6.47	4.95	9.11
TJX Cos. Inc.	1.46	75.57	65.36	60.98	61.37	61.70
Walmart Inc.	9.88	8.74	5.88	7.49	9.66	9.49
Interest Coverage, Sector
General Retailers	—	12.61	10.03	10.23	10.07	11.18
Interest Coverage, Industry
Consumer Services	—	6.20	6.64	7.01	8.27	8.92
Based on: 10-K (filing date: 2021-03-22), 10-K (filing date: 2020-03-23), 10-K (filing date: 2019-04-02), 10-K (filing date: 2018-04-02), 10-K (filing date: 2017-04-04), 10-K (filing date: 2016-03-29).

Bond 1

		Bond 1: 548661AK3	Bond 2: 548661CU9
Coupon Rate:		6.500%	5.125%
Last Trade Price:		130.055%	132.024%
Face Value of the Bond:		$1,000.00	$1,000.00
Years to Maturity:		8.00	20.86
		130.055*1000=1300.55	132.024*1000=1320.24
Last prices of the Bonds:		$1,300.55	$1,320.24
		6.500*1000=65	5.125*1000=51.25
Annual Coupon Interest Payments:		$65.00	$51.25
		65.00/1300.55=5.00	51.25/1320.24=3.88
Current yield:		5.00%	3.88%
YTM:		2.303%	3.023%
			YTC = 4.414%
	Lowe's SEC 10K Filings w/ Balance Sheet and Income Statement
	https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000060667/000006066721000026/low-20210129.htm
	https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000060667/000006066719000042/form10k_02012019.htm#sA55CEBC848B4597E8CCC6B028BBFF382
	https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000060667/000006066719000042/form10k_02012019.htm#sA55CEBC848B4597E8CCC6B028BBFF382

https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000060667/000006066721000026/low-20210129.htm https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000060667/000006066719000042/form10k_02012019.htm https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000060667/000006066719000042/form10k_02012019.htm

Stock performance

Lowe's Co. Inc Stock performance for last 3 years:
	2021	2020	2019
Price/Earnings ratio:	22.36	11.96	37.8
Price/Earnings Growth (PEG) Ratio:	1.9			http://financials.morningstar.com/valuation/price-ratio.html?t=LOW&region=usa&culture=en-US
Price/Earnings Ratio 5Y Avg:	25.2
Market/Book ratio (Price/Book ratio):	90.79	25.96	24.01
Earnings Per Share:	8.14	5.67	2.91
Dividends Per Share:	2.25	2.06	1.78	https://www.morningstar.com/stocks/xnys/low/dividends
Current Ratio:	1.19	1.01	0.98
D/E Ratio:	18.24	12.04	4.45
ROE:	440.27	231.65	62.79
The Home Depot Inc. Stock performance for last 3 years:
	2021	2020	2019
Price/Earnings ratio:	22.9	21.7	18.8
Price/Earnings Growth (PEG) Ratio:	3.5			http://financials.morningstar.com/ratios/r.html?t=HD&region=usa&culture=en-US
Price/Earnings Ratio 5Y Avg:	22.9
Market/Book ratio (Price/Book ratio):	185.2	-222.2	147.1
Earnings Per Share:	11.94	10.25	9.73	http://financials.morningstar.com/ratios/r.html?t=HD&region=usa&culture=en-US
Dividends Per Share:	6	5.44	4.12
Current Ratio:	1.23	1.08	1.11
D/E Ratio:	12.48	-	-
ROE:	112.98	-	-

http://financials.morningstar.com/valuation/price-ratio.html?t=LOW&region=usa&culture=en-US http://financials.morningstar.com/ratios/r.html?t=HD&region=usa&culture=en-US http://financials.morningstar.com/ratios/r.html?t=HD&region=usa&culture=en-US

Intrinsic Value

Growth Profitability and Financial Ratios for Lowe's Companies Inc
Financials
	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Book Value Per Share * USD	13.2	12.65	12.28	11.18	9.21	7.25	6.92	6.72	3.22	5.57	-$7.63
Earnings Per Share USD		1.69	2.14	2.71	2.73	3.47	4.09	2.84	5.49	7.75	$32.91
Dividends USD		0.62	0.7	0.87	1.07	1.33	1.58	1.85	2.13	2.3	$12.45
										Total Cash	$4.82
Average Book Value Change (%)	-9.14%
Intrinsic Value:	$22.95
Market Price (as fo 26-Apr-21):	$199.19
	https://www.buffettsbooks.com/how-to-invest-in-stocks/intermediate-course/lesson-21/

Book Value Per Share * USD 2012 2013 2014 2015 20 16 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 13.2 12.65 12.28 11.18 9.2100000000000009 7.25 6.92 6.72 3.22 5.57

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Stock Price Charts

	Lowe's Companies Inc		The Home Depot Inc	Lowe's Companies Inc
	$102		0	0
	$104		-0.0596987509	1.5200549181
	$106		1.8598457017	4.1090516819
	$105		0.9505878031	2.7262920467
May	$104	May	0.3719691403	2.4418946749
	$107		1.8736223365	5.2760615867
	$110		3.6048861132	8.0219672453
	$110		2.8288023512	7.5022065313
	$112		5.3682953711	9.7577718937
	$114		7.6552167524	12.023144062
	$113		8.6333578251	11.1993723644
	$111		6.9526083762	9.0909090909
	$110		5.6667891256	8.2965578111
	$110		7.6781778104	8.2573305874
	$114		9.9054004409	11.5818377954
	$117		12.6699118295	14.4748455428
	$117		9.3405584129	14.6121408257
	$117		9.3818883174	14.7298224968
	$121		10.6171932403	18.3093066588
	$122		11.0764144012	19.8882024125
	$124		11.3519470977	21.2023144062
	$128		13.592946363	25.5369226243
	$128		12.5734753857	25.6447974895
	$130		14.1072740632	27.8317152104
June	$129	June	13.5608008817	26.8216142003
	$132		16.0497795738	29.4302245759
	$133		15.2645113887	30.2736098853
	$129		14.3231080088	26.1939786212
	$131		17.0554739162	28.4397371776
	$131		17.9142174871	28.2828282828
	$130		17.9096252755	27.0667843483
	$130		16.8488243938	27.5865450623
	$124		9.9696914034	21.5455526135
	$126		11.3381704629	23.6147886633
	$128		10.8376193975	25.2623320584
	$132		14.7823291697	29.1948612337
	$136		15.1956282145	33.0293223497
	$135		14.4425055107	31.9505736981
	$134		13.2668993387	31.2444836717
	$135		14.4195444526	32.1172893988
	$134		14.9476487877	31.6857899382
	$132		13.028104335	29.4302245759
	$132		12.6836884644	29.2242816515
	$129		10.6768919912	26.9098754536
	$134		13.0235121234	30.940472688
	$135		15.0394930198	32.5095616358
July	$136	July	13.9557310801	33.0097087379
	$136		14.1164584864	33.0881631853
	$136		14.5986407054	33.1371972149
	$135		13.5883541514	32.4114935765
	$136		14.4241366642	33.1273904089
	$136		13.8684790595	32.990095126
	$137		14.8558045555	34.7749338041
	$137		14.6307861866	33.9119348828
	$140		18.3826230713	37.3541237619
	$141		18.3872152829	38.491713249
	$143		18.5157972079	39.9921545553
	$144		19.572005878	41.6004707267
	$144		19.4755694342	41.3160733549
	$145		20.5088170463	42.198685888
	$149		21.7716752388	45.6702951849
	$147		21.14713446	43.6697067765
	$147		21.8359662013	44.1894674904
	$149		22.8049228508	46.2390899284
	$148		21.8221895665	44.8563302932
	$149		21.5374724467	45.8370108856
	$149		22.2951873622	46.3175443758
	$149		21.9186260103	46.033147004
August	$150	August	22.2354886113	47.3668726096
	$150		23.0115723733	46.7784642542
	$150		22.8324761205	47.3570658037
	$151		23.7004041146	48.2690987545
	$153		24.7428361499	49.8283808963
	$154		26.1618295371	50.7502206531
	$154		26.2490815577	50.897322742
	$157		29.3074944893	53.6040011768
	$156		29.3442321822	52.6919682259
	$154		28.8344966936	51.3582426204
	$158		32.365907421	55.3496126312
	$158		30.8780308597	54.859272335
	$158		29.8952975753	55.2221241542
	$159		28.8941954445	55.5163283319
	$162		30.0652094048	58.5956653918
	$166		31.6816678913	62.4301265078
	$166		31.3969507715	62.7145238796
	$170		34.0604335048	67.0981661273
	$166		32.5450036738	63.0969893106
	$166		31.4704261572	62.3124448367
	$165		30.8963997061	61.508286751
September	$168	September	31.3096987509	64.3522604688
	$170		31.8883174137	67.1962341865
	$162		26.115907421	58.3995292733
	$156		23.8335782513	53.3686378347
	$154		23.6498897869	50.769834265
	$160		27.2226304188	56.4479748946
	$158		25.2296105805	55.2711581838
	$162		26.8965833946	58.7623810925
	$165		28.8804188097	61.9986270472
	$169		31.144379133	65.7644405217
	$167		29.3304555474	63.4892615475
	$164		28.5635562087	60.615867412
	$160		26.3730712711	57.0069628322
	$160		25.0688831741	56.516622536
	$162		25.5097354886	58.4289496911
	$159		22.4054004409	55.5457487496
	$159		22.0150624541	55.4574874963
	$160		23.3238427627	56.4675885064
	$163		25.0596987509	59.4488575071
	$162		24.9586700955	59.1252329116
	$166		27.5303085966	62.655683044
October	$167	October	27.4889786921	63.94037462
	$166		28.2650624541	63.2735118172
	$169		29.546289493	65.2839070315
	$165		26.9608743571	61.8024909287
	$168		29.863152094	65.21525939
	$171		30.6576047024	67.5688928116
	$173		31.3005143277	69.8832990095
	$173		31.755143277	69.3929587133
	$175		33.3394562821	71.9427282534
	$174		31.837803086	70.2559576346
	$176		32.0444526084	72.7468863391
	$178		32.0995591477	74.2669412572
	$175		30.2948199853	71.7465921349
	$177		31.355620867	73.6687260959
	$175		30.6530124908	71.1287633618
	$171		29.1146216018	67.9415514367
	$172		29.9595885378	68.8143571639
	$168		26.7634092579	64.8818279886
	$165		27.1307861866	61.9495930176
	$161		23.8611315209	58.3014612141
	$161		23.8198016165	57.6444052172
	$158		22.4788758266	55.0456016475
November	$160	November	24.3295371051	57.1344513092
	$165		27.3741734019	61.4690595273
	$168		29.8310066128	64.9700892419
	$169		31.2683688464	65.980190252
	$169		30.5290227774	65.2642934196
	$153		23.9759368112	50.4854368932
	$156		26.5475753123	52.7017750319
	$158		27.5486774431	54.9475335883
	$158		26.8552534901	54.9279199765
	$159		27.2823291697	56.1537707169
	$162		28.3844599559	58.7721878984
	$160		25.1239897134	56.77159949
	$147		23.9116458486	43.9050701187
	$150		24.4167891256	46.7098166127
	$150		23.9024614254	47.0334412082
	$154		24.6326230713	50.7011866235
	$155		25.5097354886	51.9662645876
	$155		25.8082292432	51.8878101402
	$155		26.7404481999	51.6818672158
	$156		27.3925422483	52.809649897
December	$153	December	27.020573108	50.4364028636
	$152		24.494856723	48.8771207218
	$152		23.1355620867	49.0340296166
	$150		21.2297942689	47.1020888497
	$152		20.6098457017	49.0536432284
	$151		20.1873622337	48.3181327842
	$160		21.9599559148	57.03638325
	$160		21.6063556209	57.1246445033
	$158		21.486958119	54.7710110817
	$160		21.9599559148	56.9971560263
	$163		23.062086701	60.1745611454
	$163		23.80143277	60.0470726684
	$164		25.8128214548	60.3805040698
	$163		24.1963629684	60.0470726684
	$164		24.4443423953	61.1552417378
	$165		24.0080822924	61.4298323036
	$162		23.9024614254	59.2919486123
	$163		24.412196914	59.6253800137
	$162		23.6452975753	58.9094831813
	$161		22.2400808229	57.4384622928
	$161		21.8130051433	57.4580759047
	$161		21.9783247612	57.4090418751
January	$160	January	21.1976487877	57.2815533981
	$161		22.1757898604	57.8111209179
	$163		22.873806025	59.9195841914
	$164		22.2722263042	60.5472197705
	$165		23.5718221896	61.8613317642
	$166		24.5545554739	63.1067961165
	$169		26.8965833946	65.725213298
	$170		25.8495591477	66.5489849956
	$170		23.2274063189	67.0981661273
	$171		26.5567597355	68.02981269
	$171		25.4546289493	67.4610179465
	$172		25.9643644379	69.059527312
	$172		28.1456649522	69.0104932823
	$172		30.4188096988	69.0693341179
	$174		30.9147685525	70.7364911248
	$174		29.7759000735	70.3442188879
	$168		25.8495591477	64.4699421398
	$172		27.6864437913	69.0104932823
	$167		24.3662747979	63.6265568304
February	$163	February	24.0218589273	60.2137883691
	$167		24.9816311536	63.4402275179
	$170		25.904665687	66.5980190252
	$173		28.0400440852	69.687162891
	$175		28.0584129317	71.6485240757
	$179		28.5957016899	75.708541728
	$178		27.0986407054	74.3453957046
	$177		27.9803453343	73.8158281848
	$176		27.231814842	72.3350004903
	$177		27.4384643644	73.7373737374
	$174		26.4649155033	70.6972639011
	$177		29.0044085231	73.7079533196
	$177		29.9825495959	73.7373737374
	$178		28.4166054372	74.1100323625
	$172		26.6761572373	69.0791409238
	$169		22.7222630419	65.3329410611
	$162		19.3837252021	59.1742669413
	$159		17.2162013226	55.4574874963
	$160		18.6351947098	56.6637246249
March	$162	March	20.1414401176	58.8114151221
	$163		19.5306759735	59.8999705796
	$158		18.1851579721	55.2319309601
	$154		15.2323659074	50.7992546827
	$159		16.4217487142	55.5163283319
	$163		18.9520573108	59.7724821026
	$166		21.675238795	62.783171521
	$168		22.263041881	65.2054525841
	$171		23.4616091109	67.4512111405
	$172		25.4132990448	68.2357556144
	$174		27.9114621602	70.8345591841
	$175		29.5371050698	71.9427282534
	$174		28.5957016899	71.0699225262
	$175		30.0330639236	71.4916151809
	$179		32.7608376194	76.0223595175
	$182		32.6873622337	78.3759929391
	$180		33.164952241	76.9147788565
	$181		34.4369948567	77.1893694224
	$185		36.4713445996	81.5926252819
	$192		39.5159808964	87.9082082966
	$189		38.7766348273	84.9759733255
	$190		39.9797942689	86.3489261548
	$190		40.1772593681	86.5058350495
April	$191	April	41.3253122704	87.6238109248
	$194		44.8383541514	89.9872511523
	$194		44.0944158707	90.4481710307
	$194		43.4928361499	89.9284103168
	$194		44.3929096253	90.4579778366
	$199		46.5971711976	94.6749043836
	$201		47.3135562087	96.7735608512
	$200		47.1344599559	95.8615279004
	$202		46.9599559148	97.6267529666
	$205		48.2090374724	100.6178287732
	$208		50.6612784717	104.2267333529
	$204		50.0964364438	100.0686476415
	$203		48.7692872888	98.852603707
	$204		49.683137399	99.9705795822
	$201		47.6212343865	97.4110032362
	$201		48.7371418075	97.0481514171
	$199		46.9461792799	95.3417671864
	The Home Depot Inc
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September	$286
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October	$278
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December	$277
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January	$264
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February	$270
	$272
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March	$262
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April	$308
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Percentage of Growth Comparison

The Home Depot Inc May June July August September October November December January February March April 0 -5.9698750918440201E-2 1.8598457016899399 0.95058780308597601 0.371969140337988 1.8736223365172699 3.6048861131521002 2.8288023512123401 5.3682953710507002 7.6552167523879602 8.6333578251285896 6.9526083761939796 5.6667891256429099 7.6781778104335103 9.9054004408523308 12.669911829537099 9.3405584129316708 9.3818883174136705 10.6171932402645 11.076414401175599 11.3519470977223 13.5929463629684 12.573 4753857458 14.1072740631888 13.5608008817046 16.049779573842802 15.264511388684801 14.323108008817 17.0554739162381 17.914217487141801 17.909625275532701 16.848824393828099 9.9696914033798691 11.338170462894899 10.8376193975018 14.782329169728101 15.195628214548099 14.4425055106539 13.266899338721499 14.419544452608401 14.9476487876561 13.0281043350478 12.683688464364399 10.676891991183 13.023512123438699 15.0394930198384 13.955731080088199 14.116458486407099 14.5986407053637 13.588354151359299 14.4241366642175 13.868479059515099 14.855804555473901 14.6307861866275 18.382623071271102 18.387215282880199 18.5157972079353 19.5720058780309 19.4755694342395 20.508817046289501 21.771675238795002 21.1471344599559 21.835966201322599 22.804922850844999 21.822189566495201 21.537472446730401 22.295187362233701 21.918626010286602 22.235488611315201 23.011572373254999 22.832476120499599 23.700404114621598 24.742836149889801 26.161829537105099 26.249081557678199 29.307494489346102 29.344232182218999 28.834496693607701 32.365907421014001 30.878030859662001 29.895297575312298 28.894195444526101 30.065209404849401 31.681667891256399 31.3969507714916 34.060433504775901 32.545003673769301 31.470426157237299 30.896399706098499 31.3096987509184 31.8883174136664 26.115907421014001 23.8335782512858 23.649889786921399 27.2226304188097 25.229610580455599 26.8965833945628 28.8804188096987 31.144379132990402 29.330455547391601 28.5635562086701 26.3730712711242 25.068883174136701 25.509735488611302 22.405400440852301 22.015062454077899 23.323842762674499 25.0596987509184 24.958670095517999 27.530308596620099 27.488978692138101 28.265062454077899 29.546289493019898 26.9608743570904 29.863152094048498 30.657604702424699 31.300514327700199 31.755143277002201 33.339456282145498 31.8378030859662 32.044452608376197 32.099559147685603 30.294819985304901 31.355620867009598 30.653012490815598 29.1146216017634 29.959588537839799 26.763409257898601 27.1307861866275 23.8611315209405 23.819801616458498 22.478875826598099 24.3295371050698 27.374173401910401 29.831006612784702 31.268368846436498 30.529022777369601 23.9759368111683 26.5475753122704 27.548677443056601 26.855253490080798 27.2823291697282 28.384459955914799 25.12398 9713446001 23.911645848640699 24.4167891256429 23.902461425422501 24.632623071271102 25.509735488611302 25.808229243203499 26.740448199853098 27.3925422483468 27.020573108008801 24.494856722997799 23.135562086701 21.2297942689199 20.609845701689899 20.187362233651701 21.959955914768599 21.606355620866999 21.486958119030099 21.959955914768599 23.062086700955199 23.801432770022 25.812821454812699 24.196362968405602 24.4443423952976 24.0080822924321 23.902461425422501 24.4121969140338 23.645297575312298 22.240080822924298 21.813005143277 21.978324761204998 21.197648787656199 22.175789860396801 22.873806024981601 22.272226304188099 23.5718221895665 24.554555473916299 26.8965833945628 25.8495591476855 23.227406318883201 26. 556759735488601 25.454628949301998 25.9643644379133 28.145664952240999 30.418809698750898 30.914768552534898 29.775900073475398 25.8495591476855 27.6864437913299 24.366274797942701 24.021858927259402 24.981631153563601 25.9046656869949 28.0400440852315 28.058412931667899 28.5957016899339 27.0986407053637 27.980345334313 27.231814842027902 27.438464364437898 26.464915503306401 29.0044085231448 29.982549595885398 28.4166054371785 26.676157237325501 22.722263041881 19.383725202057299 17.216201322556898 18.6351947097722 20.141440117560599 19.530675973548899 18.185157972079399 15.232365907421 16.421748714180801 18.9520573108009 21.6752387950037 22.263041880969901 23.461609110947901 25.41329904482 27.911462160176399 29.53710 5069801601 28.5957016899339 30.033063923585601 32.760837619397499 32.687362233651697 33.164952240999298 34.436994856722997 36.471344599559202 39.515980896399697 38.776634827332799 39.979794268919903 40.177259368111699 41.325312270389396 44.838354151359297 44.094415870683299 43.492836149889797 44.3929096252755 46.597171197648798 47.3135562086701 47.134459955914799 46.959955914768599 48.209037472446703 50.661278471712002 50.096436443791397 48.769287288758299 49.683137398971397 47.621234386480502 48.737141807494503 46.946179279941198 Lowe's Companies Inc May June July August September October November December January February March April 0 1.52005491811317 4.1090516818672098 2.7262920466803999 2.4418946749043799 5.2760615867411902 8.02196724526822 7.5022065313327504 9.7577718936942297 12.023144061979 11.199372364420899 9.0909090909090899 8.2965578111209304 8.2573305874276794 11.581837795429999 14.474845542806699 14.6121408257331 14.729822496812799 18.3093066588212 19.8882024124743 21.2023144061979 25.536922624301301 25.644797489457702 27.831715210355998 26.821614200254999 29.4302245758556 30.273609885260399 26.193978621163101 28.439737177601302 28.282828282828302 27.066784348337698 27.586545062273199 21.545552613513799 23.614788663332401 25.2623320584486 29.194861233696201 33.029322349710696 31.950573698146499 31.244483671668199 32.1172893988428 31.685789938217098 29.4302245758556 29.2242816514661 26.909875453564801 30.940472688045499 32.509561635775199 33.009708737864102 33.0881631852506 33.137197214867101 32.4114935765421 33.127390408943803 32.990095126017501 34.774933804059998 33.911934882808701 37.354123761890797 38.491713248994799 39.992154555261401 41.6004707266843 41.316073354908298 42.198685888006302 45.670295184858297 43.669706776502899 44.189467490438403 46.239089928410301 44.8563302932235 45.837010885554598 46.3175443757968 46.033147004020798 47.366872609591098 46.7784642541924 47.357065803667702 48.269098754535698 49.828380896342097 50.750220653133297 50.897322741982997 53.604001176816702 52.691968225948798 51.358242620378498 55.349612631166003 54.859272335000497 55.222124154162998 55.516328331862297 58.5956653917819 62.430126507796402 62.714523879572397 67.098166127292302 63.096989310581499 62.312444836716701 61.508286751005201 64.352260468765294 67.196234186525501 58.3995292733157 53.3686378346572 50.769834264979899 56.447974894576802 55.271158183779598 58.762381092478201 61.9986270471707 65.764440521722094 63.489261547513998 60.615867411983899 57.006962832205602 56.516622536040003 58.428949691085599 55.545748749632303 55.4574874963225 56.467588506423503 59.4488 57507109899 59.125232911640701 62.6556830440326 63.940374619986301 63.273511817201197 65.283907031479799 61.802490928704501 65.215259390016698 67.568892811611306 69.883299009512598 69.392958713347099 71.942728253407907 70.255957634598403 72.746886339119399 74.266941257232503 71.746592134941693 73.6687260959106 71.128763361773096 67.941551436697097 68.814357163871705 64.881827988624096 61.9495930175542 58.3014612140826 57.6444052172208 55.0456016475434 57.1344513092086 61.469059527311998 64.970089241933906 65.980190252034902 65.264293419633205 50.485436893203897 52.701775031872103 54.9475335883103 54.927919976463699 56.153770716877503 58.772187898401498 56.7715994900461 43.905070118662401 46.709816612729199 47.033441208198496 50.701186623516698 51.966264587623797 51.887810140237299 51.681867215847802 52.8096498970285 50.436402863587297 48.877120721780898 49.034029616553902 47.102088849661698 49.053643228400503 48.318132784152198 57.036383249975501 57.124644503285303 54.771011081690702 56.997156026282198 60.174561145435 60.047072668431902 60.380504069824497 60.047072668431902 61.155241737765998 61.429832303618703 59.291948612337002 59.625380013729497 58.909483181327801 57.438462292831197 57.458075904677898 57.409041875061298 57.2815533980583 57.811120917917002 59.919584191428903 60.547219770520798 61.861331764244397 63.106796116504803 65.725213298028905 66.548984995587006 67.098166127292302 68.029812690006906 67.461017946454803 69.059527311954497 69.010493282338004 69.069334117877801 70.736491124840597 70.344218887908198 64.469942139845102 69.010493282338004 63.6265568304403 60.213788369128203 63.440227517897398 66.598019025203499 69.687162891046398 71.648524075708494 75.708541727959201 74.345395704618994 73.815828184760207 72.335000490340306 73.737373737373701 70.697263901147394 73.707953319603803 73.737373737373701 74.110032362459506 69.079140923801106 65.332941061096406 59.174266941257201 55.4574874963225 56.663724624889703 58.811415122094701 59.899970579582202 55.231930960086302 50.799254682749797 55.516328331862297 59.772482102579197 62.783171521035598 65.205452584093393 67.451211140531498 68.235755614396396 70.834559184073697 71.942728253407907 71.069922526233199 71.491615180935597 76.022359517505194 78.375992939099703 76.914778856526397 77.189369422379102 81.592625281945701 87.908208296557802 84.9759733254879 86.348926154751396 86.505835049524407 87.623810924781793 89.987251152299706 90.448171030695306 89.928410316759795 90.457977836618596 94.6749043836422 96.773560851230798 95.861527900362901 97.626752966558797 100.61782877316899 104.22673335294699 100.068647641463 98.852603706972701 99.970579582230101 97.411003236246003 97.048151417083503 95.341767186427404

Lowe's Companies Inc

Stock Price YTD

Lowe's Companies Inc May June July August September October November December January February March April 101.97 103.52 106.16 104.75 104.46 107.35 110.15 109.62 111.92 114.23 113.39 111.24 110.43 110.39 113.78 116.73 116.87 116.99 120.64 122.25 123.59 128.01 128.12 130.35 129.32 131.97999999999999 132.84 128.68 130.97 130.81 129.57 130.1 123.94 126.05 127.73 131.74 135.65 134.55000000000001 133.83000000000001 134.72 134.28 131.97999999999999 131.77000000000001 129.41 133.52000000000001 135.12 135.63 135.71 135.76 135.02000000000001 135.75 135.61000000000001 137.43 136.55000000000001 140.06 141.22 142.75 144.38999999999999 144.1 145 148.54 146.5 147.03 149.12 147.71 148.71 149.19999999999999 148.91 150.27000000000001 149.66999999999999 150.26 151.19 152.78 153.72 153.87 156.63 155.69999999999999 154.34 158.41 157.91 158.28 158.58000000000001 161.72 165.63 165.92 170.39 166.31 165.51 164.69 167.59 170.49 161.52000000000001 156.38999999999999 153.74 159.53 158.33000000000001 161.88999999999999 165.19 169.03 166.71 163.78 160.1 159.6 161.55000000000001 158.61000000000001 158.52000000000001 159.55000000000001 162.59 162.26 165.86 167.17 166.49 168.54 164.99 168.47 170.87 173.23 172.73 175.33 173.61 176.15 177.7 175. 13 177.09 174.5 171.25 172.14 168.13 165.14 161.41999999999999 160.75 158.1 160.22999999999999 164.65 168.22 169.25 168.52 153.44999999999999 155.71 158 157.97999999999999 159.22999999999999 161.9 159.86000000000001 146.74 149.6 149.93 153.66999999999999 154.96 154.88 154.66999999999999 155.82 153.4 151.81 151.97 150 151.99 151.24 160.13 160.22 157.82 160.09 163.33000000000001 163.19999999999999 163.54 163.19999999999999 164.33 164.61 162.43 162.77000000000001 162.04 160.54 160.56 160.51 160.38 160.91999999999999 163.07 163.71 165.05 166.32 168.99 169.83 170.39 171.34 170.76 172.39 172.34 172.4 174.1 173.7 167.71 172.34 166.85 163.37 166.66 169.88 173.03 175.03 179.17 177.78 177.24 175.73 177.16 174.06 177.13 177.16 177.54 172.41 168.59 162.31 158.52000000000001 159.75 161.94 163.05000000000001 158.29 153.77000000000001 158.58000000000001 162.91999999999999 165.99 168.46 170.75 171.55 174.2 175.33 174.44 174.87 179.49 181.89 180.4 180.68 185.17 191.61 188.62 190.02 190.18 191.32 193.73 194.2 193.67 194.21 198.51 200.65 199.72 201.52 204.57 208.25 204.01 202.77 203.91 201.3 200.93 199.19

The Home Depot Inc

Stock Price YTD

The Home Depot Inc May June July August September October November December January February March April 217.76 217.63 221.81 219.83 218.57 221.84 225.61 223.92 229.45 234.43 236.56 232.9 230.1 234.48 239.33 245.35 238.1 238.19 240.88 241.88 242.48 247.36 245.14 248.48 247.29 252.71 251 248.95 254.9 256.77 256.76 254.45 239.47 242.45 241.36 249.95 250.85 249.21 246.65 249.16 250.31 246.13 245.38 241.01 246.12 250.51 248.15 248.5 249.55 247.35 249.17 247.96 250.11 249.62 257.79000000000002 257.8 258.08 260.38 260.17 262.42 265.17 263.81 265.31 267.42 265.27999999999997 264.66000000000003 266.31 265.49 266.18 267.87 267.48 269.37 271.64 274.73 274.92 281.58 281.66000000000 003 280.55 288.24 285 282.86 280.68 283.23 286.75 286.13 291.93 288.63 286.29000000000002 285.04000000000002 285.94 287.2 274.63 269.66000000000003 269.26 277.04000000000002 272.7 276.33 280.64999999999998 285.58 281.63 279.95999999999998 275.19 272.35000000000002 273.31 266.55 265.7 268.55 272.33 272.11 277.70999999999998 277.62 279.31 282.10000000000002 276.47000000000003 282.79000000000002 284.52 285.92 286.91000000000003 290.36 287.08999999999997 287.54000000000002 287.66000000000003 283.73 286.04000000000002 284.51 281.16000000000003 283 276.04000000000002 276.83999999999997 269.72000000000003 269.63 266.70999999999998 270.74 277.37 282.72000000000003 285.85000000000002 284.24 269.97000000000003 275.57 277.75 276.24 277.17 279.57 272.47000000000003 269.83 270.93 269.81 271.39999999999998 273.31 273.95999999999998 275.99 277.41000000000003 276.60000000000002 271.10000000000002 268.14 263.99 262.64 261.72000000000003 265.58 264.81 264.55 265.58 267.98 269.58999999999997 273.97000000000003 270.45 270.99 270.04000000000002 269.81 270 .92 269.25 266.19 265.26 265.62 263.92 266.05 267.57 266.26 269.08999999999997 271.23 276.33 274.05 268.33999999999997 275.58999999999997 273.19 274.3 279.05 284 285.08 282.60000000000002 274.05 278.05 270.82 270.07 272.16000000000003 274.17 278.82 278.86 280.02999999999997 276.77 278.69 277.06 277.51 275.39 280.92 283.05 279.64 275.85000000000002 267.24 259.97000000000003 255.25 258.33999999999997 261.62 260.29000000000002 257.36 250.93 253.52 259.02999999999 997 264.95999999999998 266.24 268.85000000000002 273.10000000000002 278.54000000000002 282.08 280.02999999999997 283.16000000000003 289.10000000000002 288.94 289.98 292.75 297.18 303.81 302.2 304.82 305.25 307.75 315.39999999999998 313.77999999999997 312.47000000000003 314.43 319.23 320.79000000000002 320.39999999999998 320.02 322.74 328.08 326.85000000000002 323.95999999999998 325.95 321.45999999999998 323.89 319.99

Price to Earnings

Lowe’s Cos. Inc.
Price to Earnings (P/E)
	Jan 29, 2021	Jan 31, 2020	Feb 1, 2019	Feb 2, 2018	Feb 3, 2017	Jan 29, 2016
No. shares of common stock outstanding	717,256,852	754,948,648	795,922,717	825,766,281	857,332,918	897,438,629
Selected Financial Data (US$)
Net earnings (in millions)	5,835	4,281	2,314	3,447	3,093	2,546
Earnings per share (EPS)	8.14	5.67	2.91	4.17	3.61	2.84
Share price	181.89	67.80	109.91	84.59	81.59	75.67
Valuation Ratio
P/E ratio	22.36	11.96	37.80	20.26	22.62	26.67
Benchmarks
P/E Ratio, Competitors
Amazon.com Inc.	—	78.20	86.29	79.30	228.24	166.53
Costco Wholesale Corp.	—	40.02	35.76	30.51	25.70	27.99
Dollar General Corp.	16.92	21.04	19.18	15.73	15.28	20.63
Home Depot Inc.	24.51	17.38	18.87	23.51	22.37	23.32
Target Corp.	20.39	16.12	13.56	12.97	11.11	14.61
TJX Cos. Inc.	881.78	17.13	21.11	20.19	22.11	22.87
Walmart Inc.	27.47	21.69	41.79	26.62	16.02	14.72
P/E Ratio, Sector
General Retailers	—	39.73	42.89	36.58	36.19	28.89
P/E Ratio, Industry
Consumer Services	—	42.67	32.56	29.96	23.68	25.70
Based on: 10-K (filing date: 2021-03-22), 10-K (filing date: 2020-03-23), 10-K (filing date: 2019-04-02), 10-K (filing date: 2018-04-02), 10-K (filing date: 2017-04-04), 10-K (filing date: 2016-03-29).

Price to Book Value

Lowe’s Cos. Inc.
Price to Book Value (P/BV)
	Jan 29, 2021	Jan 31, 2020	Feb 1, 2019	Feb 2, 2018	Feb 3, 2017	Jan 29, 2016
No. shares of common stock outstanding	717,256,852	754,948,648	795,922,717	825,766,281	857,332,918	897,438,629
Selected Financial Data (US$)
Shareholders’ equity (in millions)	1,437	1,972	3,644	5,873	6,434	7,654
Book value per share (BVPS)	2.00	2.61	4.58	7.11	7.50	8.53
Share price	181.89	67.80	109.91	84.59	81.59	75.67
Valuation Ratio
P/BV ratio	90.79	25.96	24.01	11.89	10.87	8.87
Benchmarks
P/BV Ratio, Competitors
Amazon.com Inc.	—	17.86	16.11	18.34	24.98	20.47
Costco Wholesale Corp.	—	8.76	8.58	7.47	6.39	5.44
Dollar General Corp.	6.74	5.38	4.75	3.95	3.54	4.47
Home Depot Inc.	95.58	—	—	139.52	41.08	25.88
Target Corp.	6.17	4.47	3.52	3.25	2.78	3.79
TJX Cos. Inc.	13.68	9.42	12.79	10.23	11.27	12.09
Walmart Inc.	4.59	4.32	3.84	3.37	2.81	2.69
P/BV Ratio, Sector
General Retailers	—	12.12	10.56	9.39	8.98	6.96
P/BV Ratio, Industry
Consumer Services	—	8.10	6.78	6.39	6.46	5.50
Based on: 10-K (filing date: 2021-03-22), 10-K (filing date: 2020-03-23), 10-K (filing date: 2019-04-02), 10-K (filing date: 2018-04-02), 10-K (filing date: 2017-04-04), 10-K (filing date: 2016-03-29).