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Lowes Cos Inc (LOW)On Dec 8: 58.06  Up 0.71 (1.24%)  Reuters
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday):44.87B
Enterprise Value (9-Dec-04)³:47.36B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):22.23
Forward P/E (fye 30-Jan-06)¹:17.33
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)¹:0.98
Price/Sales (ttm):1.26
Price/Book (mrq):3.99
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:1.35
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:10.73
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:30-Jan
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):31-Oct-04
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):5.92%
Operating Margin (ttm):9.62%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):10.58%
Return on Equity (ttm):19.90%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):35.17B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):43.889
Revenue Growth (lfy)³:16.40%
Gross Profit (ttm)²:9.61B
EBITDA (ttm):4.41B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):2.08B
Diluted EPS (ttm):2.612
Earnings Growth (lfy)³:27.60%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):650.00M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):0.84
Total Debt (mrq)²:3.69B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):0.333
Current Ratio (mrq):1.376
Book Value Per Share (mrq):14.359
Cash Flow Statement
From Operations (ttm)³:3.23B
Free Cashflow (ttm)³:425.00M
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:1.143
52-Week Change:-0.28%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):-11.79%
52-Week High (12-Nov-04):60.54
52-Week Low (6-Aug-04):45.90
50-Day Moving Average:56.61
200-Day Moving Average:53.44
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):3,759,500
Average Volume (10 day):2,961,000
Shares Outstanding:772.76M
Float:765.00M
% Held by Insiders:1.00%
% Held by Institutions:79.75%
Shares Short (as of 8-Nov-04):14.68M
Daily Volume (as of 8-Nov-04):N/A
Short Ratio (as of 8-Nov-04):4.408
Short % of Float (as of 8-Nov-04):1.92%
Shares Short (prior month):15.02M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend:0.16
Dividend Yield:0.28%
Dividend Date:28-Jan-05
Ex-Dividend Date:12-Jan-05
Last Split Factor (new per old)²:2:1
Last Split Date:02-Jul-01
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mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 31-Oct-04)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 31-Oct-04)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 30-Jan-04)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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