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Lowe's Companies Inc. (LOW)At 4:00PM EDT: 19.82  Up 0.08 (0.41%)  

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:24.98B
Enterprise Value (Sep 27, 2011)3:30.59B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):13.59
Forward P/E (fye Jan 28, 2013)1:11.13
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:0.93
Price/Sales (ttm):0.51
Price/Book (mrq):1.48
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:0.63
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:5.77
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Jan 28
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Jul 29, 2011
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):4.06%
Operating Margin (ttm):7.55%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):6.70%
Return on Equity (ttm):11.01%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):48.79B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):36.48
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):1.30%
Gross Profit (ttm):17.15B
EBITDA (ttm)6:5.30B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):1.96B
Diluted EPS (ttm):1.46
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):-0.20%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):908.00M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):0.72
Total Debt (mrq):6.62B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):39.45
Current Ratio (mrq):1.17
Book Value Per Share (mrq):13.32
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):4.36B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):2.74B
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:1.05
52-Week Change3:-3.34%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:15.56%
52-Week High (Mar 25, 2011)3:27.45
52-Week Low (Aug 11, 2010)3:19.35
50-Day Moving Average3:26.61
200-Day Moving Average3:24.85
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:12,444,200
Avg Vol (10 day)3:13,030,000
Shares Outstanding5:1.26B
Float:1.26B
% Held by Insiders1:0.23%
% Held by Institutions1:74.40%
Shares Short (as of Aug 31, 2011)3:22.17M
Short Ratio (as of Aug 31, 2011)3:1.00
Short % of Float (as of Aug 31, 2011)3:1.70%
Shares Short (prior month)3:14.50M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:0.56
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:3.00%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:0.44
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:2.20%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:N/A
Payout Ratio4:32.00%
Dividend Date3:Nov 1, 2011
Ex-Dividend Date4:Oct 17, 2011
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:2:1
Last Split Date3:Jul 3, 2006

See Key Statistics Help for definitions of terms used.
Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of Jul 29, 2011)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Jul 29, 2011)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Jul 29, 2011)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Jan 28, 2011)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
1 Data provided by Thomson Reuters
2 Data provided by EDGAR Online
3 Data derived from multiple sources or calculated by Yahoo! Finance
4 Data provided by Morningstar, Inc.
5 Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently filed quarterly or annual report and Market Cap is calculated using shares outstanding.
6 EBITDA is calculated by Capital IQ using methodology that may differ from that used by a company in its reporting

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