Yahoo! FinanceFinance Home - My Yahoo - Yahoo! - Help 

Thursday, December 4, 2008, 7:29PM ET - U.S. Markets Closed. Dow Down 2.51% Nasdaq Down 3.14%
Lowe's Companies Inc. (LOW)At 4:02PM ET: 21.48  Up 0.22 (1.03%)  
MORE ON LOW
Quotes
Charts
News & Info
Company
HereKey Statistics
Analyst Coverage
Ownership
Financials

Key StatisticsGet Key Statistics for:
Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday)5:31.51B
Enterprise Value (4-Dec-08)3:35.75B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):12.96
Forward P/E (fye 01-Feb-10) 1:15.79
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected):1.26
Price/Sales (ttm):0.64
Price/Book (mrq):1.74
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:0.74
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)3:6.152
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:1-Feb
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):31-Oct-08
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):5.02%
Operating Margin (ttm):8.61%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):8.27%
Return on Equity (ttm):14.35%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):48.63B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):33.408
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):1.40%
Gross Profit (ttm):16.73B
EBITDA (ttm):5.81B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):2.44B
Diluted EPS (ttm):1.66
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):-24.10%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):767.00M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):0.523
Total Debt (mrq):5.33B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):0.297
Current Ratio (mrq):1.129
Book Value Per Share (mrq):12.241
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):4.92B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):1.03B
View Financials (provided by EDGAR Online):
Income Statement - Balance Sheet
Cash Flow


TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.58
52-Week Change3:-13.37%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:-41.36%
52-Week High (08-Sep-08)3:28.49
52-Week Low (10-Oct-08)3:15.76
50-Day Moving Average3:19.27
200-Day Moving Average3:21.77
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month)3:20,665,800
Average Volume (10 day)3:17,380,400
Shares Outstanding5:1.47B
Float:1.46B
% Held by Insiders1:0.20%
% Held by Institutions1:81.50%
Shares Short (as of 11-Nov-08)3:27.41M
Short Ratio (as of 11-Nov-08)3:1.8
Short % of Float (as of 11-Nov-08)3:1.90%
Shares Short (prior month)3:30.38M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:0.34
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:1.70%
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate3:0.33
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.60%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:0.40%
Payout Ratio4:25%
Dividend Date3:N/A
Ex-Dividend Date4:14-Jan-09
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:2:1
Last Split Date3:03-Jul-06


Add to My Portfolio Add to Portfolio    Set Alert Set Alert    Email to a Friend Email to a Friend
Get Key Statistics for Another Symbol: Symbol Lookup
Annual ReportsSector Analysis

See Key Statistics Help for definitions of terms used.
Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 31-Oct-08)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 31-Oct-08)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of 31-Oct-08)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 01-Feb-08)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
1 = Data provided by Thomson; 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.