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Lowe's Companies Inc. (LOW) On Feb 3: 63.52  Down 0.65 (1.01%)  
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VALUATION MEASURES  
Market Cap (intraday): 49.67B
Enterprise Value (4-Feb-06)3: 51.74B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday): 19.67
Forward P/E (fye 28-Jan-07) 1: 16.08
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected): 0.94
Price/Sales (ttm): 1.22
Price/Book (mrq): 3.68
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3: 1.26
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)3: 9.535
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS  
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends: 28-Jan
Most Recent Quarter (mrq): 28-Oct-05
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm): 6.31%
Operating Margin (ttm): 10.77%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm): 12.09%
Return on Equity (ttm): 20.94%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm): 40.99B
Revenue Per Share (ttm): 52.85
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy): 16.90%
Gross Profit (ttm): 12.30B
EBITDA (ttm): 5.43B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm): 2.59B
Diluted EPS (ttm): 3.23
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy): 25.80%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq): 2.31B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq): 2.953
Total Debt (mrq): 4.38B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq): 0.322
Current Ratio (mrq): 1.368
Book Value Per Share (mrq): 17.437
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm): 4.26B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm): 1.95B
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet
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TRADING INFORMATION  
Stock Price History
Beta: N/A
52-Week Change3: 8.30%
S&P500 52-Week Change3: 5.07%
52-Week High (16-Dec-05)3: 69.70
52-Week Low (29-Apr-05)3: 50.72
50-Day Moving Average3: 65.89
200-Day Moving Average3: 64.77
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month)3: 3,574,870
Average Volume (10 day)3: 3,602,090
Shares Outstanding: 781.92M
Float: 779.34M
% Held by Insiders4: 8.62%
% Held by Institutions4: 81.70%
Shares Short (as of 10-Jan-06)3: 16.05M
Short Ratio (as of 10-Jan-06)3: 5.3
Short % of Float (as of 10-Jan-06)3: 2.10%
Shares Short (prior month)3: 16.50M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate5: 0.24
Forward Annual Dividend Yield5: 0.40%
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate3: 0.22
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3: 0.30%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield5: 0.20%
Payout Ratio5: 6%
Dividend Date3: 03-Feb-06
Ex-Dividend Date5: 18-Jan-06
Last Split Factor (new per old)2: 2:1
Last Split Date3: 02-Jul-01


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Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 28-Oct-05)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 28-Oct-05)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of 28-Oct-05)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 28-Jan-05)
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 Computershare; 5 = Data provided by Hemscott Americas