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Lowes Companies Inc Consumer Discretionary Retail-Lumber & Other Building Materials Dealers S&P 500Russell 3000
$209.07Close
$117.3BMarket cap
$178.37 – $284.2652-week range
Nov 18, 2026Next report · before the open
Highlights
Cautions
- Not in an uptrend 1 of 8 trend conditions
- Lagging the market RS 28 · weaker than 72% of stocks over 12 months
- Far from its high 26% below its 52-week high
- Distribution down-day volume 1.6× up-day volume over 50 sessions
- Financial distress Altman Z″ in the distress zone
Price
Filing Results Screen pick 52-week high and low Adjusted prices
Key figures
Off 12-month high
26%
1wk
up 5.2%
price change
1mo
up 14.2%
price change
12-month return
down 11%
market up 11% ·
its own down 22%
F-score
4 / 9
Weak
Altman Z″
0.63
Elevated risk
P/E
17.6×
price / earnings
PEG
—
P/E / EPS growth
P/B
—
price / book
Earnings yield
up 6.5%
EBIT / enterprise value
Cheaper than
77%
of the market · cheap
Revenue growth
up 3%
year on year
EPS growth
0%
latest quarter · +1 pts
Sales growth
up 8%
latest quarter · -2 pts
ROE
—
return on equity
Free cash margin
up 9%
$7.7B FCF
D/E
—
long-term debt / equity
Net debt / EBITDA
3.2×
Interest cover
—EBIT / interest
Piotroski tests
- profitability slipped from last year
- took on more long-term debt
- short-term liquidity weakened
- issued more shares
- assets working less efficiently
- profitable on its assets
- generating cash from operations
- profits backed by cash
- gross margin widened
Repair signals
- Revenue reaccelerating (-3% then +3%)
Trade setup
ATR%
2.4%
$4.97 a day · 2×ATR $199.13
RS
28 / 99
vs the universe
Trend
1 / 8
trend template
Relative volume
1.3×
vs 50-day average
Up/down volume
0.61
50 sessions
Implied move
7.7%
by Nov 20, 2026 · report Nov 18, 2026
Trend template · 1 of 8
- Price above the 50-day average: passes
Screen verdict
Did not qualify for any screen.
Warning signs
- Liabilities exceed assets Shareholders' equity is negative at -$9.9B as of Jan 30, 2026. What is left for shareholders after creditors is, on the balance sheet, less than nothing.
- Bankruptcy model reads distressed The Altman score sits inside the range historically associated with financial distress. It is used here only to exclude, never to rank, and it is a statistical band rather than a prediction about this company.
Last reported
Aug 19, 2026
Results reaction
Aug 19, 2026+1% vs market2 sessions after results
Options
$4.0M36.2% IV · activity
Financials
- Gross 33%
- Net 8%
- Free cash 9%
- Cash
- Long-term debt
| FY2021Jan 29, 2021 | FY2022Jan 28, 2022 | FY2023Feb 3, 2023 | FY2024Feb 2, 2024 | FY2025Jan 31, 2025 | FY2026Jan 30, 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $89.6B | $96.2B | $97.1B | $86.4B | $83.7B | $86.3B |
| Gross margin | 33% | 33% | 33% | 33% | 33% | 33% |
| Operating income | $9.6B | $12.1B | $10.2B | $11.6B | $10.5B | $10.2B |
| Net income | $5.8B | $8.4B | $6.4B | $7.7B | $7.0B | $6.7B |
| Net margin | 7% | 9% | 7% | 9% | 8% | 8% |
| Earnings per share | $7.78 | $12.08 | $10.20 | $13.23 | $12.25 | $11.88 |
| Free cash flow | $9.3B | $8.3B | $6.8B | $6.2B | $7.7B | $7.7B |
| Free cash margin | 10% | 9% | 7% | 7% | 9% | 9% |
| Cash | $4.7B | $1.1B | $1.3B | $921.0M | $1.8B | $982.0M |
| Long-term debt | $21.8B | $24.7B | $33.5B | $35.9B | $35.5B | $39.9B |
| Shareholders' equity | $1.4B | -$4.8B | -$14.3B | -$15.1B | -$14.2B | -$9.9B |
| Shares outstanding | 731m | 670m | 601m | 574m | 560m | 561m |
Next report
Nov 18, 2026 · before the open
Expected move The move, either way, the option market prices in through the next scheduled report: the at-the-money straddle for the first expiry that contains it, over the price. It includes the days around the report, so it slightly overstates the report alone. Methodology
±7.7%
$192 – $225 by Nov 20, 2026
Usual move The median, over the company's last four reports, of how far the stock moved either way from the close before the filing to the close of the session after it. Methodology
±2.4%
last 4: +0.8% · -0.4% · -5.1% · +4.0%
Expected against usual The move the options price through this report over the move the last four reports delivered. Above 1 the event is priced bigger than the company's own record; below 1, smaller. A price, not a forecast: it says what protection through the report costs, not which way the stock will go. Methodology
Bigger than usual
3.2× the usual move
What options price now
- Expected 1-month range The at-the-money straddle for the expiry nearest a month out, as a share of the price: the move, either way, the option market is pricing by then. The range is the price plus and minus that move; the stock ends inside it a little more often than not. Methodology
- $191 – $226 ±8.2% by Nov 27, 2026
- Swings expected vs recent The daily swings the options are priced for (implied volatility) against the swings the stock actually had over the last 20 sessions (realised volatility). Bigger means options charge for more movement than the stock has been delivering; smaller, less. On a contract row, that contract's own implied volatility over the stock's realised. Methodology
- Bigger 36.2% priced · 32.1% recent
- Next month vs later At-the-money implied volatility for 8-45 day expiries over 46-90 day ones: whether options price the coming month as choppier or calmer than the two after it. Ahead of a report it usually reads choppier, and the extra comes out once the report is out. Methodology
- Choppier
- Crash protection What options that pay off in a fall cost against options that pay off in a rise (the 25-delta skew), compared with this company's own normal - the median of its stored nightly readings, once there are 20 - and with five sessions ago. Protection costs a little more than upside on most shares. More than usual means readers of the chain are paying up to insure against a drop; it does not say which way the stock will go. Methodology
- past week: costs less
Positioning
- Premium traded
- $4.0M calls $3.5M · puts $477,545 · latest session
- 0.14× -1.01 over the week
- Open interest added The change over five sessions in option positions left open overnight, calls and puts. A rise means positions were added. It cannot say whether they were bought or sold, so more calls is not a vote for a rise: a call is as often sold against shares already held. Methodology
- calls -705 · puts +5.75k past week
For options traders: ATM IV 36.2% (+0.2% 1w) · 1m ÷ 3m IV 1.06 · 25Δ skew 1.9 pts · Net GEX $1.4M
Most traded contracts
No contract passed the liquidity filters this week.
Filings
| Filed | Report | Period to | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Jul 31, 2026 | 27d |
| May 28, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | May 1, 2026 | 27d |
| Mar 23, 2026 | Annual ↗ | Jan 30, 2026 | 52d |
| Nov 26, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Oct 31, 2025 | 26d |
| Aug 28, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Aug 1, 2025 | 27d |
| May 29, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | May 2, 2025 | 27d |
| Mar 24, 2025 | Annual ↗ | Jan 31, 2025 | 52d |
| Nov 27, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Nov 1, 2024 | 26d |
| Aug 29, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Aug 2, 2024 | 27d |
| May 30, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | May 3, 2024 | 27d |
| Mar 25, 2024 | Annual ↗ | Feb 2, 2024 | 52d |
| Nov 29, 2023 | Quarterly ↗ | Nov 3, 2023 | 26d |
Current reports
| Filed | Disclosed |
|---|---|
| Sep 2, 2026 | Director or officer change ↗ |
| Aug 19, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Jun 2, 2026 | Shareholder vote ↗ |
| May 20, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Feb 25, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Nov 19, 2025 | Results ↗ |
| Oct 9, 2025 | Acquisition or disposal · New obligation · Regulation FD ↗ |
| Sep 30, 2025 | Material agreement · Other events ↗ |
| Sep 19, 2025 | Material agreement · New obligation ↗ |
| Aug 20, 2025 | Material agreement · Regulation FD ↗ |
| Aug 20, 2025 | Results ↗ |
| Jun 5, 2025 | Shareholder vote ↗ |