Lowe's Companies Inc (LOW) · Peers

Lowe's Companies against the 10 other companies here in its SEC industry, SIC 52xx (the wider group: its own four-digit code has fewer than five). Each figure is the one on the company's own page; the median is the peers', and the rank is among all 11, highest first.

Measure by measure

Measure	LOW	Peer median	Rank
Market value	$109.73B	median $5.88B	2 of 10
P/E	16.5×	median 26.2×	6 of 7
Forward P/E	15.9×	median 21.8×	7 of 7
EV/EBITDA	11.9×	median 12.4×	4 of 7
P/S	1.2×	median 1.0×	4 of 10
FCF yield	6.9%	median 4.4%	4 of 10
Dividend yield	2.4%	median 2.3%	3 of 5
Gross margin	33.3%	median 34.8%	6 of 11
Operating margin	11.5%	median 4.7%	4 of 11
Net margin	7.5%	median 2.8%	5 of 11
ROIC	27.2%	median 7.0%	3 of 11
Revenue growth (4y, yearly)	-2.7%	median 4.2%	8 of 11
EPS growth (yearly)	-0.4%	median -4.9%	2 of 5
Net debt / EBITDA	3.1×	median 2.7×	2 of 4
Current ratio	1.2×	median 1.8×	8 of 10
Stock pay / revenue	0.3%	median 0.4%	8 of 11
Share count change	-1.4%	median -0.4%	9 of 11

Green where Lowe's Companies is on the better side of the median, red where on the worse; no colour where higher is neither, like size or dividend yield.

The peers, largest first

Company	Market value	P/E	ROIC	Score
LOWLowe's Companies Inc	$109.73B	P/E 16.5×	27.2%	5.9
HDThe Home Depot Inc	$308.74B	P/E 22.0×	25.4%	5.4
SHWSherwin-Williams Co	$81.37B	P/E 30.3×	19.9%	5.5
FASTFastenal Company	$58.55B	P/E 43.3×	34.8%	6.8
TSCOTractor Supply Company	$17.28B	P/E 9.2×	40.9%	6.5
BLDRBuilders FirstSource, Inc.	$5.88B	P/E 57.3×	4.0%	4.7
FNDFloor & Decor Holdings, Inc.	$4.82B	P/E 20.8×	10.0%	5.6
GRWGGrowGeneration Corp.	$84.26M	P/E –	-29.1%	5.4
JCTCJewett Cameron Trading Co Ltd	$10.21M	P/E –	-40.9%	5.7
IPWiPower Inc.	$2.12M	P/E –	-40.0%	5.0
ZKHZKH Group Ltd	–	P/E –	-12.3%	4.9

The industry is the Standard Industrial Classification code the company registered with the SEC. It is a broad label: a peer group is a starting point for comparing, not proof that two businesses are alike. None of this is advice.