Lowe's Companies (LOW) Competitors $263.03 +3.77 (+1.45%) (As of 11/20/2024 ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrends LOW vs. HD, BLDR, FND, COST, MCD, BABA, BKNG, TJX, SBUX, and MELIShould you be buying Lowe's Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lowe's Companies include Home Depot (HD), Builders FirstSource (BLDR), Floor & Decor (FND), Costco Wholesale (COST), McDonald's (MCD), Alibaba Group (BABA), Booking (BKNG), TJX Companies (TJX), Starbucks (SBUX), and MercadoLibre (MELI). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector. Lowe's Companies vs. Home Depot Builders FirstSource Floor & Decor Costco Wholesale McDonald's Alibaba Group Booking TJX Companies Starbucks MercadoLibre Home Depot (NYSE:HD) and Lowe's Companies (NYSE:LOW) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and profitability. Which has more volatility and risk, HD or LOW? Home Depot has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lowe's Companies has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the MarketBeat Community favor HD or LOW? Home Depot received 316 more outperform votes than Lowe's Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.42% of users gave Home Depot an outperform vote while only 69.58% of users gave Lowe's Companies an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformHome DepotOutperform Votes181271.42% Underperform Votes72528.58% Lowe's CompaniesOutperform Votes149669.58% Underperform Votes65430.42% Which has preferable valuation and earnings, HD or LOW? Home Depot has higher revenue and earnings than Lowe's Companies. Lowe's Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Home Depot, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioHome Depot$152.67B2.60$15.14B$14.7227.17Lowe's Companies$86.38B1.73$7.73B$12.0621.81 Is HD or LOW a better dividend stock? Home Depot pays an annual dividend of $9.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Lowe's Companies pays an annual dividend of $4.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Home Depot pays out 61.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lowe's Companies pays out 38.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Home Depot has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Lowe's Companies has increased its dividend for 53 consecutive years. Does the media prefer HD or LOW? In the previous week, Home Depot had 35 more articles in the media than Lowe's Companies. MarketBeat recorded 115 mentions for Home Depot and 80 mentions for Lowe's Companies. Home Depot's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Lowe's Companies' score of 0.80 indicating that Home Depot is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Home Depot 78 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 15 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Lowe's Companies 42 Very Positive mention(s) 4 Positive mention(s) 16 Neutral mention(s) 4 Negative mention(s) 2 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do analysts prefer HD or LOW? Home Depot presently has a consensus target price of $426.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.51%. Lowe's Companies has a consensus target price of $277.92, suggesting a potential upside of 5.66%. Given Home Depot's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Home Depot is more favorable than Lowe's Companies.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Home Depot 1 Sell rating(s) 6 Hold rating(s) 23 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.73Lowe's Companies 0 Sell rating(s) 10 Hold rating(s) 15 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.60 Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of HD or LOW? 70.9% of Home Depot shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.1% of Lowe's Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Home Depot shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Lowe's Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Is HD or LOW more profitable? Home Depot has a net margin of 9.45% compared to Lowe's Companies' net margin of 8.25%. Home Depot's return on equity of 452.60% beat Lowe's Companies' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Home Depot9.45% 452.60% 16.91% Lowe's Companies 8.25%-47.07%15.79% SummaryHome Depot beats Lowe's Companies on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks. Ad Colonial MetalsTrump’s IRS Hands Massive ‘Victory Gift’ To 401K OwnersTrump quietly left open an "off the books" wealth-protection loophole hidden in the 6,871 pages of the IRS Tax Code… And since then… "In the know" patriots have quietly used this same "Trump revenge loophole" to shield their life savings from Bidenomics…Get Your Free Gold Guide Get Lowe's Companies News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for LOW and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart LOW vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricLowe's CompaniesLumber & other building materials IndustryRetail SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$149.21B$97.18B$23.30B$19.89BDividend Yield1.71%1.77%168.62%3.54%P/E Ratio21.8120.25117.4342.58Price / Sales1.731.496.5018.13Price / Cash16.0617.8720.0217.85Price / Book-10.05130.406.245.59Net Income$7.73B$4.13B$678.82M$985.39M7 Day Performance-3.41%-1.94%-1.94%-0.19%1 Month Performance-6.61%-7.33%-2.98%0.14%1 Year Performance28.65%21.83%14.72%23.70% Lowe's Companies Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)LOWLowe's Companies4.5146 of 5 stars$263.03+1.5%$277.92+5.7%+28.7%$147.08B$86.38B21.94284,000Dividend AnnouncementAnalyst ForecastHDHome Depot4.8322 of 5 stars$399.98-1.7%$426.00+6.5%+29.8%$397.30B$152.67B27.17509,300Dividend AnnouncementInsider TradeShort Interest ↓Positive NewsBLDRBuilders FirstSource4.7956 of 5 stars$174.95-2.2%$206.47+18.0%+30.1%$20.13B$16.73B17.0829,000Positive NewsFNDFloor & Decor3.2627 of 5 stars$103.46+3.9%$104.37+0.9%+14.3%$11.09B$4.41B57.4812,783High Trading VolumeCOSTCostco Wholesale4.6741 of 5 stars$928.08-0.2%$908.81-2.1%+59.8%$412.12B$254.45B56.01333,000Analyst ForecastPositive NewsMCDMcDonald's4.7221 of 5 stars$290.89+0.1%$319.46+9.8%+4.3%$208.34B$25.49B25.54150,000BABAAlibaba Group4.8669 of 5 stars$86.77-0.4%$114.07+31.5%+10.6%$207.76B$130.35B17.60204,891Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastBKNGBooking4.5752 of 5 stars$5,016.43+0.8%$4,785.00-4.6%+58.9%$164.72B$21.37B34.0423,600Analyst ForecastPositive NewsTJXTJX Companies4.4519 of 5 stars$119.74+0.2%$127.41+6.4%+33.7%$134.85B$54.22B28.92349,000Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastNews CoveragePositive NewsSBUXStarbucks4.9222 of 5 stars$98.26-0.1%$102.81+4.6%-5.8%$111.45B$36.18B29.69381,000Insider TradeMELIMercadoLibre4.8054 of 5 stars$1,931.26+0.8%$2,269.67+17.5%+30.3%$97.16B$14.47B68.1515,638Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Home Depot Competitors Builders FirstSource Competitors Floor & Decor Competitors Costco Wholesale Competitors McDonald's Competitors Alibaba Group Competitors Booking Competitors TJX Companies Competitors Starbucks Competitors MercadoLibre Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NYSE:LOW) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersUnveiled: NVIDIA’s "Secret Royalty" ProgramDid you know that there's an investment that will give you the opportunity to collect "royalties" every time N...Behind the Markets | Sponsored Adding Choose a watchlist: Watchlist Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. 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