Lowe's Companies (LOW) Competitors $238.93 -7.49 (-3.04%) Closing price 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$238.84 -0.10 (-0.04%) As of 07:57 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrends LOW vs. HD, BLDR, FND, JCTC, COST, BABA, MCD, PDD, BKNG, and TJXShould 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), Jewett-Cameron Trading (JCTC), Costco Wholesale (COST), Alibaba Group (BABA), McDonald's (MCD), PDD (PDD), Booking (BKNG), and TJX Companies (TJX). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector. Lowe's Companies vs. Home Depot Builders FirstSource Floor & Decor Jewett-Cameron Trading Costco Wholesale Alibaba Group McDonald's PDD Booking TJX Companies Home Depot (NYSE:HD) and Lowe's Companies (NYSE:LOW) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and community ranking. Do insiders and institutionals believe in HD or LOW? 70.9% of Home Depot shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.1% of Lowe's Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Home Depot shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Lowe's Companies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. 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 1.9%. Home Depot pays out 61.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lowe's Companies pays out 38.4% 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 raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Lowe's Companies has raised its dividend for 53 consecutive years. Do analysts prefer HD or LOW? Home Depot currently has a consensus price target of $433.44, indicating a potential upside of 12.64%. Lowe's Companies has a consensus price target of $282.96, indicating a potential upside of 18.43%. Given Lowe's Companies' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Lowe's Companies is more favorable than Home Depot.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Home Depot 1 Sell rating(s) 6 Hold rating(s) 21 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.71Lowe's Companies 0 Sell rating(s) 10 Hold rating(s) 14 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.58 Which has better valuation & 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$152.67B2.50$15.14B$14.7226.14Lowe's Companies$86.38B1.56$7.73B$11.9919.93 Is HD or LOW more profitable? Home Depot has a net margin of 9.45% compared to Lowe's Companies' net margin of 8.19%. 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 8.19%-47.55%15.28% Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HD or LOW? Home Depot received 312 more outperform votes than Lowe's Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.47% of users gave Home Depot an outperform vote while only 69.53% of users gave Lowe's Companies an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformHome DepotOutperform Votes181671.47% Underperform Votes72528.53% Lowe's CompaniesOutperform Votes150469.53% Underperform Votes65930.47% Which has more volatility and risk, HD or LOW? Home Depot has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lowe's Companies has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media prefer HD or LOW? In the previous week, Home Depot had 45 more articles in the media than Lowe's Companies. MarketBeat recorded 116 mentions for Home Depot and 71 mentions for Lowe's Companies. Home Depot's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Lowe's Companies' score of 1.42 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 92 Very Positive mention(s) 8 Positive mention(s) 11 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Lowe's Companies 55 Very Positive mention(s) 3 Positive mention(s) 8 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive SummaryHome Depot beats Lowe's Companies on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks. 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$134.91B$78.19B$25.88B$20.05BDividend Yield1.86%1.93%172.57%3.65%P/E Ratio19.9318.6423.0934.88Price / Sales1.561.193.7515.71Price / Cash14.7014.4221.2120.85Price / Book-9.1375.335.834.92Net Income$7.73B$3.54B$770.12M$1.02B7 Day Performance-5.14%-2.90%-3.05%-1.05%1 Month Performance-9.61%-5.72%-1.23%-1.39%1 Year Performance4.88%-5.31%8.53%13.93% Lowe's Companies Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)LOWLowe's Companies4.7605 of 5 stars$238.93-3.0%$282.96+18.4%+9.4%$134.91B$86.38B19.93284,000Upcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastPositive NewsHDHome Depot4.2677 of 5 stars$409.47-0.7%$433.44+5.9%+8.8%$406.75B$152.67B27.82509,300Analyst ForecastPositive NewsBLDRBuilders FirstSource4.804 of 5 stars$153.90+0.9%$205.71+33.7%-21.0%$17.71B$17.10B15.0329,000Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastNews CoverageFNDFloor & Decor3.7259 of 5 stars$97.54-0.3%$106.22+8.9%-15.5%$10.46B$4.41B54.1912,783Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastNews CoverageGap UpJCTCJewett-Cameron TradingN/A$4.43-2.6%N/AN/A$15.59M$47.15M-12.6668News CoverageCOSTCostco Wholesale4.4948 of 5 stars$1,071.85-0.5%$1,021.93-4.7%+42.5%$475.79B$254.45B62.94333,000Positive NewsBABAAlibaba Group3.7436 of 5 stars$124.73+4.3%$115.86-7.1%+86.3%$296.71B$130.35B25.30204,891Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastNews CoverageGap UpHigh Trading VolumeMCDMcDonald's4.4731 of 5 stars$308.59-0.5%$323.61+4.9%+3.5%$221.14B$25.49B27.09150,000Insider TradePDDPDD4.6807 of 5 stars$124.16+2.2%$173.40+39.7%-5.2%$170.83B$34.88B12.1317,403Options VolumePositive NewsGap UpBKNGBooking3.9142 of 5 stars$5,044.40+0.7%$5,044.43+0.0%+35.6%$166.97B$21.37B34.2323,600Earnings ReportAnalyst UpgradeNews CoveragePositive NewsGap UpTJXTJX Companies4.7888 of 5 stars$124.33-1.2%$133.53+7.4%+26.3%$139.77B$54.22B29.25349,000Upcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastPositive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Home Depot Competitors Builders FirstSource Competitors Floor & Decor Competitors Jewett-Cameron Trading Competitors Costco Wholesale Competitors Alibaba Group Competitors McDonald's Competitors PDD Competitors Booking Competitors TJX Companies 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 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersCollect $7k per month from Tesla’s SECRET dividendTesla doesn't pay a traditional dividend.... 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