Lowe’s Cos., Inc [NYSE: LOW] traded at a high on Wednesday, posting a 2.20 gain after which it closed the day’ session at $256.72.
The results of the trading session contributed to over 2696157 shares changing hands. Over the past one week, the price volatility of Lowe’s Cos., Inc stands at 1.70% while the volatility over the past one month is 1.69%.
The market cap for LOW stock reached $144.96 billion, with 565.00 million shares outstanding and 564.09 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 2.36M shares, LOW reached a trading volume of 2696157 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
What do top market gurus say about Lowe’s Cos., Inc [LOW]?
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for LOW shares is $285.10 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on LOW stock is a recommendation set at 2.24. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Telsey Advisory Group have made an estimate for Lowe’s Cos., Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Outperform, with their previous recommendation back on November 08, 2024. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Bernstein raised their target price to Outperform. The new note on the price target was released on October 22, 2024, representing the official price target for Lowe’s Cos., Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise from $250 to $300, while Loop Capital kept a Buy rating on LOW stock. On October 02, 2024, analysts increased their price target for LOW shares from 230 to 275.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Lowe’s Cos., Inc is set at 4.83, with the Price to Sales ratio for LOW stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 1.73. Price to Free Cash Flow for LOW in the course of the last twelve months was 18.53 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.23.
How has LOW stock performed recently?
Lowe’s Cos., Inc [LOW] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 4.12. With this latest performance, LOW shares dropped by -2.57% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 6.54% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 17.27% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for LOW stock in for the last two-week period is set at 54.73, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 65.26, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 50.48 for Lowe’s Cos., Inc [LOW]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 261.27, while it was recorded at 250.27 for the last single week of trading, and 246.04 for the last 200 days.
Lowe’s Cos., Inc [LOW]: Deeper insight into the fundamentals
Lowe’s Cos., Inc’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 0.23 and a Current Ratio set at 1.13.
Earnings analysis for Lowe’s Cos., Inc [LOW]
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for LOW. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Lowe’s Cos., Inc go to 2.12%.
Insider trade positions for Lowe’s Cos., Inc [LOW]
There are presently around $77.40%, or 77.48%% of LOW stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of LOW stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 53.95 million shares, which is approximately 9.4479%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 38.43 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$8.47 billion in LOW stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$5.5 billion in LOW stock with ownership which is approximately 4.3944%.
