Lowe’s Cos., Inc [NYSE: LOW] stock went on an upward path that rose over 0.30% on Wednesday, amounting to a one-week price increase of more than 0.32%.
Over the last 12 months, LOW stock rose by 4.19%. The one-year Lowe’s Cos., Inc stock forecast points to a potential upside of 4.63. The average equity rating for LOW stock is currently 2.09, trading closer to a bullish pattern in the stock market.
The market cap for the stock reached $144.11 billion, with 560.00 million shares outstanding and 559.79 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 2.86M shares, LOW stock reached a trading volume of 5222743 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Guru’s Opinion on 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 $269.63 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 2.09. 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.
KeyBanc Capital Markets have made an estimate for Lowe’s Cos., Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Overweight, with their previous recommendation back on April 25, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Telsey Advisory Group raised their target price from $275 to $305. The new note on the price target was released on November 08, 2024, representing the official price target for Lowe’s Cos., Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $323, while Bernstein analysts kept a Outperform rating on LOW stock. On October 09, 2024, analysts increased their price target for LOW shares from 250 to 300.
Price to Free Cash Flow for LOW in the course of the last twelve months was 21.58 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.19.
LOW Stock Performance Analysis:
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 0.32. With this latest performance, LOW shares gained by 13.36% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 4.24% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 4.19% 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 72.94, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 6.13, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 5.48 for Lowe’s Cos., Inc [LOW]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 228.65, while it was recorded at 253.90 for the last single week of trading, and 240.25 for the last 200 days.
Insight into Lowe’s Cos., Inc Fundamentals:
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and Lowe’s Cos., Inc [LOW] shares currently have an operating margin of 12.17% and a Gross Margin at 31.27%. Lowe’s Cos., Inc’s Net Margin is presently recorded at 8.20%.
Lowe’s Cos., Inc (LOW) Capital Structure & Debt Analysis
Lowe’s Cos., Inc (LOW) Efficiency & Liquidity Metrics
Lowe’s Cos., Inc (LOW) Efficiency & Liquidity Metrics
From an operational efficiency perspective, Lowe’s Cos., Inc. (LOW) effectively leverages its workforce, generating an average of $25296.3 per employee. The company’s liquidity position is robust, with a Current Ratio of 1.01% and a Quick Ratio of 0.19%, indicating strong ability to cover short-term liabilities.
LOW Stock EPS
With the latest financial reports released by the company, Lowe’s Cos., Inc posted 2.89/share EPS, while the average EPS was predicted by analysts to be reported at 2.81/share. When compared, the two values demonstrate that the company surpassed the estimates by a Surprise Factor of 0.08. 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 6.80%.
Lowe’s Cos., Inc [LOW] Institutonal Ownership Details
There are presently around $79.16%, or 79.27%% 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%.
