Lowe’s Cos., Inc [NYSE: LOW] surged by $1.59 during the normal trading session on Wednesday and reaching a high of $216.65 during the day while it closed the day at $216.6.
Lowe’s Cos., Inc stock has also loss -3.98% of its value over the past 7 days. However, LOW stock has declined by -3.36% in the 3 months of the year. Over the past six months meanwhile, it has lost -12.89% and lost -7.47% year-on date.
The market cap for LOW stock reached $121.39 billion, with 560.00 million shares outstanding and 559.79 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 2.63M shares, LOW reached a trading volume of 3567805 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Here’s what leading stock market gurus have to 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 $263.93 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 2.08. 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 18.17 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.19.
LOW stock trade performance evaluation
Lowe’s Cos., Inc [LOW] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -3.98. With this latest performance, LOW shares dropped by -0.31% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -12.89% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -12.24% 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 41.58, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 5.01, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 4.96 for Lowe’s Cos., Inc [LOW]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 224.08, while it was recorded at 221.21 for the last single week of trading, and 244.80 for the last 200 days.
Lowe’s Cos., Inc [LOW]: An insightful look at the core 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%.
Return on Equity for this stock inclined to 15.05%, with Return on Assets sitting at 15.05%.
Reflecting on the efficiency of the workforce at the company, Lowe’s Cos., Inc [LOW] managed to generate an average of $25296.3 per employee.Lowe’s Cos., Inc’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 0.19 and a Current Ratio set at 1.01.
Earnings per share (EPS) analysis for Lowe’s Cos., Inc [LOW] stock
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 6.98%.
Lowe’s Cos., Inc [LOW]: Institutional Ownership
There are presently around $78.39%, or 78.49% 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%.
