Lowe's Companies Financial Ratios
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Lowe's Companies ratio analysis
Lowe's Companies earned a net margin of 7.7% in FY 2025, down from 8.3% a year earlier. Gross margin was 33.5% compared with a median of 33.2% over the prior 9 years. At the end of FY 2025, LOW traded at 22.5 times earnings; across the 10 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 16.6 to 34.2, with a median of 21.2.
Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Lowe's Companies financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 22.54 | 21.26 | 16.63 | 21.24 | 19.52 | 21.53 | 21.17 | 34.19 | 24.82 | 21.12 |
| Price / sales | 1.73 | 1.76 | 1.48 | 1.40 | 1.70 | 1.39 | 1.25 | 1.10 | 1.24 | 0.99 |
| Price / book | — | — | — | — | — | 86.85 | 45.80 | 21.61 | 14.50 | 10.02 |
| Gross margin | 33.5% | 33.3% | 33.4% | 33.2% | 33.3% | 33.0% | 31.8% | 32.1% | 32.7% | 33.3% |
| Operating margin | 11.8% | 12.5% | 13.4% | 10.5% | 12.6% | 10.8% | 8.8% | 5.6% | 9.6% | 9.0% |
| Net margin | 7.7% | 8.3% | 8.9% | 6.6% | 8.8% | 6.5% | 5.9% | 3.2% | 5.0% | 4.8% |
| Free cash flow margin | 8.9% | 9.2% | 7.2% | 7.0% | 8.6% | 10.3% | 3.9% | 7.0% | 5.7% | 6.8% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | — | — | — | — | — | 406.1% | 217.1% | 63.5% | 58.7% | 48.0% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 12.3% | 16.1% | 18.5% | 14.7% | 18.9% | 12.5% | 10.8% | 6.7% | 9.8% | 9.0% |
| Debt / equity | — | — | — | — | — | 15.16 | 9.79 | 4.45 | 2.89 | 2.44 |
| Current ratio | 1.08 | 1.09 | 1.23 | 1.10 | 1.02 | 1.19 | 1.01 | 0.98 | 1.06 | 1.00 |
| Revenue growth | 3.1% | -3.1% | -11.0% | 0.8% | 7.4% | 24.2% | 1.2% | 3.9% | 5.5% | 10.1% |
| EPS growth | -3.1% | -7.3% | 29.8% | -15.5% | 55.4% | 41.2% | 93.3% | -30.6% | 17.9% | 27.1% |