HD vs LOW
Home Depot, Inc. and Lowe’s Companies, Inc., side by side — 10 fiscal years reported in USD, drawn from SEC filings.
At a glance
Most recent reported year
| Metric | HD | LOW |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $164.7B | $86.3B |
| Net income | $14.2B | $6.7B |
| Gross margin | 33.3% | 33.5% |
| Net margin | 8.6% | 7.7% |
| Return on equity | 145.5% | 342.3% |
| Diluted EPS | $14.23 | $11.85 |
| Dividend / share | $9.20 | $4.75 |
| Payout ratio | 64.7% | 39.6% |
| Free cash flow | $12.6B | $7.7B |
| Equity | $12.8B | $-9.9B |
| Net debt / equity | 3.75× | 11.12× |
| Current ratio | 1.06× | 1.08× |
| Revenue CAGR 5y | 4.5% | −0.8% |
| Profit CAGR 5y | 1.9% | 2.7% |
HD bills 1.9× the revenue of LOW, and keeps more of each dollar of revenue as profit (8.6% against 7.7%).
The stronger figure of the pair is set in bold. That is arithmetic, not a recommendation — this page does not pick a winner.
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Revenue by year
10 years side by side
| Fiscal year | HD | LOW |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $164.7B | $86.3B |
| FY2024 | $159.5B | $83.7B |
| FY2023 | $152.7B | $86.4B |
| FY2022 | $157.4B | $97.1B |
| FY2021 | $151.2B | $96.2B |
| FY2020 | $132.1B | $89.6B |
| FY2019 | $110.2B | $72.1B |
| FY2018 | $108.2B | $71.3B |
| FY2017 | $100.9B | $68.6B |
| FY2016 | $94.6B | $65.0B |
Net income by year
Bottom line
| Fiscal year | HD | LOW |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $14.2B | $6.7B |
| FY2024 | $14.8B | $7.0B |
| FY2023 | $15.1B | $7.7B |
| FY2022 | $17.1B | $6.4B |
| FY2021 | $16.4B | $8.4B |
| FY2020 | $12.9B | $5.8B |
| FY2019 | $11.2B | $4.3B |
| FY2018 | $11.1B | $2.3B |
| FY2017 | $8.6B | $3.4B |
| FY2016 | $8.0B | $3.1B |
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