LOW vs SHW
Lowe’s Companies, Inc. and THE Sherwin-williams Company, side by side — 10 fiscal years reported in USD, drawn from SEC filings.
At a glance
Most recent reported year
| Metric | LOW | SHW |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $86.3B | $23.6B |
| Net income | $6.7B | $2.6B |
| Gross margin | 33.5% | 48.8% |
| Net margin | 7.7% | 10.9% |
| Return on equity | 342.3% | 59.4% |
| Diluted EPS | $11.85 | $10.26 |
| Dividend / share | $4.75 | $3.16 |
| Payout ratio | 39.6% | 30.7% |
| Free cash flow | $7.7B | $2.7B |
| Equity | $-9.9B | $4.6B |
| Net debt / equity | 11.12× | 2.06× |
| Current ratio | 1.08× | 0.87× |
| Revenue CAGR 5y | −0.8% | 5.1% |
| Profit CAGR 5y | 2.7% | 4.8% |
LOW bills 3.7× the revenue of SHW, and SHW keeps more of each dollar of revenue as profit (10.9% 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 | LOW | SHW |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $86.3B | $23.6B |
| FY2024 | $83.7B | $23.1B |
| FY2023 | $86.4B | $23.1B |
| FY2022 | $97.1B | $22.1B |
| FY2021 | $96.2B | $19.9B |
| FY2020 | $89.6B | $18.4B |
| FY2019 | $72.1B | $17.9B |
| FY2018 | $71.3B | $17.5B |
| FY2017 | $68.6B | $15.0B |
| FY2016 | $65.0B | $11.9B |
Net income by year
Bottom line
| Fiscal year | LOW | SHW |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $6.7B | $2.6B |
| FY2024 | $7.0B | $2.7B |
| FY2023 | $7.7B | $2.4B |
| FY2022 | $6.4B | $2.0B |
| FY2021 | $8.4B | $1.9B |
| FY2020 | $5.8B | $2.0B |
| FY2019 | $4.3B | $1.5B |
| FY2018 | $2.3B | $1.1B |
| FY2017 | $3.4B | $1.7B |
| FY2016 | $3.1B | $1.1B |
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