Lowes Companies Inc. LOW
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Growth
Revenue compounded at −0.8% a year over the five years to FY2025 — but profit grew faster: net income at +2.7%, earnings per share at +8.9%.
The share count fell from 0.73B to 0.56B — the buyback concentrates the same profit into fewer slices.
Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.
Profitability
Return on equity has no reading this year — return on capital employed, just below, still does: 34%.
The 19-year record
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue $B | 86.3 | 83.7 | 86.4 | 97.1 | 96.2 | 89.6 | 72.1 | 71.3 | 68.6 | 65.0 | 59.1 | 56.2 | 53.4 | 50.5 | 50.2 | 48.8 | 47.2 | 48.2 | 48.3 |
| Operating income $B | 10.2 | 10.5 | 11.6 | 10.2 | 12.1 | 9.6 | 6.3 | 4.0 | 6.6 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 3.1 | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ |
| EBITDA $B | 12.3 | 12.4 | 13.5 | 12.1 | 14.0 | 11.2 | 7.7 | 5.6 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 6.6 | 6.4 | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ |
| Income tax $B | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.7 |
| Net income $B | 6.7 | 7.0 | 7.7 | 6.4 | 8.4 | 5.8 | 4.3 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 2.8 |
| Free cash flow $B | 7.7 | 7.7 | 6.2 | 6.8 | 8.3 | 9.3 | 2.8 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.3 |
| EPS, diluted $ | 11.85 | 12.23 | 13.20 | 10.17 | 12.04 | 7.75 | 5.49 | 2.84 | 4.09 | 3.47 | 2.73 | 2.71 | 2.14 | 1.69 | 1.43 | 1.42 | 1.21 | 1.49 | 1.86 |
| Dividend / sh $ | 4.75 | 4.55 | 4.35 | 3.95 | 3.00 | 2.30 | 2.13 | 1.85 | 1.58 | 1.33 | 1.07 | 0.87 | 0.70 | 0.62 | 0.53 | 0.42 | 0.35 | 0.34 | 0.29 |
| Payout % | 40 | 37 | 33 | 37 | 24 | 29 | 38 | 63 | 37 | 36 | 38 | 30 | 32 | 36 | 35 | 28 | 22 | 22 | 15 |
| ROE % | — | — | — | — | — | 342.3 | 152.5 | 48.6 | 56.0 | 43.9 | 28.9 | 24.7 | 17.8 | 12.9 | 10.6 | 10.8 | 9.6 | 12.9 | 17.4 |
| Shares out B | 0.56 | 0.56 | 0.57 | 0.60 | 0.67 | 0.73 | 0.76 | 0.80 | 0.83 | 0.87 | 0.91 | 0.96 | 1.03 | 1.11 | 1.24 | 1.35 | 1.46 | 1.47 | ◌ |
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This company against its peers
Company facts, as filed
Reconciled in 19 of the 19 fiscal years we could check. Two checks were skipped: the balance sheet is not tagged before 2008. One check was skipped: the share count is not tagged before 2008.