Lowe’s Companies (NYSE:LOW) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Lowe’s Companies (NYSE:LOW) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 12.150-12.400 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 12.480. The company issued revenue guidance of $83.5 billion-$84.5 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $84.8 billion.

Lowe’s Companies Price Performance

LOW stock traded up $4.77 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $247.16. The stock had a trading volume of 4,660,966 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,355,349. Lowe’s Companies has a 52-week low of $211.80 and a 52-week high of $287.01. The firm has a market cap of $139.56 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.61, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.96 and a beta of 1.11. The business has a 50-day moving average of $252.53 and a two-hundred day moving average of $258.94.

Lowe’s Companies (NYSE:LOW) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 26th. The home improvement retailer reported $1.93 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.83 by $0.10. Lowe’s Companies had a negative return on equity of 47.55% and a net margin of 8.19%. Research analysts predict that Lowe’s Companies will post 11.9 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research analysts recently commented on the stock. Truist Financial raised their price target on shares of Lowe’s Companies from $307.00 to $308.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 11th. DA Davidson upped their price objective on Lowe’s Companies from $240.00 to $270.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 20th. Barclays increased their target price on Lowe’s Companies from $229.00 to $245.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 20th. StockNews.com raised shares of Lowe’s Companies from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, January 17th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein raised their target price on shares of Lowe’s Companies from $301.00 to $304.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 12th. Ten analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fifteen have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $282.96.

About Lowe’s Companies

Lowe’s Companies, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a home improvement retailer in the United States. The company offers a line of products for construction, maintenance, repair, remodeling, and decorating. It also provides home improvement products, such as appliances, seasonal and outdoor living, lawn and garden, lumber, kitchens and bath, tools, paint, millwork, hardware, flooring, rough plumbing, building materials, décor, and electrical.