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Lowes Companies (LOW) Asset Writedowns and Impairment (2016 - 2020)

Lowes Companies' (LOW) quarterly Asset Writedowns and Impairment came in at $1.0 million in Q1 2020, down 99.91% YoY from $1.2 billion in Q1 2019, and down 98.11% on a QoQ basis from $53.0 million in Q4 2019.

Lowes Companies (LOW) Asset Writedowns and Impairment (2016 - 2020) Analysis & Trends

Lowes Companies (LOW) has 5 years of Asset Writedowns and Impairment data on file, last reported at $1.0 million in Q1 2020.

  • Quarterly Asset Writedowns and Impairment fell 99.91% year-over-year to $1.0 million in Q1 2020, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2020 was $1.3 billion (down 11.39% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at -$169.0 million, down 196.49% from the prior year.
  • Asset Writedowns and Impairment retreated to $1.0 million in Q1 2020, from $53.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Asset Writedowns and Impairment ranged from a high of $1.2 billion in Q1 2019 to a low of $1.0 million in Q1 2020.
  • A 5-year average of $295.8 million and a median of $129.5 million in 2018 frame the typical range for Asset Writedowns and Impairment.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2019 — Asset Writedowns and Impairment jumped 140.91% — and 2020, when it tumbled 99.91%.
  • Tracing LOW's Asset Writedowns and Impairment over 5 years: stood at $367.0 million in 2016, then plunged by 97.55% to $9.0 million in 2017, then soared by 144.44% to $22.0 million in 2018, then jumped by 140.91% to $53.0 million in 2019, then plunged by 98.11% to $1.0 million in 2020.
  • The last three Asset Writedowns and Impairment figures came in at $1.0 million (Q1 2020), $53.0 million (Q4 2019), and $1.2 billion (Q1 2019), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr)
1 Home Depot 334.18 Bn 332.58 Bn 13.78 Bn
2 Lowes Companies 121.12 Bn 119.88 Bn 7.54 Bn
3 Floor & Decor Holdings 5.85 Bn 5.53 Bn 603.12 Mn
4 Haverty Furniture Companies 407.72 Mn 303.43 Mn 119.73 Mn
5 Live Ventures 29.18 Mn 18.28 Mn 37.10 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2020 1.00 Mn
Jan 31, 2020 1.00 Mn
Nov 1, 2019 53.00 Mn
Nov 1, 2019 53.00 Mn
Feb 1, 2019 1.18 Bn
Feb 1, 2019 1.18 Bn
Nov 2, 2018 22.00 Mn
Nov 2, 2018 22.00 Mn
Aug 3, 2018 206.00 Mn
Aug 3, 2018 206.00 Mn
Feb 3, 2017 9.00 Mn
Feb 3, 2017 9.00 Mn
Oct 28, 2016 367.00 Mn
Oct 28, 2016 367.00 Mn
Jan 29, 2016 532.00 Mn
Jan 29, 2016 532.00 Mn