Growth Metrics

Lowes Companies (LOW) Operating Margin (2016 - 2026)

Lowes Companies (LOW) has disclosed Operating Margin for 10 consecutive years, with 11.92% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Operating Margin fell 65.0% year-over-year to 11.92%, compared with a TTM value of 12.19% through Oct 2025, down 14.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 12.51%, down 87.0% over the prior year.
  • Operating Margin was 11.92% for Q4 2025 at Lowes Companies, down from 14.48% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 15.57% in Q3 2023 and bottomed at 3.94% in Q4 2022.
  • Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 11.9%, with a median of 12.5% recorded in 2024.
  • The sharpest move saw Operating Margin crashed -823bps in 2022, then soared 923bps in 2023.
  • Year by year, Operating Margin stood at 12.17% in 2021, then tumbled by -68bps to 3.94% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 235bps to 13.17% in 2023, then fell by -5bps to 12.57% in 2024, then decreased by -5bps to 11.92% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Operating Margin for LOW at 11.92% in Q4 2025, 14.48% in Q3 2025, and 11.92% in Q2 2025.