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Lowes Companies (LOW) Return on Equity [ROE] (2009 - 2021)

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Lowes Companies (LOW) posted Return on Equity [ROE] of 5191.85% for fiscal Q2 2022 (quarter ended Jul 30, 2021), up 5003.31 percentage points from 188.54% a year earlier and up 4467.20 percentage points from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Lowes Companies (LOW) Return on Equity [ROE] (2009 - 2021) Analysis & Trends

For FY2021 (ended Jan 29, 2021), Lowes Companies' Return on Equity [ROE] came in at 342.33%, up 189.87 percentage points from FY2020.

  • Annual Return on Equity [ROE] shows a five-year change of +313.43 percentage points (FY2016 to FY2021).
  • In prior fiscal years, Lowes Companies' Return on Equity [ROE] was 152.46% in FY2020 (+103.83 pp), 48.63% in FY2019 (-7.39 pp), 56.02% in FY2018 (+12.11 pp) and 43.91% in FY2017 (+15.01 pp).
  • The fiscal Q2 2022 figure stands as the highest quarterly Return on Equity [ROE] in data going back to fiscal Q2 2010.
  • On a year-over-year basis, Return on Equity [ROE] has increased in each of the last ten quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +747.93 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
  • The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Equity [ROE] in the past five years was fiscal Q2 2022, with a gain of 5003.31 percentage points; the weakest was fiscal Q4 2019, with a drop of 8.17 percentage points.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Equity [ROE] for the three prior fiscal quarters was 724.65% (Q1 2022), 211.80% (Q4 2021) and 127.35% (Q3 2021).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROE (Qtr)
1 Amazon Com 2,654.24 Bn 2,170.93 Bn 104.83 Bn 26.64%
2 Home Depot 289.19 Bn 282.43 Bn 16.12 Bn 93.32%
3 Tjx Companies 143.39 Bn 120.94 Bn 5.07 Bn 57.63%
4 Lowes Companies 105.29 Bn 98.25 Bn 8.58 Bn -
5 Ross Stores 75.79 Bn 58.72 Bn 2.12 Bn 40.76%
6 Target 72.00 Bn 66.59 Bn 8.94 Bn 25.85%
7 O Reilly Automotive 70.61 Bn 69.69 Bn 2.52 Bn -
8 Carvana 66.52 Bn 58.12 Bn 1.38 Bn 43.64%
9 Autozone 47.57 Bn 46.47 Bn 2.52 Bn -
10 JD.com 32.28 Bn -77.90 Bn 8.71 Bn 6.91%
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jul 30, 2021 5,191.85%
Apr 30, 2021 724.65%
Jan 29, 2021 211.80%
Oct 30, 2020 127.35%
Jul 31, 2020 188.54%
May 1, 2020 247.94%
Jan 31, 2020 193.27%
Nov 1, 2019 115.61%
Aug 2, 2019 86.01%
May 3, 2019 68.92%
Feb 1, 2019 51.18%
Nov 2, 2018 66.06%
Aug 3, 2018 68.26%
May 4, 2018 65.98%
Feb 2, 2018 59.35%
Nov 3, 2017 63.06%
Aug 4, 2017 55.35%
May 5, 2017 46.99%
Feb 3, 2017 47.07%
Oct 28, 2016 35.56%
API Access

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