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Lowe's (Lowe's) Return-on-Tangible-Equity : Negative Tangible Equity% (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Lowe's Return-on-Tangible-Equity?

Return-on-Tangible-Equity is calculated as Net Income divided by its average total shareholder tangible equity. Total shareholder tangible equity equals to Total Stockholders Equity minus Intangible Assets. Lowe's's annualized net income for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $4,080 Mil. Lowe's's average shareholder tangible equity for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $-15,099 Mil. Therefore, Lowe's's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was Negative Tangible Equity%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Lowe's's Return-on-Tangible-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

LOW' s Return-on-Tangible-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 24.73   Med: 58.53   Max: 434.31
Current: Negative Tangible Equity

During the past 13 years, Lowe's's highest Return-on-Tangible-Equity was 434.31%. The lowest was 24.73%. And the median was 58.53%.

LOW's Return-on-Tangible-Equity is ranked better than
99.81% of 1052 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 7.605 vs LOW: Negative Tangible Equity

Lowe's Return-on-Tangible-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lowe's's Return-on-Tangible-Equity can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Lowe's Return-on-Tangible-Equity Chart

Lowe's Annual Data
Trend Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Return-on-Tangible-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 170.90 434.31 Negative Tangible Equity Negative Tangible Equity Negative Tangible Equity

Lowe's Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
Return-on-Tangible-Equity Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Negative Tangible Equity Negative Tangible Equity Negative Tangible Equity Negative Tangible Equity Negative Tangible Equity

Competitive Comparison of Lowe's's Return-on-Tangible-Equity

For the Home Improvement Retail subindustry, Lowe's's Return-on-Tangible-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Return-on-Tangible-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Lowe's's Return-on-Tangible-Equity Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Lowe's's Return-on-Tangible-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lowe's's Return-on-Tangible-Equity falls into.



Lowe's Return-on-Tangible-Equity Calculation

Lowe's's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Return-on-Tangible-Equity=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Equity+Total Tangible Equity)/ count )
(A: Jan. 2024 )  (A: Jan. 2023 )(A: Jan. 2024 )
=Net Income/( (Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets+Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets )/ count )
(A: Jan. 2024 )  (A: Jan. 2023 )(A: Jan. 2024 )
=7726/( (-14254+-15050 )/ 2 )
=7726/-14652
=Negative Tangible Equity %

Lowe's's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Return-on-Tangible-Equity=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Equity+Total Tangible Equity)/ count )
(Q: Jan. 2024 )  (Q: Oct. 2023 )(Q: Jan. 2024 )
=Net Income/( (Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets+Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets)/ count )
(Q: Jan. 2024 )  (Q: Oct. 2023 )(Q: Jan. 2024 )
=4080/( (-15147+-15050)/ 2 )
=4080/-15098.5
=Negative Tangible Equity %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Return-on-Tangible-Equity, the net income of the last fiscal year and the average total shareholder tangible equity over the fiscal year are used. In calculating the quarterly data, the net income data used here is four times the quarterly (Jan. 2024) net income data. Return-on-Tangible-Equity is displayed in the 10-year financial page.


Lowe's  (NYSE:LOW) Return-on-Tangible-Equity Explanation

Return-on-Tangible-Equity measures the rate of return on the ownership interest (shareholder's tangible equity) of the common stock owners. It measures a firm's efficiency at generating profits from every unit of shareholders' tangible equity (shareholders equity minus intangibles). Return-on-Tangible-Equity shows how well a company uses investment funds to generate earnings growth. Return-on-Tangible-Equitys between 15% and 20% are considered desirable.


Be Aware

Net Income is used.

Because a company can increase its Return-on-Tangible-Equity by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high Return-on-Tangible-Equity companies. Like Return-on-Tangible-Asset, Return-on-Tangible-Equity is calculated with only 12 months data. Fluctuations in company's earnings or business cycles can affect the ratio drastically. It is important to look at the ratio from a long term perspective.

Asset light businesses require very few assets to generate very high earnings. Their Return-on-Tangible-Equitys can be extremely high.


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Lowe's (Lowe's) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1000 Lowes Boulevard, Mooresville, NC, USA, 28117
Lowe's is the second-largest home improvement retailer in the world, operating more than 1,700 stores in the United States, after the 2023 divestiture of its Canadian locations (RONA, Lowe's Canada, Réno-Dépôt, and Dick's Lumber). The firm's stores offer products and services for home decorating, maintenance, repair, and remodeling, with maintenance and repair accounting for two thirds of products sold. Lowe's targets retail do-it-yourself (around 75% of sales) and do-it-for-me customers as well as commercial and professional business clients (around 25% of sales). We estimate Lowe's captures a low-double-digit share of the domestic home improvement market, based on U.S. Census data and management's market size estimates.
Executives
Janice Dupre Little officer: EVP Human Resources 1000 LOWES BOULEVARD, MOORESVILLE NC 28117
Joseph Michael Mcfarland officer: EVP, Stores 1000 LOWE'S BOULEVARD, MOORESVILLE NC 28117
Quonta D Vance officer: EVP, Pro & Home Services 1000 LOWE'S BOULEVARD, MOORESVILLE NC 28117
Donald Frieson officer: EVP, Supply Chain 1000 LOWE'S BOULEVARD, MOORESVILLE NC 28117
William P Boltz officer: EVP, Merchandising 1000 LOWE'S BOULEVARD, MOORESVILLE NC 28117
Seemantini Godbole officer: EVP, Chief Information Officer 1000 LOWE'S BOULEVARD, MOORESVILLE NC 28117
Juliette Williams Pryor officer: EVP, CLO & Corp. Sec. 1000 LOWE'S BOULEVARD, MOORESVILLE NC 28117
Ross W Mccanless officer: SR VP Gen Counsel & Secretary
Scott H Baxter director 400 NORTH ELM STREET, GREENSBORO NC 27401
Taylor Colleen director C/O BILL.COM HOLDINGS, INC., 1800 EMBARCADERO ROAD, PALO ALTO CA 94303
Brandon J Sink officer: EVP, Chief Financial Officer 1000 LOWE'S BOULEVARD, MOORESVILLE NC 28117
Stone West Mary E director C/O HASBRO, INC., 1011 NEWPORT AVENUE, PAWTUCKET RI 02861
Daniel J Heinrich director CLOROX CO, 1221 BROADWAY, OAKLAND CA 94612
David H Batchelder director 1000 LOWE'S BOULEVARD, MOORESVILLE NC 28117
Griggs Dan Clayton Jr officer: Vice President, CAO 1000 LOWES BOULEVARD, MOORESVILLE NC 28117