Financing Cash Flow
Lowe's Companies Financing Cash Flow increased by 818.4% to $4.42B in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 336.5%, from -$1.87B to $4.42B. Over 4 years (FY 2022 to FY 2026), Financing Cash Flow shows an upward trend with a -60.6% CAGR.
Analysis
How to read this metric
A large negative value typically indicates a company is returning capital to shareholders or paying down debt, while a positive value suggests the company is raising external capital to fund operations or acquisitions.
Detailed definition
This metric represents the net flow of cash between a company and its capital providers, including shareholders and lend...
Peer comparison
Large-cap peers like Microsoft or Alphabet similarly show large negative financing outflows due to aggressive share repurchase programs and dividend distributions.
cf_net_cash_from_financingHistorical Data
| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | -$2.02B | -$2.91B | -$1.46B | -$5.63B | -$386.00M | -$4.57B | $22.00M | -$2.12B | -$200.00M | -$2.91B | -$2.76B | -$802.00M | -$1.57B | -$1.61B | -$1.87B | -$2.00B | -$1.55B | -$615.00M | $4.42B |
| QoQ Change | — | -43.9% | +49.6% | -284.2% | +93.1% | <-999% | +100.5% | <-999% | +90.6% | <-999% | +5.2% | +70.9% | -95.5% | -2.6% | -16.2% | -7.2% | +22.5% | +60.4% | +818.4% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +80.9% | -57.1% | +101.5% | +62.4% | +48.2% | +36.4% | <-999% | +62.1% | -684.0% | +44.7% | +32.2% | -149.8% | +1.0% | +61.8% | +336.5% |
Financing Cash Flow at Other Companies
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Lowe's Companies's financing cash flow?
- Lowe's Companies (LOW) reported financing cash flow of $4.42B in Q4 2025.
- How has Lowe's Companies's financing cash flow changed year-over-year?
- Lowe's Companies's financing cash flow increased by 336.5% year-over-year, from -$1.87B to $4.42B.
- What is the long-term trend for Lowe's Companies's financing cash flow?
- Over 4 years (2022 to 2026), Lowe's Companies's financing cash flow has grown at a -60.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from -$10.28B to $247.00M.
- What does financing cash flow mean?
- The total amount of money a company spends or receives from borrowing debt and managing its own shares and dividends.