What is Lowe's Companies's debt-to-equity?

Lowe's Companies (LOW) reported debt-to-equity of 59.3× in Q1 2021.

What does debt-to-equity mean?

How much debt the company carries for every dollar of shareholder equity.

How do you interpret debt-to-equity?

Lower is generally safer, but moderate leverage can boost returns. Read in the context of cash-flow stability — a utility tolerates more debt than a cyclical. Negative equity makes the ratio meaningless and it is suppressed there.

How does debt-to-equity compare across companies?

Comparable within an industry; capital structures differ sharply across sectors. Not meaningful for banks.

Lowe's Companies LOW Debt-to-equity

Discontinued — last reported Q1 '21

Debt-to-equity at other companies

Sherwin-WilliamsSHW

3.6×+0.1×

Walmart WMT

0.8×0.0×

Home DepotHD

4.5×-3.6×

Tractor Supply CompanyTSCO

2.5×0.0×

AmazonAMZN

0.5×0.0×

Ferguson EnterprisesFERG

1×-0.1×

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$23.1B+10.3%

Gross profit$7.5B+8.0%

Operating income$2.6B+2.4%

Net income$1.6B-0.8%

EPS (diluted)$2.90-0.7%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$786.0M-74.3%

Total debt$41.7B+20.0%

Total equity-$9.3B+30.1%

Total assets$54.9B+21.1%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$3.4B-0.9%

CapEx$521.0M+0.6%

Free cash flow$2.8B-1.1%

Valuation

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Market cap$121.82B+7.6%

Enterprise value$162.77B+12.0%

P/E18.3×+1.8×

P/S1.4×0.0×

Profitability

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Gross margin33.3%-0.1pp

Operating margin11.5%-0.8pp

Net margin7.5%-0.7pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity631.1%—

Current ratio1.1×+0.1×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Lowe's Companies’s reported figures.

total debt/total stockholders equity=59.3×

Based on the most recent quarter.

The official record: Lowe's Companies’s 10-Q, filed May 26, 2022, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Lowe's Companies's debt-to-equity?: Lowe's Companies (LOW) reported debt-to-equity of 59.3× in Q1 2021.
What does debt-to-equity mean?: How much debt the company carries for every dollar of shareholder equity.
How do you interpret debt-to-equity?: Lower is generally safer, but moderate leverage can boost returns. Read in the context of cash-flow stability — a utility tolerates more debt than a cyclical. Negative equity makes the ratio meaningless and it is suppressed there.
How does debt-to-equity compare across companies?: Comparable within an industry; capital structures differ sharply across sectors. Not meaningful for banks.