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Peter Lynch told us to "buy what you know". Now I've never worked in a Lowe's before, or retail of any kind for that matter, but I much prefer Lowe's Companies, Inc. (LOW) to The Home Depot, Inc. (HD). At the Lowe's near my house the service is better than their counterpart across the street and the products I need have always been in stock. So I wanted to take a more in depth look at this giant in the home improvement business to see if there's value in the shares. Shares of LOW closed trading on Friday, October 16th at $72.78 giving investors a current yield of 1.54%.
The following tables/graphs are taken from my personal stock analysis spreadsheet. Data for the stock analysis was sourced from Lowe's Companies Inc.'s investor relations page, Morningstar, and Yahoo Finance.
Historic Growth Rates:
Owners of Lowe's have earned excellent returns over the last decade. According to longrundata.com, shares of LOW have earned investors a total return of 176.8% or 10.7% annualized over the last decade. Those numbers are market returns at specific snapshots in time and aren't necessarily indicative of the business results over the same time period. Looking at the historic growth rates for per share dividends, earnings, revenue, and free cash flow gives a better idea of the true operational results that Lowe's Companies has delivered.
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Money and Finance
Go To Lowe's To Improve Your House But Not Your Portfolio... Yet
Peter Lynch told us to "buy what you know". Now I've never worked in a Lowe's before, or retail of any kind for that matter, but I much prefer Lowe's Companies, Inc. (LOW) to The Home Depot, Inc. (HD). At the Lowe's near my house the service is better than their counterpart across the street and the products I need have always been in stock. So I wanted to take a more in depth look at this giant in the home improvement business to see if there's value in the shares. Shares of LOW closed trading on Friday, October 16th at $72.78 giving investors a current yield of 1.54%.
The following tables/graphs are taken from my personal stock analysis spreadsheet. Data for the stock analysis was sourced from Lowe's Companies Inc.'s investor relations page, Morningstar, and Yahoo Finance.
Historic Growth Rates:
Owners of Lowe's have earned excellent returns over the last decade. According to longrundata.com, shares of LOW have earned investors a total return of 176.8% or 10.7% annualized over the last decade. Those numbers are market returns at specific snapshots in time and aren't necessarily indicative of the business results over the same time period. Looking at the historic growth rates for per share dividends, earnings, revenue, and free cash flow gives a better idea of the true operational results that Lowe's Companies has delivered.
Continue reading the Lowe's Companies, Inc. dividend stock analysis on Seeking Alpha.
Also check out more of my stock analyses on my Stock Analysis page and if there's any company in particular that you'd like to see an analysis on please let me know.
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With the bull market being a bit long in the tooth and lasting about 6.5 years now I feel it's important to figure out my potential buy zones on some of the greatest defensive companies around, consumer staples. That's why I've been...
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Consumer staple companies make for excellent defensive investments and dividend growth candidates due to the rather inelastic demand for their products. For those companies that have established brands and market share they can typically pass along input...
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Volatility has spiked over the last week with large swings in share prices both lower and higher. This could lead some to take up defensive positions for their portfolio. That means consumer staples and how many consumer staples can spout a 59 consecutive...
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