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LOWES COS INC (NYSE)
LOW	22.12	0.11	(0.50%)	Vol. 6,211,820	15:12 ET

Lowe's Companies Inc. is a retailer of home improvement products in the world, with specific emphasis on retail do-it-yourself and commercial business customers. Lowe's specializes in offering products and services for home improvement, home decor, home maintenance, home repair and remodeling and maintenance of commercial buildings. Lowe's principal customer groups are do-it-yourself retail customers and commercial business customers.

General Information

LOWES COS

1000 Lowe's Blvd. Mooresville, NC 28117 Phone: 704 758-1000 Fax: 336 658-4766 Web: www.lowes.com Email: investorrelations@lowes.com.

Industry	BLDG PRD-RT/WHL
Sector:	Retail/Wholesale

Fiscal Year End	January
Last Reported Quarter	10/31/09
Next EPS Date	02/19/2010

Price and Volume Information

Zacks Rank
Yesterday's Close	22.01
52 Week High	24.09
52 Week Low	13.00
Beta	0.97
20 Day Moving Average	16,533,584.00
Target Price Consensus	24.81

% Price Change
4 Week	10.44
12 Week	5.51
YTD	2.28

% Price Change Relative to S&P 500
4 Week	6.22
12 Week	-4.76
YTD	-17.89

Share Information
Shares Outstanding (millions)	1,477.00
Market Capitalization (millions)	32,508.77
Short Ratio	1.10
Last Split Date	07/03/2006

Dividend Information
Dividend Yield	1.64%
Annual Dividend	$0.36
Payout Ratio	0.30
Change in Payout Ratio	0.00
Last Dividend Payout / Amount	10/14/2009 / $0.09

EPS Information
Current Quarter EPS Consensus Estimate	0.12
Current Year EPS Consensus Estimate	1.21
Estimated Long-Term EPS Growth Rate	10.40
Next EPS Report Date	02/19/2010

Consensus Recommendations
Current (1=Strong Buy, 5=Strong Sell)	1.61
30 Days Ago	1.81
60 Days Ago	1.81
90 Days Ago	2.03

Fundamental Ratios

P/E
Current FY Estimate:	18.15
Trailing 12 Months:	18.34
PEG Ratio	1.75

EPS Growth
vs. Previous Year	-27.27%
vs. Previous Quarter	-54.72%

Sales Growth
vs. Previous Year	-3.01%
vs. Previous Quarter:	-17.83%

Price Ratios
Price/Book	1.67
Price/Cash Flow	8.37
Price / Sales	0.69

ROE
10/31/09	9.52
07/31/09	10.41
04/30/09	11.47

ROA
10/31/09	5.28
07/31/09	5.72
04/30/09	6.23

Current Ratio
10/31/09	1.17
07/31/09	1.13
04/30/09	1.15

Quick Ratio
10/31/09	0.23
07/31/09	0.21
04/30/09	0.17

Operating Margin
10/31/09	3.80
07/31/09	4.04
04/30/09	4.30

Net Margin
10/31/09	5.87
07/31/09	6.36
04/30/09	6.85

Pre-Tax Margin
10/31/09	5.87
07/31/09	6.36
04/30/09	6.85

Book Value
10/31/09	13.15
07/31/09	12.99
04/30/09	12.51

Inventory Turnover
10/31/09	3.64
07/31/09	3.68
04/30/09	3.77

Debt-to-Equity
10/31/09	0.23
07/31/09	0.24
04/30/09	0.27

Debt to Capital
10/31/09	18.90
07/31/09	19.06
04/30/09	21.41


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