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Lowe's (LOW) Gains But Lags Market: What You Should Know
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Lowe's (LOW - Free Report) closed the most recent trading day at $203.70, moving +0.41% from the previous trading session. This change lagged the S&P 500's 1.15% gain on the day.
Heading into today, shares of the home improvement retailer had lost 1.6% over the past month, outpacing the Retail-Wholesale sector's loss of 4.95% and the S&P 500's loss of 4.67% in that time.
Investors will be hoping for strength from LOW as it approaches its next earnings release. In that report, analysts expect LOW to post earnings of $2.24 per share. This would mark year-over-year growth of 13.13%. Meanwhile, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenue is projecting net sales of $21.3 billion, down 4.51% from the year-ago period.
LOW's full-year Zacks Consensus Estimates are calling for earnings of $11.26 per share and revenue of $93.07 billion. These results would represent year-over-year changes of +27.09% and +3.88%, respectively.
Investors should also note any recent changes to analyst estimates for LOW. These revisions typically reflect the latest short-term business trends, which can change frequently. With this in mind, we can consider positive estimate revisions a sign of optimism about the company's business outlook.
Based on our research, we believe these estimate revisions are directly related to near-team stock moves. We developed the Zacks Rank to capitalize on this phenomenon. Our system takes these estimate changes into account and delivers a clear, actionable rating model.
The Zacks Rank system, which ranges from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), has an impressive outside-audited track record of outperformance, with #1 stocks generating an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Within the past 30 days, our consensus EPS projection remained stagnant. LOW is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).
In terms of valuation, LOW is currently trading at a Forward P/E ratio of 18.01. Its industry sports an average Forward P/E of 15.36, so we one might conclude that LOW is trading at a premium comparatively.
Also, we should mention that LOW has a PEG ratio of 1.27. This popular metric is similar to the widely-known P/E ratio, with the difference being that the PEG ratio also takes into account the company's expected earnings growth rate. The Building Products - Retail industry currently had an average PEG ratio of 1.81 as of yesterday's close.
The Building Products - Retail industry is part of the Retail-Wholesale sector. This industry currently has a Zacks Industry Rank of 42, which puts it in the top 17% of all 250+ industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our individual industry groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
Be sure to follow all of these stock-moving metrics, and many more, on Zacks.com.
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Lowe's (LOW) Gains But Lags Market: What You Should Know
Lowe's (LOW - Free Report) closed the most recent trading day at $203.70, moving +0.41% from the previous trading session. This change lagged the S&P 500's 1.15% gain on the day.
Heading into today, shares of the home improvement retailer had lost 1.6% over the past month, outpacing the Retail-Wholesale sector's loss of 4.95% and the S&P 500's loss of 4.67% in that time.
Investors will be hoping for strength from LOW as it approaches its next earnings release. In that report, analysts expect LOW to post earnings of $2.24 per share. This would mark year-over-year growth of 13.13%. Meanwhile, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenue is projecting net sales of $21.3 billion, down 4.51% from the year-ago period.
LOW's full-year Zacks Consensus Estimates are calling for earnings of $11.26 per share and revenue of $93.07 billion. These results would represent year-over-year changes of +27.09% and +3.88%, respectively.
Investors should also note any recent changes to analyst estimates for LOW. These revisions typically reflect the latest short-term business trends, which can change frequently. With this in mind, we can consider positive estimate revisions a sign of optimism about the company's business outlook.
Based on our research, we believe these estimate revisions are directly related to near-team stock moves. We developed the Zacks Rank to capitalize on this phenomenon. Our system takes these estimate changes into account and delivers a clear, actionable rating model.
The Zacks Rank system, which ranges from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), has an impressive outside-audited track record of outperformance, with #1 stocks generating an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Within the past 30 days, our consensus EPS projection remained stagnant. LOW is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).
In terms of valuation, LOW is currently trading at a Forward P/E ratio of 18.01. Its industry sports an average Forward P/E of 15.36, so we one might conclude that LOW is trading at a premium comparatively.
Also, we should mention that LOW has a PEG ratio of 1.27. This popular metric is similar to the widely-known P/E ratio, with the difference being that the PEG ratio also takes into account the company's expected earnings growth rate. The Building Products - Retail industry currently had an average PEG ratio of 1.81 as of yesterday's close.
The Building Products - Retail industry is part of the Retail-Wholesale sector. This industry currently has a Zacks Industry Rank of 42, which puts it in the top 17% of all 250+ industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our individual industry groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
Be sure to follow all of these stock-moving metrics, and many more, on Zacks.com.