Home Depot vs Lowe's HD vs LOW
Home Depot and Lowe's on one sheet: valuation multiples, growth, margins, debt, dividends and returns, each section labelled with the period it covers, from the companies' filings. Add or remove a stock above the sheet; the link holds the set.
HDLOW
What differs most
- Market value: Home Depot $308.91B, Lowe's $110.70B.
- Free-cash-flow yield: Lowe's 6.9%, Home Depot 4.1%.
- Price / sales: Home Depot 1.8×, Lowe's 1.2×.
- Trailing P/E: Home Depot 21.7×, Lowe's 16.7×.
Price return
2025-10-16 → 2026-10-16
HD−20.1%
LOW−18.8%
Profile
latestSector
Consumer Cyclical
Consumer Cyclical
Industry
Home Improvement
Home Improvement
Market value
$308.91B
$110.70B
Enterprise value
$359.73B
$145.09B
Employees
472,400
276,000
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$358K
$328K
Our models
nightlythe valuation on each stock's pagePrice vs model
34% overvalued vs model
12% undervalued vs model
Model range
$139–521
$122–616
Models in the headline
1
1
FCF growth priced in, at a 10% return
16.7%
9.0%
Every model, its assumptions and its range: HD valuation · LOW valuation. The growth priced in, at any return: HD reverse DCF · LOW reverse DCF.
Trading
close 2026-10-16Last close
$309.63
$197.38
52-week high
$391.90
$287.39
52-week low
$281.15
$179.50
Price vs 52-week high
−21.0%
−31.3%
Price vs 52-week low
+10.1%
+10.0%
Average daily volume / shares
0.5%
0.6%
Beta
1.00
0.88
Returns
to 2026-10-161 month
+2.4%
+1.7%
3 months
−11.0%
−8.7%
6 months
−8.2%
−18.6%
Year to date
−10.0%
−18.2%
1 year
−20.1%
−18.8%
1 year, dividends added
−17.7%
−16.8%
2 years
−26.0%
−30.5%
Valuation
HD price × TTM to Aug 2026 · LOW price × TTM to Jul 2026P/E (TTM)
21.7×
16.7×
P/E on consensus EPS (next FY)
20.6×
16.1×
Price / sales
1.8×
1.2×
EV / sales
2.1×
1.6×
EV / EBITDA
14.7×
11.4×
Price / book
18.6×
—
Price / free cash flow (FY)
24.4×
14.5×
Free-cash-flow yield (FY)
4.1%
6.9%
Growth
TTM and FY2026Revenue growth (TTM)
+1.8%
+7.3%
Revenue growth, consensus next FY
+4.2%
+6.8%
Revenue, 3-year CAGR
1.5%
−3.8%
Revenue, 5-year CAGR
4.5%
−0.8%
EPS growth (TTM)
−2.5%
−2.1%
EPS growth, consensus next FY
+5.4%
+3.6%
EPS, 3-year CAGR
−5.2%
5.2%
Free cash flow, 3-year CAGR
3.2%
4.2%
Diluted shares, 3-year change
−2.7%
−11.3%
Profitability
HD TTM to Aug 2026 · LOW TTM to Jul 2026Gross margin (FY)†
33.3%
33.5%
Operating margin
12.4%
11.4%
EBITDA margin
14.5%
14.1%
Net margin
8.4%
7.3%
Free-cash-flow margin (FY)
7.7%
8.9%
Return on equity
85.6%
—
Return on assets
13.0%
11.9%
Asset turnover
1.55
1.62
† Gross margin (FY): As filed. Companies draw the cost-of-revenue line in different places, so gross margins of two companies in one industry can differ for that reason alone; operating margin does not depend on where the line is drawn.
Balance sheet
HD MRQ Aug 2026 · LOW MRQ Jul 2026Cash
$2.08B
$3.17B
Total debt
$52.90B
$37.56B
Net debt
$50.81B
$34.38B
Debt / equity
3.2×
—
Net debt / EBITDA (TTM)
2.1×
2.7×
Interest coverage (FY)
8.7×
6.6×
Current ratio (FY)
1.06
1.08
Dividends
trailing 12 monthsDividend yield
3.0%
2.5%
Dividends per share
$9.29
$4.85
Payout ratio (of TTM EPS)
65.0%
41.0%
Dividend per share, 5-year CAGR
7.6%
13.3%
Frequency
Quarterly
Quarterly
Ownership and activity
last 90 days · latest 13FTracked superinvestors holding (13F)
10
3
Insider open-market buys (Form 4)
$0
$0
Insider sales (Form 4)
$3.3M
$0
Analyst upgrades
0
0
Analyst downgrades
0
0
Statements
HD income TTM to Aug 2026 · cash flow FY2026 · LOW income TTM to Jul 2026 · cash flow FY2026Revenue
$169.18B
$90.43B
EBITDA
$24.52B
$12.74B
Operating income
$21.02B
$10.29B
Net income
$14.23B
$6.64B
EPS (diluted)
$14.29
$11.83
Operating cash flow
$16.32B
$9.86B
Capital expenditure
−$3.68B
−$2.21B
Free cash flow
$12.65B
$7.65B
Dividends paid
$9.15B
$2.64B
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Statements from the companies' SEC filings; prices, dividends and consensus estimates from Financial Modeling Prep; insider trades from Form 4 and holdings from 13F. Refreshed nightly. A comparison of filed numbers, not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any security.