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Lowe's Companies Inc

LOW#117 of 134 by buybacks

NYSE · Consumer Cyclical · Home Improvement Retail · USA

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Buybacks · TTM to Jul 2026$526Mlatest four quarters
Buyback yield0.5%repurchases ÷ market cap
Dividends · TTM to Jul 2026$2.69Bdividend yield 2.6%
Shareholder yield3.1%buybacks + dividends ÷ market cap
Shares outstanding · 5 yr−18.8%560M shares (2026)
Buybacks ÷ free cash flow8%payout incl. dividends 46%
Buybacks and dividends by fiscal year
Cash returned to shareholders, in USD. Fiscal years end in January.
Shares outstanding
Share count down 18.8% over roughly five years. Falling is what a real buyback looks like.
Quarterly repurchases
Last 8 reported quarters, in USD. Orange bars mark quarters where the company issued more shares than it bought.

Fiscal-year detail

From the cash-flow statement as reported, in USD. Negative repurchases mean net share issuance.

Fiscal yearRepurchasesDividendsFree cash flow
FY2026Jan 2026$211M$2.64B$7.65B
FY2025Jan 2025$4.05B$2.57B$7.70B
FY2024Jan 2024$6.14B$2.53B$6.18B
FY2023Jan 2023$14.1B$2.37B$6.76B
FY2022Jan 2022$13.0B$1.98B$8.26B
FY2021Jan 2021$4.97B$1.70B$9.26B
FY2020Jan 2020$4.31B$1.62B$2.81B

Repurchases in FY2026 were −94.8% versus the prior year.

About Lowe's Companies Inc

Lowe's Companies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a home improvement retailer in the United States and Canada. It provides a line of products for construction, maintenance, repair, remodeling, and decorating. The company also offers home improvement products, such as appliances, seasonal and outdoor living, lumber, lawn and garden, kitchens and bath, hardware, building materials, millwork, paint, rough plumbing, tools, electrical, flooring, and décor. In addition, it provides installation services…

Market cap
$104B
P/E (trailing)
15.7×
Fiscal year end
January
ISIN
US5486611073
Reporting currency
USD
Data updated
Oct 10, 2026
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