Lowe's Companies, Inc.

LSE:0JVQ Stock Report

Market Cap: US$139.4b

Lowe's Companies Valuation

Is 0JVQ undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of 0JVQ when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: 0JVQ ($247.67) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($380.57)

Significantly Below Fair Value: 0JVQ is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for 0JVQ?

Key metric: As 0JVQ is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for 0JVQ. This is calculated by dividing 0JVQ's market cap by their current earnings.
What is 0JVQ's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio20.4x
EarningsUS$6.84b
Market CapUS$139.36b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does 0JVQ's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for 0JVQ vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average16x
KGF Kingfisher
12.9x9.5%UK£4.5b
WIX Wickes Group
12x12.0%UK£369.4m
VIC Victorian Plumbing Group
25x26.8%UK£302.2m
NXT NEXT
14.2x2.6%UK£11.4b
0JVQ Lowe's Companies
20.4x5.9%US$139.4b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: 0JVQ is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.4x) compared to the peer average (16x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does 0JVQ's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the GB Specialty Retail Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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0JVQ 20.4xIndustry Avg. 14.3xNo. of Companies4PE0816243240+
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: 0JVQ is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.4x) compared to the UK Specialty Retail industry average (14.3x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is 0JVQ's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

0JVQ PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio20.4x
Fair PE Ratio23.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: 0JVQ is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (23.8x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst 0JVQ forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$247.67
US$283.15
+14.3%
9.4%US$316.00US$216.00n/a34
Dec ’25US$272.43
US$281.50
+3.3%
9.4%US$310.00US$216.00n/a34
Nov ’25US$262.99
US$270.00
+2.7%
10.4%US$323.00US$203.00n/a34
Oct ’25US$271.88
US$260.16
-4.3%
9.2%US$307.00US$203.00n/a33
Sep ’25US$247.01
US$254.21
+2.9%
7.8%US$290.00US$203.00n/a32
Aug ’25US$240.03
US$250.36
+4.3%
8.2%US$290.00US$201.00n/a32
Jul ’25US$214.41
US$250.36
+16.8%
8.2%US$290.00US$201.00n/a32
Jun ’25US$218.25
US$251.52
+15.2%
8.0%US$290.00US$201.00n/a32
May ’25US$227.45
US$252.51
+11.0%
8.5%US$290.00US$196.00n/a33
Apr ’25US$255.01
US$251.81
-1.3%
8.3%US$290.00US$196.00n/a34
Mar ’25US$243.41
US$247.87
+1.8%
7.8%US$280.00US$196.00n/a32
Feb ’25US$219.75
US$230.90
+5.1%
10.5%US$289.00US$171.00n/a32
Jan ’25US$221.94
US$227.99
+2.7%
11.4%US$290.00US$171.00US$246.8333
Dec ’24US$203.56
US$225.95
+11.0%
11.4%US$290.00US$171.00US$272.4333
Nov ’24US$190.69
US$242.80
+27.3%
10.9%US$290.00US$180.00US$262.9932
Oct ’24US$207.48
US$249.50
+20.3%
9.1%US$290.00US$180.00US$271.8831
Sep ’24US$232.63
US$246.80
+6.1%
9.3%US$290.00US$180.00US$247.0130
Aug ’24US$232.92
US$235.81
+1.2%
11.2%US$290.00US$154.00US$240.0331
Jul ’24US$225.53
US$230.97
+2.4%
11.1%US$290.00US$154.00US$214.4131
Jun ’24US$203.64
US$229.03
+12.5%
11.1%US$290.00US$154.00US$218.2531
May ’24US$205.66
US$229.37
+11.5%
11.7%US$290.00US$151.00US$227.4530
Apr ’24US$197.45
US$229.87
+16.4%
12.0%US$300.00US$151.00US$255.0130
Mar ’24US$192.51
US$231.05
+20.0%
12.6%US$300.00US$152.00US$243.4130
Feb ’24US$206.90
US$236.05
+14.1%
13.0%US$300.00US$152.00US$219.7529
Jan ’24US$199.02
US$237.91
+19.5%
13.5%US$300.00US$152.00US$221.9429

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/01/02 00:55
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/02 00:00
Earnings2024/11/01
Annual Earnings2024/02/02

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

Lowe's Companies, Inc. is covered by 67 analysts. 35 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Christopher GrajaArgus Research Company
Peter BenedictBaird
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research