HOME DEPOT, INC. vs LOWE’S COMPANIES, INC., two Retail stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where HD and LOW diverge most: on revenue growth, HD reads +2.2% and LOW reads +6.5%; on altman z (solvency), HD reads 5.06 and LOW reads 2.64. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What HD's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What LOW's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | HD | LOW |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $332.02 | $207.92 |
| Market cap | $330.7B | $116.4B |
| Sector | Retail | Retail |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +7.2% | — |
| P/E | 23.6 | 17.6 |
| P/B | 23.84 | — |
| P/S | 1.99 | 1.32 |
| EV/EBITDA | 13.7 | 9.3 |
| Revenue growth | +2.2% | +6.5% |
| Gross margin | 33.0% | 32.7% |
| Operating margin | 11.9% | 11.1% |
| Net margin | 8.4% | 7.5% |
| Return on equity | 101.0% | — |
| Return on assets | 13.0% | 12.1% |
| Return on invested capital | 89.7% | — |
| FCF yield | 4.3% | 6.5% |
| Dividend yield | 2.8% | 2.3% |
| Debt / equity | 0.25 | — |
| Current ratio | 1.04 | 1.09 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 5.06 | 2.64 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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