The Home Depot, Inc. vs LOWES 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 +2.4% and LOW reads +8.2%; on altman z (solvency), HD reads 4.91 and LOW reads 2.66. 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 | $290.75 | $186.07 |
| Market cap | $289.6B | $104.2B |
| Sector | Retail | Retail |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +2.5% | — |
| P/E | 20.4 | 15.7 |
| P/B | 17.43 | — |
| P/S | 1.71 | 1.15 |
| EV/EBITDA | 13.8 | 10.9 |
| Revenue growth | +2.4% | +8.2% |
| Gross margin | 33.7% | 33.0% |
| Operating margin | 14.3% | 13.7% |
| Net margin | 8.4% | 7.3% |
| Return on equity | 85.6% | — |
| Return on assets | 13.0% | 11.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 22.8% | 25.8% |
| FCF yield | 5.2% | 6.7% |
| Dividend yield | 3.2% | 2.5% |
| Debt / equity | 3.18 | — |
| Current ratio | 1.08 | 1.10 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.91 | 2.66 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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