LOWE’S COMPANIES, INC.
boothcheck covers LOWE’S COMPANIES, INC. (LOW) but does not put one priced-in number on it: here the defensible answer is the evidence rather than a point estimate. boothcheck publishes no house fair value, target price, or buy/sell rating. Narrative composed June 27, 2026.
• Lowe's negative book equity is the footprint of years of heavy buybacks, not distress: the share count falls about 4% a year, concentrating each dollar of profit into fewer shares while the company hands back more cash than it retains. • The single biggest risk is a stalled housing cycle: first-quarter comparable sales grew just 0.6% and the full-year guide tops out at +2%, so the thesis depends on a residential recovery that management does not control [Source: Lowe's Q1 FY2026 earnings relea
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2,625 institutional managers reported holding LOW in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. Together they hold about 71% of the company; the top 10 hold 37%. 114 opened new positions that quarter. Held by Vanguard Group, BlackRock, FMR (Fidelity), among others. On the short side, 10.1M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 2% of shares outstanding (3.4 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
LOW has cut its share count 20.7% over the past five years, spending $34.86B on repurchases. It pays a dividend, and has paid one every year in our records (18 and counting), raised 15 years straight; the current rate is $4.75 a share annually. Cash returned over the past three years: $7.77B in dividends and $8.66B in repurchases.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
Open-market insider buys at LOW over the trailing three years: 2024: 1 buy totaling $246k; 2025: 1 buy totaling $231k. 11 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
LOW's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-31 | +4.4% | -15.7% |
| 2023-11-30 | -2.9% | +10.8% |
| 2024-03-26 | +3.2% | -14.3% |
| 2024-05-31 | -3.5% | +8.6% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
LOW's latest 8-K filings: 2026-08-19 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-06-02 (items 5.07); 2026-05-20 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-02-25 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2025-11-19 (items 2.02, 9.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Dates link to the filing on EDGAR. Nothing here is investment advice.
Model solve date: 2026-Q2
Narrative composed: June 27, 2026
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