LOW: Key Statistics for LOWES COMPANIES

Market Cap (intraday):	39.40B
Enterprise Value (8-May-04)³:	42.71B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):	21.48
Forward P/E (fye 30-Jan-06)¹:	15.11
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)¹:	0.90
Price/Sales (ttm):	1.32
Price/Book (mrq):	3.93
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:	1.39
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:	10.85

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:	30-Jan
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):	31-Jan-04

Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):	6.04%
Operating Margin (ttm):	9.72%

Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):	10.01%
Return on Equity (ttm):	18.91%

Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):	30.84B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):	38.261
Revenue Growth (lfy)³:	16.40%
Gross Profit (ttm)²:	9.61B
EBITDA (ttm):	3.94B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):	1.86B
Diluted EPS (ttm):	2.328
Earnings Growth (lfy)³:	27.60%

Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):	1.62B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):	2.06
Total Debt (mrq)²:	3.76B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):	0.364
Current Ratio (mrq):	1.531
Book Value Per Share (mrq):	13.099

Cash Flow Statement
From Operations (ttm)³:	3.15B
Free Cashflow (ttm)³:	709.00M

View Financials (provided by EDGAR Online):
Income Statement - Balance Sheet
Cash Flow

TRADING INFORMATION

Stock Price History
Beta:	1.141
52-Week Change:	15.47%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):	-4.61%
52-Week High (3-Nov-03):	60.42
52-Week Low (20-May-03):	38.20
50-Day Moving Average:	53.94
200-Day Moving Average:	54.41

Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):	3,533,545
Average Volume (10 day):	3,252,000
Shares Outstanding:	788.03M
Float:	780.10M
% Held by Insiders:	1.01%
% Held by Institutions:	79.48%
Shares Short (as of 7-Apr-04):	12.81M
Daily Volume (as of 7-Apr-04):	N/A
Short Ratio (as of 7-Apr-04):	3.469
Short % of Float (as of 7-Apr-04):	1.64%
Shares Short (prior month):	12.53M

Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend:	0.12
Dividend Yield:	0.23%
Dividend Date:	30-Apr-04
Ex-Dividend Date:	14-Apr-04
Last Split Factor (new per old)²:	N/A
Last Split Date:	N/A

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Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 31-Jan-04)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 31-Jan-04)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 30-Jan-04)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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³ = Data derived from multiple sources or calculated by Yahoo! Finance