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Lowe's Companies Inc. (LOW)At 11:55AM ET: 25.31  Down 0.10 (0.39%)  
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday)5:37.02B
Enterprise Value (25-Jan-08)3:42.38B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):12.81
Forward P/E (fye 02-Feb-09) 1:14.22
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected):0.94
Price/Sales (ttm):0.77
Price/Book (mrq):2.33
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:0.88
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)3:6.616
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:2-Feb
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):02-Nov-07
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):6.24%
Operating Margin (ttm):10.37%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):10.91%
Return on Equity (ttm):19.36%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):48.31B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):32.26
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):3.20%
Gross Profit (ttm):16.20B
EBITDA (ttm):6.41B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):3.01B
Diluted EPS (ttm):1.976
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):-10.20%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):413.00M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):0.282
Total Debt (mrq):5.63B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):0.351
Current Ratio (mrq):1.22
Book Value Per Share (mrq):10.921
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):4.64B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):-72.88M
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Cash Flow


TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:1.5
52-Week Change3:-23.19%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:-5.04%
52-Week High (23-Feb-07)3:35.74
52-Week Low (09-Jan-08)3:19.94
50-Day Moving Average3:22.7641
200-Day Moving Average3:26.5923
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month)3:12,734,900
Average Volume (10 day)3:20,333,000
Shares Outstanding5:1.46B
Float:1.46B
% Held by Insiders1:0.17%
% Held by Institutions1:82.50%
Shares Short (as of 26-Dec-07)3:35.22M
Short Ratio (as of 26-Dec-07)3:4
Short % of Float (as of 26-Dec-07)3:2.40%
Shares Short (prior month)3:36.60M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:0.32
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:1.20%
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate3:0.29
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.10%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:0.30%
Payout Ratio4:12%
Dividend Date3:01-Feb-08
Ex-Dividend Date4:16-Jan-08
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:2:1
Last Split Date3:03-Jul-06


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mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 02-Nov-07)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 02-Nov-07)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of 02-Nov-07)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 02-Feb-07)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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