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Lowe's Companies Inc. (LOW)On Oct 31: 21.70  Up 1.62 (8.07%)  
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday)5:31.81B
Enterprise Value (1-Nov-08)3:36.42B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):12.39
Forward P/E (fye 01-Feb-10) 1:14.97
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected):1.19
Price/Sales (ttm):0.61
Price/Book (mrq):1.68
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:0.75
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)3:6.067
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:1-Feb
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):01-Aug-08
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):5.36%
Operating Margin (ttm):9.13%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):8.89%
Return on Equity (ttm):15.51%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):48.46B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):33.24
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):2.40%
Gross Profit (ttm):16.73B
EBITDA (ttm):6.00B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):2.60B
Diluted EPS (ttm):1.75
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):-7.90%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):660.00M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):0.45
Total Debt (mrq):5.27B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):0.301
Current Ratio (mrq):1.091
Book Value Per Share (mrq):11.958
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):5.14B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):864.88M
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.77
52-Week Change3:-16.54%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:-35.83%
52-Week High (08-Sep-08)3:28.49
52-Week Low (10-Oct-08)3:15.76
50-Day Moving Average3:21.24
200-Day Moving Average3:22.68
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month)3:19,550,500
Average Volume (10 day)3:18,955,700
Shares Outstanding5:1.47B
Float:1.46B
% Held by Insiders1:0.20%
% Held by Institutions1:83.00%
Shares Short (as of 10-Oct-08)3:29.05M
Short Ratio (as of 10-Oct-08)3:1.3
Short % of Float (as of 10-Oct-08)3:2.00%
Shares Short (prior month)3:28.47M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:0.34
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:1.70%
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate3:0.33
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.60%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:0.40%
Payout Ratio4:18%
Dividend Date3:31-Oct-08
Ex-Dividend Date4:15-Oct-08
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:2:1
Last Split Date3:03-Jul-06


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yoy = Year Over Year (as of 01-Aug-08)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 01-Feb-08)
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