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42.38 (1y: +66%)

Market Cap	46.23 B	P/E(ttm)	25.20
Enterprise Value	54.96 B	P/B	3.40

LOW- NYSE (USA)
Lowe's Companies Inc.

Currently 2.5/5

Business Predictability Rank: 2.5-Star
Back Testing Results:
Average gain of all 2.5-Star stocks: 7.3% per year.
% of Stocks that are in still loss if held for 10yrs: 18%.
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Market Cap $M	46,228	Revenue $M	50,521	Net Margin (%)	3.9	Z-Score	4.0
Enterprise Value $M	54,956	EPS $	1.7	Operating Margin %	7.0	F-Score	5
P/E(ttm))	25.2	Cash Flow Per Share $	3.0	Pre-tax Margin (%)	6.2	Higher ROA y-y	Y
Price/Book	3.4	10-y EBITDA Growth Rate %	4.3	Quick Ratio	0.2	Cash flow > Earnings	Y
Price/Sales	1.0	5-y EBITDA Growth Rate %	5.5	Current Ratio	1.3	Lower Leverage y-y	N
Price/Cash Flow	11.7	y-y EBITDA Growth Rate %	14.0	ROA % (ttm)	6.0	Higher Current Ratio y-y	N
Dividend Yield %	1.5	Insider Buy (3m)	0	ROE % (ttm)	14.1	Less Shares Outstanding y-y	N
Payout Ratio %	36.7	Shares Outstanding M	1,125	ROI % (ttm)	8.8	Gross Margin Increase y-y	N

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Number of guru portfolios checked: 51.

Total Records: 119 Page:1 2 3 4 5 6

Ticker	Guru	Date	Action	Impact	Price Range (Average)*	Current Price	Change from Average	Comment	Current Shares
LOW	Lee Ainslie	2013-03-31	Buy	0.72%	$34.76 - $39.79 ($37.83)	$ 42.38	12%	New holding, 1471893 sh.	1,471,893
LOW	Ron Baron	2013-03-31	Add	0.06%	$34.76 - $39.79 ($37.83)	$ 42.38	12%	Add 534.96%	350,500
LOW	Jean-Marie Eveillard	2013-03-31	Buy	0.05%	$34.76 - $39.79 ($37.83)	$ 42.38	12%	New holding, 426400 sh.	426,400
LOW	Ray Dalio	2013-03-31	Buy		$34.76 - $39.79 ($37.83)	$ 42.38	12%	New holding, 7453 sh.	7,453
LOW	Lou Simpson	2013-03-31	Reduce	-1.64%	$34.76 - $39.79 ($37.83)	$ 42.38	12%	Reduce -23.13%	1,844,639
LOW	John Hussman	2013-03-31	Sold Out	-0.23%	$34.76 - $39.79 ($37.83)	$ 42.38	12%	Sold Out	0
LOW	James Barrow	2012-12-31	Add	0.07%	$30.29 - $36.09 ($33.45)	$ 42.38	27%	Add 580.41%	1,160,100
LOW	Joel Greenblatt	2012-12-31	Buy	0.02%	$30.29 - $36.09 ($33.45)	$ 42.38	27%	New holding, 7444 sh.	7,444
LOW	Ron Baron	2012-12-31	Buy	0.01%	$30.29 - $36.09 ($33.45)	$ 42.38	27%	New holding, 55200 sh.	55,200
LOW	Lou Simpson	2012-12-31	Reduce	-2.66%	$30.29 - $36.09 ($33.45)	$ 42.38	27%	Reduce -29.93%	2,399,799
LOW	John Hussman	2012-12-31	Reduce	-0.73%	$30.29 - $36.09 ($33.45)	$ 42.38	27%	Reduce -80%	250,000
LOW	David Dreman	2012-12-31	Sold Out	-0.08%	$30.29 - $36.09 ($33.45)	$ 42.38	27%	Sold Out	0
LOW	Dodge & Cox	2012-12-31	Sold Out	-0.0019%	$30.29 - $36.09 ($33.45)	$ 42.38	27%	Sold Out	0
LOW	John Hussman	2012-09-30	Buy	0.91%	$24.88 - $30.27 ($27.39)	$ 42.38	55%	New holding, 1250000 sh.	1,250,000
LOW	James Barrow	2012-09-30	Buy	0.01%	$24.88 - $30.27 ($27.39)	$ 42.38	55%	New holding, 170500 sh.	170,500
LOW	John Griffin	2012-09-30	Sold Out	-3.4%	$24.88 - $30.27 ($27.39)	$ 42.38	55%	Sold Out	0
LOW	George Soros	2012-09-30	Sold Out	-0.39%	$24.88 - $30.27 ($27.39)	$ 42.38	55%	Sold Out	0
LOW	Joel Greenblatt	2012-09-30	Sold Out	-0.09%	$24.88 - $30.27 ($27.39)	$ 42.38	55%	Sold Out	0
LOW	George Soros	2012-06-30	Buy	0.39%	$25.45 - $32.16 ($29.22)	$ 42.38	45%	New holding, 947000 sh.	947,000
LOW	John Griffin	2012-06-30	Add	0.33%	$25.45 - $32.16 ($29.22)	$ 42.38	45%	Add 10.92%	7,871,000
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Total Records: 119 Page:1 2 3 4 5 6

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Ticker	Guru Name	Portfolio Date*	Current Shares	% of Shares Outstanding	% of Total Assets Managed	Change from Last Holdings
LOW	Lee Ainslie	2013-03-31	1,471,893	0.13	0.72	New Buy
LOW	Ray Dalio	2013-03-31	7,453	0	0	New Buy
LOW	Jean-Marie Eveillard	2013-03-31	426,400	0.04	0.05	New Buy
LOW	Ron Baron	2013-03-31	350,500	0.03	0.07	+534.96%
LOW	Joel Greenblatt	2013-03-31	8,468	0	0.02	+13.76%
LOW	Mario Gabelli	2013-03-31	160,381	0.01	0.04	+7.9%
LOW	Ruane Cunniff	2013-03-31	8,514	0	0
LOW	Tom Gayner	2013-03-31	575,000	0.05	0.81	-0.21%
LOW	James Barrow	2013-03-31	1,122,400	0.1	0.08	-3.25%
LOW	PRIMECAP Management	2013-03-31	1,503,400	0.13	0.08	-4.65%
LOW	Lou Simpson	2013-03-31	1,844,639	0.16	4.4	-23.13%
LOW	John Hussman	2013-03-31	0	0	0	Sold Out

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LOW: Insider Buys/Sells

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Insider	Position	Date	Trades	Shares	Trade Price ($)	Change (%)	Details
CROOM MARSHALL A	Chief Risk Officer	2013-04-02	Sell	5,948	$37.89	11.85	view
Hollifield Matthew V	SVP Chief Accounting Officer	2013-03-15	Sell	14,000	$38.8	9.23	view
KEENER GAITHER M JR	CLO, CCO and Secretary	2013-03-05	Sell	85,973	$38.56	9.91	view
NIBLOCK ROBERT A	Chairman, President & CEO	2013-03-05	Sell	97,769	$38.52	10.02	view
BROWNING PETER C	Director	2013-02-28	Sell	820	$38.07	11.32	view
HULL ROBERT F JR	CFO	2013-02-28	Sell	2,719	$37.74	12.29	view
DAMRON RICKY D	COO	2013-01-04	Sell	23,367	$35.89	18.08	view
AUSURA MAUREEN K	Chief Human Resources Officer	2012-12-18	Sell	29,354	$35.92	17.98	view
BROWNING PETER C	Director	2012-12-10	Sell	4,201	$35.12	20.67	view
BRIDGEFORD GREGORY M	Chief Customer Officer	2012-12-10	Sell	62,000	$34.94	21.29	view

Press Releases about LOW:

José Luis Pier Joins Lowe’s as President/General Director... 07 Mar 2013
José Luis Pier ingresa a Lowe’s como Presidente/Director... 07 Mar 2013
Lowe’s to Webcast Presentation from the UBS Global... 06 Mar 2013
Lowe’s Reports Fourth Quarter Sales and Earnings Results 25 Feb 2013
Lara Lee to Join Lowe’s Customer Experience Design Team 21 Feb 2013

Quarterly/Annual Reports about LOW:

10-Q - LOWES COMPANIES INC (0000060667)...: (10-Q) 04 Dec 2012
10-Q - LOWES COMPANIES INC (0000060667)...: (10-Q) 05 Jun 2012
10-K/A - LOWES COMPANIES INC (0000060667)...: (10-K/A) 10 Apr 2012
10-K - LOWES COMPANIES INC (0000060667)...: (10-K) 02 Apr 2012
10-Q - LOWES COMPANIES INC (0000060667)...: (10-Q) 01 Dec 2011

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