Lowe's (Lowe's) Cash-to-Debt

: 0.02 (As of Jan. 2024)

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Cash to Debt Ratio measures the financial strength of a company. It is calculated as a company's cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities divide by its debt. Lowe's's cash to debt ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 0.02.

If Cash to Debt ratio is less than 1, the company cannot pay off its debt using the cash in hand. Here we can see, Lowe's couldn't pay off its debt using the cash in hand for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024.

The historical rank and industry rank for Lowe's's Cash-to-Debt or its related term are showing as below:

LOW' s Cash-to-Debt Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.02 Med: 0.04 Max: 0.18
Current: 0.02

During the past 13 years, Lowe's's highest Cash to Debt Ratio was 0.18. The lowest was 0.02. And the median was 0.04.

LOW's Cash-to-Debt is ranked worse than
96.01% of 1102 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 0.47 vs LOW: 0.02

Lowe's Cash-to-Debt Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lowe's's Cash-to-Debt can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Note: An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Lowe's Annual Data

Trend

Jan15

Jan16

Jan17

Jan18

Jan19

Jan20

Jan21

Jan22

Jan23

Jan24

Cash-to-Debt

0.03

0.18

0.04

0.02

Lowe's Quarterly Data
	Apr19	Jul19	Oct19	Jan20	Apr20	Jul20	Oct20	Jan21	Apr21	Jul21	Oct21	Jan22	Apr22	Jul22	Oct22	Jan23	Apr23	Jul23	Oct23	Jan24
Cash-to-Debt																0.04	0.07	0.09	0.03	0.02

Competitive Comparison

For the Home Improvement Retail subindustry, Lowe's's Cash-to-Debt, along with its competitors' market caps and Cash-to-Debt data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Lowe's Cash-to-Debt Distribution

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Lowe's's Cash-to-Debt distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lowe's's Cash-to-Debt falls into.

Lowe's Cash-to-Debt Calculation

This is the ratio of a company's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities to its debt. The debt includes the Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation. This ratio measures the financial strength of a company. This ratio is updated quarterly.

Lowe's's Cash to Debt Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as:

Cash to Debt Ratio	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	Total Debt
	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)
	=	921	/	(1024	+	39121)
	=	0.02

Lowe's's Cash to Debt Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as:

Cash to Debt Ratio	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	Total Debt
	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)
	=	921	/	(1024	+	39121)
	=	0.02

Lowe's (NYSE:LOW) Cash-to-Debt Explanation

If Cash to Debt ratio is greater than 1, the company can pay off its debt using the cash in hand. If it is smaller than 1, it means the company has more debt than the cash in hands. In this case, it is important to look the the company's Interest Coverage. Ben Graham requires that a company must have an Interest Coverage of at least 5.

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Lowe's (Lowe's) Business Description

Industry

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Address

1000 Lowes Boulevard, Mooresville, NC, USA, 28117

Website

https://www.lowes.com

Lowe's is the second-largest home improvement retailer in the world, operating more than 1,700 stores in the United States, after the 2023 divestiture of its Canadian locations (RONA, Lowe's Canada, Réno-Dépôt, and Dick's Lumber). The firm's stores offer products and services for home decorating, maintenance, repair, and remodeling, with maintenance and repair accounting for two thirds of products sold. Lowe's targets retail do-it-yourself (around 75% of sales) and do-it-for-me customers as well as commercial and professional business clients (around 25% of sales). We estimate Lowe's captures a low-double-digit share of the domestic home improvement market, based on U.S. Census data and management's market size estimates.

Executives

Janice Dupre Little	officer: EVP Human Resources	1000 LOWES BOULEVARD, MOORESVILLE NC 28117
Joseph Michael Mcfarland	officer: EVP, Stores	1000 LOWE'S BOULEVARD, MOORESVILLE NC 28117
Quonta D Vance	officer: EVP, Pro & Home Services	1000 LOWE'S BOULEVARD, MOORESVILLE NC 28117
Donald Frieson	officer: EVP, Supply Chain	1000 LOWE'S BOULEVARD, MOORESVILLE NC 28117
William P Boltz	officer: EVP, Merchandising	1000 LOWE'S BOULEVARD, MOORESVILLE NC 28117
Seemantini Godbole	officer: EVP, Chief Information Officer	1000 LOWE'S BOULEVARD, MOORESVILLE NC 28117
Juliette Williams Pryor	officer: EVP, CLO & Corp. Sec.	1000 LOWE'S BOULEVARD, MOORESVILLE NC 28117
Ross W Mccanless	officer: SR VP Gen Counsel & Secretary
Scott H Baxter	director	400 NORTH ELM STREET, GREENSBORO NC 27401
Taylor Colleen	director	C/O BILL.COM HOLDINGS, INC., 1800 EMBARCADERO ROAD, PALO ALTO CA 94303
Brandon J Sink	officer: EVP, Chief Financial Officer	1000 LOWE'S BOULEVARD, MOORESVILLE NC 28117
Stone West Mary E	director	C/O HASBRO, INC., 1011 NEWPORT AVENUE, PAWTUCKET RI 02861
Daniel J Heinrich	director	CLOROX CO, 1221 BROADWAY, OAKLAND CA 94612
David H Batchelder	director	1000 LOWE'S BOULEVARD, MOORESVILLE NC 28117
Griggs Dan Clayton Jr	officer: Vice President, CAO	1000 LOWES BOULEVARD, MOORESVILLE NC 28117