LOW (Lowe's) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio: (As of Aug. 05, 2026)

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LOW Lowe's Companies Inc LOW
84 GF Score
Price $219.52
GF Value $251.24
Valuation Modestly Undervalued
! 2 Warning Signs
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What is Lowe's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

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Lowe's  (NYSE:LOW) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PB Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of book value during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio should give similar results to regular PB Ratio.


Lowe's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Related Terms


Lowe's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Lowe's's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio 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.

Lowe's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Lowe's Annual Data
Trend Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24 Jan25 Jan26
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
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Lowe's Quarterly Data
Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24 Jan25 Apr25 Jul25 Oct25 Jan26 Apr26
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LOW vs FND, HVT, TTSH: Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Comparison

For the Home Improvement Retail subindustry, Lowe's's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio 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 Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio vs Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Lowe's's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lowe's's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.


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Lowe's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio takes the Book Value per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/B calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio.

Lowe's's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2026 is calculated as:

For example, Lowe's's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Apr. 2026 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Apr. 2026 (Change)*Current CPI (Apr. 2026)
=-16.524/333.0200*333.0200
=-16.524

Current CPI (Apr. 2026) = 333.0200.

Lowe's Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201607 7.847 240.628 10.860
201610 7.559 241.729 10.414
201701 7.430 242.839 10.189
201704 6.484 244.524 8.831
201707 6.614 244.786 8.998
201710 6.910 246.663 9.329
201801 7.076 247.867 9.507
201804 6.989 250.546 9.290
201807 7.128 252.006 9.419
201810 6.692 252.885 8.813
201901 4.549 251.712 6.018
201904 4.070 255.548 5.304
201907 3.402 256.571 4.416
201910 3.201 257.346 4.142
202001 2.585 257.971 3.337
202004 2.273 256.389 2.952
202007 5.762 259.101 7.406
202010 5.416 260.388 6.927
202101 1.966 261.582 2.503
202104 0.622 267.054 0.776
202107 -0.250 273.003 -0.305
202110 -2.297 276.589 -2.766
202201 -7.188 281.148 -8.514
202204 -10.548 289.109 -12.150
202207 -13.379 296.276 -15.038
202210 -21.061 298.012 -23.535
202301 -23.717 299.170 -26.400
202304 -24.848 303.363 -27.277
202307 -25.313 305.691 -27.576
202310 -26.343 307.671 -28.513
202401 -26.220 308.417 -28.312
202404 -25.526 313.548 -27.111
202407 -24.231 314.540 -25.655
202410 -23.750 315.664 -25.056
202501 -25.413 317.671 -26.641
202504 -23.680 320.795 -24.582
202507 -20.321 323.048 -20.948
202510 -18.512 0.000
202601 -17.679 325.252 -18.101
202604 -16.524 333.020 -16.524

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.

Is Lowe's (LOW) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Lowe's stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of $219.52 is trading 12.6% below its estimated GF Value™ of $251.24. GuruFocus considers Lowe's to be Modestly Undervalued.

Key valuation signals for LOW:

  • Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio:
  • GF Value™: $251.24 vs. price of $219.52 (12.6% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 84/100 with 2 warning signs

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Lowe's Business Description

Address 1000 Lowes Boulevard, Mooresville, NC, USA, 28117
Lowe's is the second-largest home improvement retailer globally, with 1,759 stores in the US, after the 2023 divestiture of its Canadian locations. 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 primarily targets retail do-it-yourself (around 70% of sales) and do-it-for-me customers, but has expanded its professional business clients to 30% from less than 20% in the past seven years (set to expand further with the acquisition of FBM). We estimate Lowe's captures a high-single-digit share of the domestic home improvement market, based on US Census data and management's market size estimates.
84GF Score

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$219.52
Price
$251.24
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