Lowe's (STU:LWE) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio: (As of Sep. 15, 2026)

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STU:LWE Lowe's Companies Inc STU:LWE
79 GF Score
Price €172.15
GF Value €220.77
Valuation Modestly Undervalued
! 2 Warning Signs
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What is Lowe's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

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Lowe's  (STU:LWE) 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
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STU:LWE 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.


STU:LWE
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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 Jul. 2026 is calculated as:

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

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Jul. 2026 (Change)*Current CPI (Jul. 2026)
=-11.522/333.9180*333.9180
=-11.522

Current CPI (Jul. 2026) = 333.9180.

Lowe's Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201610 7.010 241.729 9.683
201701 6.875 242.839 9.454
201704 5.955 244.524 8.132
201707 5.610 244.786 7.653
201710 5.931 246.663 8.029
201801 5.680 247.867 7.652
201804 5.785 250.546 7.710
201807 6.092 252.006 8.072
201810 5.906 252.885 7.798
201901 3.965 251.712 5.260
201904 3.632 255.548 4.746
201907 3.056 256.571 3.977
201910 2.869 257.346 3.723
202001 2.332 257.971 3.019
202004 2.075 256.389 2.702
202007 4.873 259.101 6.280
202010 4.650 260.388 5.963
202101 1.618 261.582 2.065
202104 0.517 267.054 0.646
202107 -0.211 273.003 -0.258
202110 -1.985 276.589 -2.396
202201 -6.412 281.148 -7.615
202204 -9.998 289.109 -11.548
202207 -13.121 296.276 -14.788
202210 -21.309 298.012 -23.876
202301 -21.838 299.170 -24.374
202304 -22.507 303.363 -24.774
202307 -22.958 305.691 -25.078
202310 -24.922 307.671 -27.048
202401 -24.138 308.417 -26.134
202404 -23.881 313.548 -25.432
202407 -22.392 314.540 -23.772
202410 -21.877 315.664 -23.142
202501 -24.446 317.671 -25.696
202504 -20.821 320.795 -21.673
202507 -17.754 323.048 -18.351
202510 -16.034 0.000
202601 -14.859 325.252 -15.255
202604 -14.086 333.020 -14.124
202607 -11.522 333.918 -11.522

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 (STU:LWE) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Lowe's stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of €172.15 is trading 22% below its estimated GF Value™ of €220.77. GuruFocus considers Lowe's to be Modestly Undervalued.

Key valuation signals for STU:LWE:

  • Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio:
  • GF Value™: €220.77 vs. price of €172.15 (22% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 79/100 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.
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€172.15
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