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Profile - Lowe's Companies Inc. (NYSE:LOW)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 20Earnings Announcement
Aug  3Dividend payment of $0.01
Aug  3Fiscal quarter ended
Location
1605 Curtis Bridge Road
Wilkesboro, NC 28697
Phone: (336) 658-4000
Fax: (336) 658-4766
Employees (last reported count): 77,000
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 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Retail (Home Improvement)
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 30%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 3 insider buys; 6,000  shares
 · 25 insider sells; 785.0K shares
  (0.3% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 91% (130% of float)
(1,310 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 74.5M shares (+9.63%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Lowe's Companies Inc. is a retailer of home improvement products, with a specific emphasis on retail do-it-yourself (DIY) and commercial business customers. Lowe's specializes in offering products and services for home improvement, home decor, home maintenance, home repair and remodeling and maintenance of commercial buildings. As of February 2, 2001, Lowe's operated 650 stores in 40 states.
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Financial Summary
Lowe's Companies Inc. is a retailer serving the do-it-yourself home improvement, home decor and home construction markets. LOW operates 650 stores located in 40 states predominantly in the eastern half of the U.S. For the six months ended 8/3/01, revenues rose 17% to $11.4 billion. Net income rose 19% to $554.4 million. Revenues reflect the addition of 13 million square feet of retail selling space. Net income also reflects cost reductions.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2001 Compensation
PayExer

Robert Tillman, 57
Chairman, Pres, CEO
$1.8M--  
Robert Niblock, 38
CFO, Sr. VP
--  --  
Dale Pond, 55
Exec. VP of Merchandising
770K$451K
Larry Stone, 49
Exec. VP, Store Operations
1.2M--  
William Warden, Jr., 48
Exec. VP - Admin.
885K329K
Dollar amounts are as of 2-Feb-2001 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:LOWAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 12-Oct-2000
$17.125
Recent Price$37.20 
52-Week High
on 21-June-2001
$39.86 
Beta0.96 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)3.53M
Daily Volume (10-day avg)4.79M
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+58.9%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+113.2%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$28.7B
Shares Outstanding770.7M
Float539.4M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.04 
Dividend Yield0.11%
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 2-July-2001
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)$7.96 
Earnings (ttm)$1.15 
Earnings (mrq)$0.41 
Sales (ttm)$26.21 
Cash (mrq*)$0.86 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)4.67 
Price/Earnings (ttm)32.46 
Price/Sales (ttm)1.42 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$20.5B
EBITDA (ttm*)$2.04B
Income available to common (ttm)$897.5M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)4.4%
Operating Margin (ttm)7.0%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsFeb 2
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
3-Aug-2001
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
31-July-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)7.71%
Return on Equity (ttm)16.08%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)1.54 
Debt/Equity (mrq*)0.56 
Total Cash (mrq)$665.7M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short10.5M
Percent of Float2.0%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
11.1M
Short Ratio2.68 
Daily Volume3.94M
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 31-July-2001, except mrq*/ttm* items as of 3-Aug-2001)

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