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The past year yielded positive returns for Lowe's investors

Over the last 12 months, that were loss-making period for the investors in Lowe's , the stock lost around 2 percent. The period between August 2011 and August 2016 was a profitable period for the investors. The stock rose on average 182 percent. Lowe's 's revenues between 2011 and 2015 were relatively stable and moved between 50,52 billion dollars and 59,07 billion dollars. Lowe's 's net results between 2011 and 2015 were very fluctuating and moved between 1,84 billion dollars and 2,55 billion dollars.

The company's head quarter is located in Mooresville. Lowe's is active in the construction/infrastructure sector. Robert A. Niblock is leading the company as CEO. Robert F. Hull, Jr. is as CFO financially responsible for the company. The past 10 years the (international) industry gained at around 13 percent. Measured since 2011 the sector is 46 percent higher and over the past 12 months (December 2015-December 2016) there is a minus of 13 percent.

The American company paid out dividends in the past 5 years. Over the past 5 years the stock delivered an average dividend return of 3,79 percent.

Lowe's financed with relatively low debt

At the end of 2015 the construction/infrastructure company's balance sheet equaled 31,27 billion dollars. At the end of 2015 the total debt positon equaled 23,61 billion dollars. This is around 75,52 percent of the total balance sheet. Last year the construction/infrastructure company's price/earnings-ratio (PE) was around 25. So the investors valued the stock at 25 times 2015' earnings per share. We could say that based on it's price/earnings-ratio and dividend yield the American stock can be seen as a value stock.

At the end of 2015 the market capitalization (the number of shares outstanding multiplied by the stock price) of the construction/infrastructure company equaled around 68,5 billion dollars. At the end of 2015 the American company had around 910 million stocks listed.

At this page you find all Lowe's 's financial reports. More information about Lowe's can be found it's website. .