Lowes Cos Inc Dividend yield




   USD/share 
 Price  230.48
 Dividend  4.40
 Earnings  10.82
 Cash-flow  14.41
 Book value  -24.01
 Equity  0.00

Lowes Cos Inc is part of General Retailers business, which is part of Consumer Services industry. Lowes Cos Inc is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Lowes Cos Inc stock dividend

Lowes Cos Inc paid a total dividend of 2,622 million USD last year, for a market value of 137,366 millions (Market Cap 137,370 millions). Lowes Cos Inc dividend per share is 4.40 USD, and his stock market price 230.48 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Lowes Cos Inc has a dividend yield of 1.91%, which is lower than the amount offered by the market average , but bigger than Consumer Services industry. Dividend yields are similar among companies from the same industry, so it is a positive sign for the company.

In addition, you should compare Lowes Cos Inc stocks dividend with other General Retailers companies or other of the best USA dividend stocks list.

Dividend yield of Lowes Cos Inc

Lowes Cos Inc Dividend Payout

About the ability of Lowes Cos Inc to maintain his current dividend of USD 4.40 per share, an amount that accounts for 1.91%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Lowes Cos Inc payout on ernings is currently 40.67%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Consumer Services industry, which are 39.34% and 31.45% respectively. Both figures show that Lowes Cos Inc can have problems to keep with his present dividend yield.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Lowes Cos Inc is USD 14.41 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 4.40, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Lowes Cos Inc, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Consumer Services industry and General Retailers sector companies.

Lowes Cos Inc payout

Lowes Cos Inc Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Lowes Cos Inc's dividend stock, both in percentage and in USD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year Yield  USD  Paypout  Shares* 
Present1.91%4.4040.67%596
20222.11%4.2031.00%621
20211.24%3.2137.63%692
20201.50%2.4141.13%755
20191.84%2.2069.62%772
20182.08%1.9244.04%816
20171.76%1.6443.27%833
20161.98%1.4046.98%886
20151.46%1.1237.58%933

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Lowes Cos Inc dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the General Retailers stocks.

Lowes Cos Inc stock dividend history

Lowes Cos Inc Stock performance

Finally, last moth Lowes Cos Inc showed a return of -1.60% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.06% of Consumer Services firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 18.70% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and General Retailers firms.

Lowes Cos Inc stock and market return