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Q3 FY2027 · Earnings report
EPS estimate 2.89Revenue estimate 22.40B
Q3 FY2027 · Earnings report
EPS estimate 2.89Revenue estimate 22.40B
Lowe's Companies cash flow statement 1989–2026What is a cash flow statement? The cash flow statement shows the cash that came into a company and went out over a period, split into operating, investing and financing activities.
Lowe's Companies's free cash flow over the last twelve months was 7.00B USD: operating cash flow of 9.26B USD less 2.26B USD of capital spending. That is 7.7% of its revenue and 12.50 a share.
Operating cash flow Free cash flow
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| Fiscal year | TTM 31 Jul 2026 | FY2025 30 Jan 2026 | FY2024 31 Jan 2025 | FY2023 31 Jan 2024 | FY2022 31 Jan 2023 | FY2021 31 Jan 2022 | FY2020 31 Jan 2021 | FY2019 31 Jan 2020 | FY2018 31 Jan 2019 | FY2017 31 Jan 2018 | FY2016 31 Jan 2017 | FY2015 31 Jan 2016 | FY2014 31 Jan 2015 | FY2013 31 Jan 2014 | FY2012 31 Jan 2013 | FY2011 31 Jan 2012 | FY2010 31 Jan 2011 | FY2009 31 Jan 2010 | FY2008 31 Jan 2009 | FY2007 31 Jan 2008 | FY2006 31 Jan 2007 | FY2005 31 Jan 2006 | FY2004 31 Jan 2005 | FY2003 31 Jan 2004 | FY2002 31 Jan 2003 | FY2001 31 Jan 2002 | FY2000 31 Jan 2001 | FY1999 31 Jan 2000 | FY1998 31 Jan 1999 | FY1997 31 Jan 1998 | FY1996 31 Jan 1997 | FY1995 31 Jan 1996 | FY1994 31 Jan 1995 | FY1993 31 Jan 1994 | FY1992 31 Jan 1993 | FY1991 31 Jan 1992 | FY1990 31 Jan 1991 | FY1989 31 Jan 1990 |
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Net income | 6.64B | 6.65B | 6.96B | 7.73B | 6.44B | 8.44B | 5.84B | 4.28B | 2.31B | 3.45B | 3.09B | 2.55B | 2.70B | 2.29B | 1.96B | 1.84B | 2.01B | 1.78B | 2.20B | 2.81B | 3.11B | 2.77B | 2.18B | 1.88B | 1.47B | 1.02B | 809.87M | 672.80M | 500.37M | 357.50M | 292.20M | 226.00M | 223.60M | 131.80M | 84.70M | 6.50M | 71.10M | 74.90M |
Depreciation and amortization | 2.46B | 2.19B | 1.97B | 1.92B | 1.98B | 1.88B | 1.59B | 1.41B | 1.61B | 1.54B | 1.59B | 1.59B | 1.59B | 1.56B | 1.62B | 1.58B | 1.68B | 1.73B | 1.67B | 1.46B | 1.24B | 1.05B | 926.00M | 800.00M | 659.00M | 530.00M | 409.51M | 337.82M | 289.05M | 255.89M | 199.80M | 153.60M | 112.90M | 80.50M | 69.80M | 58.30M | 51.40M | 46.10M |
Stock-based compensation | 262.00M | 247.00M | 221.00M | 210.00M | 224.00M | 230.00M | 155.00M | 98.00M | 74.00M | 99.00M | 90.00M | 117.00M | 119.00M | 100.00M | 100.00M | 107.00M | 115.00M | 102.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Change in working capital | -2.03B | -112.00M | 118.00M | -2.23B | -2.88B | -1.13B | 1.90B | -2.27B | 758.00M | -496.00M | 371.00M | -22.00M | 615.00M | 209.00M | 89.00M | 314.00M | 73.00M | 366.00M | -4.00M | -78.00M | 81.00M | -113.00M | -296.00M | 117.00M | 325.00M | -60.00M | -143.16M | 95.31M | -80.03M | 44.40M | 24.10M | -108.10M | -1.40M | -103.10M | 86.10M | -16.30M | -44.10M | 5.50M |
Change in receivables | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.14B | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change in inventory | -906.00M | 703.00M | -514.00M | 1.64B | -2.59B | -1.41B | -2.97B | -600.00M | -1.29B | -791.00M | -178.00M | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change in payables | 1.24B | 73.00M | 633.00M | -1.82B | -549.00M | 466.00M | 3.21B | -637.00M | 1.72B | -92.00M | 653.00M | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change in other working capital | -2.20B | -888.00M | -1.00M | -2.05B | 261.00M | -180.00M | 512.00M | -1.03B | 327.00M | 387.00M | -104.00M | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other non-cash items | 1.57B | 625.00M | 348.00M | 503.00M | 3.07B | 551.00M | 1.68B | 597.00M | 1.59B | 422.00M | 445.00M | 624.00M | 82.00M | 116.00M | 131.00M | 456.00M | 103.00M | 193.00M | 100.00M | 150.00M | 85.00M | 166.00M | 158.00M | 82.00M | 33.00M | 78.13M | 30.20M | 51.52M | 17.94M | 25.59M | 9.90M | -1.10M | 5.80M | 10.60M | 2.00M | 70.30M | 600.00K | -1.70M |
Operating cash flowWhat is a cash flow statement? The cash flow statement shows the cash that came into a company and went out over a period, split into operating, investing and financing activities. | 9.26B | 9.86B | 9.63B | 8.14B | 8.59B | 10.11B | 11.05B | 4.30B | 6.19B | 5.07B | 5.62B | 4.78B | 4.93B | 4.11B | 3.76B | 4.35B | 3.85B | 4.05B | 4.12B | 4.35B | 4.50B | 3.84B | 3.07B | 3.05B | 2.70B | 1.61B | 1.13B | 1.17B | 696.80M | 690.97M | 543.00M | 303.30M | 359.00M | 125.70M | 250.80M | 93.50M | 79.20M | 127.20M |
Operating cash flow growth | -5.67% | +2.48% | +18.24% | -5.23% | -15.07% | -8.47% | +157.19% | -30.63% | +22.27% | -9.83% | +17.41% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Capital expenditure | -2.26B | -2.21B | -1.93B | -1.96B | -1.83B | -1.85B | -1.79B | -1.48B | -1.17B | -1.12B | -1.17B | -1.20B | -880.00M | -940.00M | -1.21B | -1.83B | -1.33B | -1.80B | -3.27B | -4.01B | -3.92B | -3.38B | -2.94B | -2.35B | -2.36B | -2.20B | -2.33B | -1.47B | -1.08B | -826.25M | -677.20M | -520.40M | -414.10M | -336.90M | -243.30M | -133.80M | -91.00M | -91.70M |
Acquisitions | -8.78B | -10.09B | 177.00M | 100.00M | 491.00M | 113.00M | 90.00M | 163.00M | 76.00M | -509.00M | -2.36B | -125.00M | -241.00M | -128.00M | -219.00M | -332.00M | 25.00M | 18.00M | 29.00M | 57.00M | 72.00M | 61.00M | 86.00M | 45.00M | 0.00 | 41.56M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.90M | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Purchases of investments | -1.66B | -1.69B | -1.29B | -1.79B | -1.19B | -3.07B | -3.09B | -743.00M | -1.37B | -981.00M | -1.30B | -934.00M | -820.00M | -932.00M | -1.44B | -1.67B | -2.61B | -1.83B | -1.36B | -2.51B | -842.00M | -2.18B | -1.34B | -381.00M | -227.00M | -31.00M | -13.95M | -51.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -83.40M | -29.30M | -1.20M | -11.40M | -35.10M | 0.00 |
Sales and maturities of investments | 1.91B | 1.66B | 1.20B | 1.72B | 1.17B | 3.29B | 2.93B | 695.00M | 1.39B | 1.11B | 1.43B | 884.00M | 805.00M | 709.00M | 1.84B | 2.12B | 1.82B | 1.78B | 1.43B | 2.35B | 987.00M | 1.86B | 1.83B | 279.00M | 0.00 | 2.88M | 76.49M | 0.00 | 19.80M | 57.10M | 111.00M | 18.50M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 30.40M | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Other investing | 104.00M | 72.00M | 94.00M | 26.00M | 44.00M | -134.00M | -25.00M | 0.00 | -2.00M | 58.00M | 24.00M | 29.00M | 48.00M | 5.00M | 134.00M | 37.00M | -97.00M | -62.00M | 0.00 | -7.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -95.00M | 112.00M | -10.33M | 19.72M | 21.31M | -695.00K | 10.67M | -12.20M | 54.00M | -32.40M | 12.10M | -4.40M | -100.00K | 8.10M | 4.10M |
Investing cash flow | -10.68B | -12.26B | -1.74B | -1.90B | -1.31B | -1.65B | -1.89B | -1.37B | -1.08B | -1.44B | -3.36B | -1.34B | -1.09B | -1.29B | -903.00M | -1.44B | -2.18B | -1.89B | -3.23B | -4.12B | -3.72B | -3.67B | -2.36B | -2.50B | -2.58B | -2.20B | -2.25B | -1.50B | -1.06B | -758.47M | -578.40M | -447.90M | -529.90M | -354.10M | -248.90M | -111.00M | -118.00M | -87.60M |
Debt issued (repaid) | 3.16B | 4.39B | -545.00M | 1.88B | 9.30B | 2.85B | 1.37B | 3.08B | -741.00M | 744.00M | 2.56B | 1.21B | 805.00M | 1.32B | 1.39B | 956.00M | 1.43B | -1.03B | -615.00M | 2.24B | 979.00M | 380.00M | -82.00M | -79.00M | -113.00M | 873.00M | 1.11B | 261.68M | 323.81M | 291.74M | 46.60M | 88.60M | -41.40M | 274.70M | 41.20M | 49.20M | 38.10M | -22.20M |
Shares issued | 150.00M | 149.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 125.00M | 137.00M | 165.00M | 349.00M | 100.00M | 104.00M | 128.00M | 76.00M | 149.00M | 176.00M | 290.00M | 151.00M | 148.00M | 115.00M | 116.00M | 27.02M | 379.27M | 14.47M | 1.99M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 316.80M | 1.50M | 1.00M | 1.20M | 6.00M | 2.00M |
Share buybacksWhat are stock buybacks? A stock buyback is a company buying its own shares on the market. With fewer shares left, each remaining share owns a bigger part of the company. | — | -211.00M | -4.05B | -6.14B | -14.12B | -13.01B | -4.97B | -4.31B | -3.04B | -3.19B | -3.60B | -3.93B | -3.91B | -3.71B | -4.39B | -2.94B | -2.62B | -504.00M | -8.00M | -2.28B | -1.74B | -774.00M | -1.00B | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -1.90M | -26.50M | -6.00M |
Dividends paid | -2.69B | -2.64B | -2.57B | -2.53B | -2.37B | -1.98B | -1.70B | -1.62B | -1.46B | -1.29B | -1.12B | -957.00M | -822.00M | -733.00M | -704.00M | -647.00M | -571.00M | -391.00M | -491.00M | -428.00M | -276.00M | -171.00M | -116.00M | -86.00M | -66.00M | -60.00M | -53.48M | -47.56M | -50.76M | -28.65M | -34.70M | -30.50M | -27.40M | -23.60M | -21.20M | -20.00M | -19.30M | -18.20M |
Other financing | -427.00M | -68.00M | 117.00M | 120.00M | 146.00M | 126.00M | 114.00M | 117.00M | 109.00M | 129.00M | 64.00M | 180.00M | 161.00M | 150.00M | 22.00M | 79.00M | 105.00M | 0.00 | 1.00M | 6.00M | 12.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 466.00K | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -43.28M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 100.00K | 0.00 | 100.00K | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Financing cash flow | -269.00M | 1.62B | -7.05B | -6.67B | -7.05B | -12.02B | -5.19B | -2.74B | -5.12B | -3.61B | -2.09B | -3.49B | -3.76B | -2.97B | -3.33B | -2.55B | -1.65B | -1.80B | -939.00M | -307.00M | -846.00M | -275.00M | -1.05B | -17.00M | -64.00M | 929.47M | 1.08B | 593.39M | 287.53M | 221.80M | 11.90M | 58.10M | 248.00M | 252.70M | 21.00M | 28.60M | -1.70M | -44.40M |
Net change in cash | -1.69B | -779.00M | 840.00M | -427.00M | 215.00M | -3.56B | 3.97B | 205.00M | -77.00M | 30.00M | 153.00M | -61.00M | 75.00M | -150.00M | -473.00M | 362.00M | 20.00M | 387.00M | -36.00M | -83.00M | -59.00M | -107.00M | -336.00M | 540.00M | 129.00M | 343.18M | -35.46M | 262.25M | -29.83M | 154.80M | -23.50M | -86.50M | 77.10M | 24.30M | 22.90M | 11.10M | -40.50M | -4.80M |
Free cash flowWhat is free cash flow (FCF)? Free cash flow is the cash a company's operations bring in minus what it spends on long-term assets (capex): cash left for debt, dividends and buybacks. | 7.00B | 7.65B | 7.70B | 6.18B | 6.76B | 8.26B | 9.26B | 2.81B | 5.02B | 3.94B | 4.45B | 3.59B | 4.05B | 3.17B | 2.55B | 2.52B | 2.52B | 2.26B | 856.00M | 337.00M | 586.00M | 463.00M | 134.00M | 709.00M | 334.00M | -586.06M | -1.20B | -301.46M | -381.31M | -135.27M | -134.20M | -217.10M | -55.10M | -211.20M | 7.50M | -40.30M | -11.80M | 35.50M |
Free cash flow growth | -8.95% | -0.61% | +24.64% | -8.64% | -18.16% | -10.78% | +229.23% | -43.97% | +27.32% | -11.42% | +24.06% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Free cash flow margin | 7.74% | 8.87% | 9.20% | 7.15% | 6.96% | 8.58% | 10.33% | 3.90% | 7.04% | 5.74% | 6.84% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Free cash flow per share | 12.50 | 13.66 | 13.57 | 10.58 | 10.71 | 11.82 | 12.34 | 3.61 | 6.18 | 4.69 | 5.05 | 3.86 | 4.09 | 2.99 | 2.21 | 1.98 | 1.80 | 1.54 | 0.58 | 0.22 | 0.37 | 0.29 | 0.08 | 0.43 | 0.21 | -0.37 | -0.77 | -0.20 | -0.25 | -0.09 | -0.10 | -0.16 | -0.04 | -0.18 | 0.01 | -0.05 | -0.01 | 0.03 |
Free cash flow per share growth | -8.58% | +0.71% | +28.28% | -1.29% | -9.34% | -4.27% | +241.52% | -41.52% | +31.71% | -7.09% | +30.82% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest paid | — | 1.49B | 1.48B | 1.46B | 976.00M | 837.00M | 824.00M | 671.00M | 635.00M | 654.00M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Income taxes paid | — | 2.51B | 1.65B | 3.70B | 1.72B | 2.74B | 1.59B | 1.42B | 1.32B | 1.67B | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Quarter | Q2 FY2026 31 Jul 2026 | Q1 FY2026 1 May 2026 | Q4 FY2025 30 Jan 2026 | Q3 FY2025 31 Oct 2025 | Q2 FY2025 1 Aug 2025 | Q1 FY2025 2 May 2025 | Q4 FY2024 31 Jan 2025 | Q3 FY2024 1 Nov 2024 | Q2 FY2024 2 Aug 2024 | Q1 FY2024 3 May 2024 | Q4 FY2023 31 Jan 2024 | Q3 FY2023 3 Nov 2023 | Q2 FY2023 4 Aug 2023 | Q1 FY2023 5 May 2023 | Q4 FY2022 31 Jan 2023 | Q3 FY2022 28 Oct 2022 | Q2 FY2022 29 Jul 2022 | Q1 FY2022 29 Apr 2022 | Q4 FY2021 31 Jan 2022 | Q3 FY2021 29 Oct 2021 | Q2 FY2021 30 Jul 2021 | Q1 FY2021 30 Apr 2021 | Q4 FY2020 31 Jan 2021 | Q3 FY2020 30 Oct 2020 | Q2 FY2020 31 Jul 2020 | Q1 FY2020 1 May 2020 | Q4 FY2019 31 Jan 2020 | Q3 FY2019 1 Nov 2019 | Q2 FY2019 2 Aug 2019 | Q1 FY2019 3 May 2019 | Q4 FY2018 31 Jan 2019 | Q3 FY2018 2 Nov 2018 | Q2 FY2018 3 Aug 2018 | Q1 FY2018 4 May 2018 | Q4 FY2017 31 Jan 2018 | Q3 FY2017 3 Nov 2017 | Q2 FY2017 4 Aug 2017 | Q1 FY2017 5 May 2017 | Q4 FY2016 31 Jan 2017 | Q3 FY2016 28 Oct 2016 |
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Net income | 2.40B | 1.63B | 1.00B | 1.62B | 2.40B | 1.64B | 1.12B | 1.69B | 2.38B | 1.75B | 1.02B | 1.77B | 2.67B | 2.26B | 958.00M | 154.00M | 2.98B | 2.33B | 1.21B | 1.90B | 3.02B | 2.32B | 978.00M | 692.00M | 2.83B | 1.34B | 510.00M | 1.05B | 1.68B | 1.05B | -824.00M | 629.00M | 1.52B | 988.00M | 554.00M | 872.00M | 1.42B | 602.00M | 663.00M | 379.00M |
Depreciation and amortization | 648.00M | 644.00M | 637.00M | 535.00M | 515.00M | 507.00M | 511.00M | 494.00M | 481.00M | 486.00M | 496.00M | 486.00M | 476.00M | 465.00M | 472.00M | 502.00M | 504.00M | 503.00M | 494.00M | 481.00M | 464.00M | 443.00M | 442.00M | 405.00M | 374.00M | 373.00M | 381.00M | 345.00M | 347.00M | 337.00M | 401.00M | 455.00M | 364.00M | 387.00M | 392.00M | 380.00M | 379.00M | 389.00M | 400.00M | 412.00M |
Stock-based compensation | 67.00M | 65.00M | 70.00M | 60.00M | 59.00M | 58.00M | 57.00M | 54.00M | 55.00M | 55.00M | 50.00M | 47.00M | 54.00M | 59.00M | 59.00M | 55.00M | 115.00M | 50.00M | 61.00M | 54.00M | 63.00M | 54.00M | 48.00M | 43.00M | 37.00M | 27.00M | 23.00M | 24.00M | 9.00M | 42.00M | -5.00M | 17.00M | 38.00M | 24.00M | 21.00M | 23.00M | 29.00M | 26.00M | 19.00M | 22.00M |
Change in working capital | 403.00M | 184.00M | -547.00M | -2.07B | 1.17B | 896.00M | -842.00M | -1.92B | 215.00M | 1.71B | -653.00M | -1.34B | 593.00M | -832.00M | -1.60B | -544.00M | -628.00M | -107.00M | -1.01B | -305.00M | -1.27B | 1.46B | -1.94B | -2.64B | 3.94B | 2.53B | -1.15B | -1.09B | -739.00M | 708.00M | -1.35B | -168.00M | 231.00M | 2.05B | -1.47B | -955.00M | 168.00M | 1.76B | -849.00M | -601.00M |
Change in receivables | -94.00M | -63.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change in inventory | 709.00M | -1.15B | -113.00M | -357.00M | 2.10B | -926.00M | 158.00M | -725.00M | 1.38B | -1.33B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change in payables | -899.00M | 2.21B | -479.00M | 402.00M | -1.80B | 1.95B | -1.31B | 265.00M | -1.35B | 3.03B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change in other working capital | 687.00M | -820.00M | 45.00M | -2.11B | 866.00M | -123.00M | 311.00M | -1.46B | 186.00M | 4.00M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other non-cash items | 180.00M | 626.00M | 175.00M | 588.00M | 146.00M | 151.00M | 42.00M | 1.06B | 89.00M | 129.00M | 165.00M | 144.00M | 145.00M | 52.00M | 552.00M | 2.21B | 120.00M | 147.00M | 143.00M | 155.00M | 187.00M | 109.00M | 148.00M | 1.22B | 181.00M | 133.00M | 151.00M | 168.00M | 168.00M | 110.00M | 1.19B | 142.00M | 258.00M | 6.00M | 23.00M | 9.00M | -92.00M | 482.00M | 15.00M | 476.00M |
Operating cash flowWhat is a cash flow statement? The cash flow statement shows the cash that came into a company and went out over a period, split into operating, investing and financing activities. | 3.66B | 3.35B | 1.57B | 687.00M | 4.23B | 3.38B | 911.00M | 1.30B | 3.15B | 4.26B | 1.11B | 1.06B | 3.86B | 2.11B | 451.00M | 2.13B | 3.04B | 2.98B | 934.00M | 2.27B | 2.42B | 4.49B | -436.00M | -267.00M | 7.30B | 4.45B | 185.00M | 528.00M | 1.45B | 2.14B | -605.00M | 1.01B | 2.36B | 3.43B | -307.00M | 298.00M | 1.78B | 3.30B | 348.00M | 641.00M |
Operating cash flow growth | -13.52% | -0.86% | +72.01% | -47.11% | +34.19% | -20.72% | -17.78% | +22.09% | -18.36% | +102.37% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Capital expenditure | -542.00M | -521.00M | -603.00M | -597.00M | -495.00M | -518.00M | -548.00M | -571.00M | -426.00M | -382.00M | -620.00M | -579.00M | -385.00M | -380.00M | -739.00M | -403.00M | -344.00M | -343.00M | -597.00M | -410.00M | -385.00M | -461.00M | -619.00M | -462.00M | -382.00M | -328.00M | -557.00M | -401.00M | -321.00M | -205.00M | -328.00M | -303.00M | -319.00M | -224.00M | -336.00M | -311.00M | -274.00M | -202.00M | -347.00M | -330.00M |
Acquisitions | -11.00M | 6.00M | -31.00M | -8.74B | -1.32B | 2.00M | 80.00M | 54.00M | 43.00M | 15.00M | 24.00M | -23.00M | 9.00M | 123.00M | 499.00M | 18.00M | 9.00M | 10.00M | 19.00M | 137.00M | 14.00M | 13.00M | 30.00M | -123.00M | 21.00M | 0.00 | 92.00M | 29.00M | 18.00M | 24.00M | 26.00M | 20.00M | 25.00M | 68.00M | 24.00M | -4.00M | -501.00M | 6.00M | -72.00M | -111.00M |
Purchases of investments | -471.00M | -337.00M | -403.00M | -445.00M | -454.00M | -391.00M | -287.00M | -371.00M | -351.00M | -277.00M | -502.00M | -405.00M | -428.00M | -450.00M | -530.00M | -329.00M | -221.00M | -109.00M | -740.00M | -690.00M | -1.34B | -293.00M | -546.00M | -1.42B | -1.06B | -70.00M | -180.00M | -318.00M | -242.00M | -3.00M | -75.00M | -318.00M | -407.00M | -573.00M | -301.00M | -56.00M | -471.00M | -153.00M | -174.00M | -343.00M |
Sales and maturities of investments | 760.00M | 319.00M | 406.00M | 425.00M | 452.00M | 375.00M | 286.00M | 347.00M | 305.00M | 266.00M | 507.00M | 404.00M | 399.00M | 412.00M | 577.00M | 307.00M | 158.00M | 132.00M | 1.03B | 1.57B | 345.00M | 347.00M | 1.89B | 772.00M | 153.00M | 107.00M | 139.00M | 284.00M | 218.00M | 54.00M | 84.00M | 297.00M | 456.00M | 556.00M | 244.00M | 81.00M | 730.00M | 59.00M | 267.00M | 556.00M |
Other investing | 4.00M | 32.00M | 54.00M | 14.00M | 3.00M | -1.00M | 51.00M | 21.00M | 7.00M | 0.00 | -4.00M | 12.00M | -6.00M | -9.00M | -1.00M | 1.00M | -1.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | -121.00M | 0.00 | -83.00M | -1.00M | 137.00M | -2.00M | 3.00M | 0.00 | 1.00M | 0.00 | -1.00M | 1.00M | -4.00M | 1.00M | -63.00M | 0.00 | 14.00M | 11.00M | -1.00M | 17.00M | 110.00M |
Investing cash flow | -260.00M | -501.00M | -577.00M | -9.34B | -1.81B | -533.00M | -418.00M | -520.00M | -422.00M | -378.00M | -595.00M | -591.00M | -411.00M | -304.00M | -194.00M | -406.00M | -399.00M | -310.00M | -286.00M | 485.00M | -1.37B | -477.00M | 758.00M | -1.09B | -1.27B | -288.00M | -506.00M | -405.00M | -327.00M | -131.00M | -292.00M | -308.00M | -244.00M | -236.00M | -369.00M | -276.00M | -505.00M | -291.00M | -309.00M | -118.00M |
Debt issued (repaid) | -21.00M | -2.00B | -19.00M | 5.20B | -18.00M | -778.00M | -23.00M | -475.00M | -25.00M | -22.00M | -25.00M | -531.00M | -95.00M | 2.53B | 463.00M | 4.67B | -26.00M | 4.19B | -1.52B | 1.96B | 975.00M | 1.45B | -36.00M | -1.05B | -25.00M | 2.48B | 1.28B | 174.00M | -13.00M | 1.63B | 684.00M | -264.00M | -8.00M | -1.15B | 952.00M | -91.00M | -16.00M | -101.00M | 483.00M | -651.00M |
Shares issued | 69.00M | 2.00M | 67.00M | 12.00M | 68.00M | 2.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00M | 0.00 | 9.00M | 0.00 | 9.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 79.00M | 4.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Share buybacksWhat are stock buybacks? A stock buyback is a company buying its own shares on the market. With fewer shares left, each remaining share owns a bigger part of the company. | -3.00M | -363.00M | 0.00 | -98.00M | -1.00M | -112.00M | -1.37B | -751.00M | -1.01B | -923.00M | -201.00M | -1.58B | -2.25B | -2.11B | -2.00B | -4.00B | -4.09B | -4.04B | -4.01B | -2.83B | -3.14B | -3.04B | -3.44B | -562.00M | 0.00 | -966.00M | -664.00M | -879.00M | -1.94B | -826.00M | -539.00M | -652.00M | -1.12B | -728.00M | -138.00M | -551.00M | -1.27B | -1.24B | -541.00M | -600.00M |
Dividends paid | -672.00M | -674.00M | -673.00M | -673.00M | -645.00M | -645.00M | -650.00M | -654.00M | -629.00M | -633.00M | -632.00M | -642.00M | -624.00M | -633.00M | -643.00M | -666.00M | -524.00M | -537.00M | -551.00M | -563.00M | -430.00M | -440.00M | -452.00M | -416.00M | -416.00M | -420.00M | -423.00M | -428.00M | -382.00M | -385.00M | -387.00M | -390.00M | -338.00M | -340.00M | -341.00M | -344.00M | -299.00M | -304.00M | -306.00M | -309.00M |
Other financing | -386.00M | -12.00M | -4.00M | -25.00M | -19.00M | -20.00M | 42.00M | 12.00M | 53.00M | -5.00M | 56.00M | -3.00M | 62.00M | 5.00M | 60.00M | 16.00M | 73.00M | -3.00M | 462.00M | -33.00M | -316.00M | 13.00M | 44.00M | -9.00M | -1.00M | 1.00M | 46.00M | 6.00M | 42.00M | 23.00M | 39.00M | 22.00M | 42.00M | 6.00M | 50.00M | 8.00M | 34.00M | 37.00M | -72.00M | 14.00M |
Financing cash flow | -1.01B | -3.05B | -629.00M | 4.42B | -615.00M | -1.55B | -2.00B | -1.87B | -1.61B | -1.57B | -802.00M | -2.76B | -2.91B | -200.00M | -2.12B | 22.00M | -4.57B | -386.00M | -5.63B | -1.46B | -2.91B | -2.02B | -3.89B | -2.03B | -363.00M | 1.09B | 243.00M | -1.13B | -2.30B | 446.00M | -203.00M | -1.28B | -1.42B | -2.22B | 523.00M | -978.00M | -1.55B | -1.61B | -436.00M | -1.55B |
Net change in cash | 2.39B | -196.00M | 361.00M | -4.24B | 1.81B | 1.29B | -1.51B | -1.09B | 1.12B | 2.32B | -289.00M | -2.28B | 544.00M | 1.60B | -1.84B | 1.71B | -1.93B | 2.28B | -4.99B | 1.29B | -1.86B | 2.00B | -3.56B | -3.39B | 5.69B | 5.24B | -78.00M | -1.00B | -1.18B | 2.46B | -1.16B | -583.00M | 686.00M | 977.00M | -155.00M | -953.00M | -267.00M | 1.41B | -402.00M | -1.03B |
Free cash flowWhat is free cash flow (FCF)? Free cash flow is the cash a company's operations bring in minus what it spends on long-term assets (capex): cash left for debt, dividends and buybacks. | 3.12B | 2.83B | 964.00M | 90.00M | 3.74B | 2.86B | 363.00M | 728.00M | 2.73B | 3.88B | 488.00M | 485.00M | 3.48B | 1.73B | -288.00M | 1.72B | 2.69B | 2.63B | 337.00M | 1.86B | 2.04B | 4.03B | -1.06B | -729.00M | 6.92B | 4.12B | -372.00M | 127.00M | 1.13B | 1.93B | -933.00M | 708.00M | 2.04B | 3.21B | -643.00M | -13.00M | 1.51B | 3.09B | 1.00M | 311.00M |
Free cash flow growth | -16.57% | -1.12% | +165.56% | -87.64% | +37.00% | -26.26% | -25.61% | +50.10% | -21.57% | +124.80% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Free cash flow margin | 12.01% | 12.26% | 4.68% | 0.43% | 15.59% | 13.67% | 1.96% | 3.61% | 11.56% | 18.16% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Free cash flow per share | 5.57 | 5.05 | 1.72 | 0.16 | 6.67 | 5.11 | 0.64 | 1.29 | 4.78 | 6.78 | 0.85 | 0.84 | 5.94 | 2.89 | -0.48 | 2.78 | 4.21 | 3.98 | 0.50 | 2.69 | 2.88 | 5.60 | -1.44 | -0.97 | 9.19 | 5.45 | -0.49 | 0.16 | 1.44 | 2.42 | -1.16 | 0.88 | 2.50 | 3.88 | -0.78 | -0.02 | 1.79 | 3.60 | 0.00 | 0.36 |
Free cash flow per share growth | -16.57% | -1.12% | +166.99% | -87.50% | +39.45% | -24.68% | -24.03% | +53.02% | -19.51% | +134.62% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest paid | — | 751.00M | 118.00M | 650.00M | 56.00M | 665.00M | 65.00M | 675.00M | 46.00M | 689.00M | 49.00M | 699.00M | 333.00M | 383.00M | 67.00M | 473.00M | 61.00M | 375.00M | 75.00M | 325.00M | 218.00M | 219.00M | — | 381.00M | 24.00M | 345.00M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Income taxes paid | 0.00 | 47.00M | 355.00M | 0.00 | 612.00M | 45.00M | 264.00M | 380.00M | 975.00M | 29.00M | 537.00M | 598.00M | 1.33B | 1.23B | 180.00M | 125.00M | 1.36B | 57.00M | 546.00M | 643.00M | 1.43B | 115.00M | 0.00 | 687.00M | 661.00M | 9.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Figures in USD. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; owner earnings take off only the spending that keeps the business as it is, not the spending to grow it (an estimate by Financial Modeling Prep). Quarterly growth is on the same quarter a year before; TTM is the last four quarters.
Common questions about Lowe's Companies's cash flow
Source: Financial Modeling PrepVerified against SEC filings