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Lowe's Companies, Inc. - Comparative Business Analysis Snapshot
Business Description
Lowe's Companies, Inc.. The Group's principal activity is offering products and services for home decorating, maintenance, repair, remodeling, and property maintenance. The products offered by the stores include appliances, lumber, flooring, millwork, paint, building materials, fashion plumbing, lighting, tools, lawn and landscape products, hardware, seasonal living, cabinets and countertops, outdoor power equipment, rough plumbing, rough electrical, nursery, home environment, walls/windows and home organization. As on 30-Jan-2009, the Group operated 1,638 stores in 50 states and 11 stores in Canada. Its main brands are Premier LivingTM, Kobalt(R), Portfolio(R), Harbor Breeze(R), Perfect FlameTM, Top-Choice(R) Lumber and UtilitechTM. The Group operates in one reportable segment.
Competitor Analysis
This analysis compares Lowe's Companies, Inc. with three other companies in closely related industry sectors.
The full Comparative Business Report is available to Subscribers or may be purchased individually. The full report generally includes the following sections:
- Sales Analysis: Recent Sales, Sales Growth, Sales per Employee
- Recent Stock Performance
- Company Valuation Ratios: Price/Earnings, Price/Book Value
- Price/Sales and 52 Week Price change
- Dividend Analysis
- Profitability Analysis: Gross Profit Margin, EBITDA Margin
- Earnings Before Extraordinary Items
- Inventory Analysis
- Research and Development Expenses
- Financial Position: Long Term Debt/Equity, Days Accounts Receivable, Days Inventory
- R&D Expenses/Sales
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