Lowe's Companies (LOW)

Add to Watchlists Create an Alert
42.64 -0.05  -0.12%   NYSE May 24, 8:00PM BATS Real time Currency in USD

Lowe's Companies Price / Sales Ratio TTM:

0.9723 for May 24, 2013
View Full Chart

Lowe's Companies Price / Sales Ratio TTM Chart

    Lowe's Companies Historical Price / Sales Ratio TTM Data

    Pro Data Export
    Dates:  to
    Viewing 1 of 115   First  Previous First    Next  Last   Last

    There is no data for the selected date range.

    Data for this Date Range  
    May 24, 2013 0.9723
    May 23, 2013 0.9734
    May 22, 2013 0.9798
    May 21, 2013 0.968
    May 20, 2013 0.9664
    May 17, 2013 0.973
    May 16, 2013 0.975
    May 15, 2013 0.9857
    May 14, 2013 0.9755
    May 13, 2013 0.9598
    May 10, 2013 0.9593
    May 9, 2013 0.9525
    May 8, 2013 0.9657
    May 7, 2013 0.9187
    May 6, 2013 0.9306
    May 3, 2013 0.9027
    May 2, 2013 0.8863
    May 1, 2013 0.8706
    April 30, 2013 0.8761
    April 29, 2013 0.8722
    April 26, 2013 0.8597
    April 25, 2013 0.8617
    April 24, 2013 0.8599
    April 23, 2013 0.8667
    April 22, 2013 0.8594
       
    April 19, 2013 0.8692
    April 18, 2013 0.851
    April 17, 2013 0.8571
    April 16, 2013 0.8663
    April 15, 2013 0.8644
    April 12, 2013 0.8875
    April 11, 2013 0.8856
    April 10, 2013 0.8895
    April 9, 2013 0.8863
    April 8, 2013 0.8888
    April 5, 2013 0.8754
    April 4, 2013 0.8809
    April 3, 2013 0.8635
    April 2, 2013 0.8669
    April 1, 2013 0.8555
    March 28, 2013 0.8647
    March 27, 2013 0.8706
    March 26, 2013 0.8715
    March 25, 2013 0.8692
    March 22, 2013 0.8626
    March 21, 2013 0.861
    March 20, 2013 0.8758
    March 19, 2013 0.872
    March 18, 2013 0.8834
    March 15, 2013 0.885

    About Price to Sales Ratio

    The price to sales ratio (PS ratio) is calculated by dividing stock price by the revenue per share. It is most useful for comparing companies within a sector or industry because "normal" values for this ratio vary from industry to industry. In general, low price to sales ratios are more appealing because they suggest that a company is undervalued.

    An example illustrating why PS ratios should not be compared across industries: On June 21, 2010, Starbucks had a PS ratio of 1.12 while Yahoo! had a PS ratio of 2.56. In other words, Yahoo! shareholders were paying $2.56 for $1 of sales while Starbucks shareholders would only pay $1.12 for $1 of sales. However, at that same moment, the two companies' price to earnings ratios were virtually identical (Starbucks: 28.09 and Yahoo!: 27.78). Hence, shareholders were paying nearly the same amount for $1.00 in earnings. The PS ratios, though, are less comparable since Yahoo!'s profit margins are much higher than that of Starbucks.
    Learn More

    Get data for

    LOW Price / Sales Ratio TTM Benchmarks

    Companies
    Home Depot 1.594
    Wal-Mart Stores 0.5585
    Target 0.6308

    LOW Price / Sales Ratio TTM Rankings

    Overall 79th percentile
    1529 of 7600
    Sector 53rd percentile
    313 of 674 in Consumer Cyclical
    Industry 44th percentile
    5 of 9 in Home Improvement Stores

    LOW Price / Sales Ratio TTM Range, Past 5 Years

    Minimum 0.4076 Mar 6 2009
    Maximum 0.9857 May 15 2013
    Average 0.6903