Lowe's Companies — Debt Discipline

DEBT DISCIPLINE

TICKER: [US.LOW - Lowe's Companies]
PERIOD: [2010-ANNUAL ~ 2026-ANNUAL]


[-] Leverage (D/E): 3.79 (< 0.5 = conservative, > 1.5 = aggressive)
[+] Interest Coverage: 6.6x (> 5x = safe, < 2x = risky)
[?] Net Cash Company: Insufficient data


Metric                       Value
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Avg D/E                       3.79
D/E Trend (Slope)       121.38%/yr
Last Interest Coverage        6.6x
Last Net D/E                     -


Period       Total Debt   Equity    D/E  D/EBITDA  Coverage  Net D/E
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2010 ANNUAL       5.08B   19.07B   0.27      1.1x     10.2x     0.23
2011 ANNUAL       6.57B   18.11B   0.36      1.3x     10.3x     0.33
2012 ANNUAL       7.63B   16.53B   0.46      1.6x      8.6x     0.40
2013 ANNUAL       9.08B   13.86B   0.66      1.8x      7.8x     0.62
2014 ANNUAL      10.52B   11.85B   0.89      1.9x      8.6x     0.85
2015 ANNUAL      11.36B    9.97B   1.14      1.8x      9.2x     1.09
2016 ANNUAL      12.65B    7.65B   1.65      2.0x      8.9x     1.60
2017 ANNUAL      15.70B    6.43B   2.44      2.2x      8.9x     2.35
2018 ANNUAL      17.00B    5.87B   2.89      2.1x     10.1x     2.79
2019 ANNUAL      16.22B    3.64B   4.45      3.0x      6.2x     4.31
2020 ANNUAL      23.75B    1.97B  12.04      3.1x      8.8x    11.68
2021 ANNUAL      26.21B    1.44B  18.24      2.4x     11.1x    14.98
2022 ANNUAL      29.38B   -4.82B      -      2.1x     13.5x        -
2023 ANNUAL      37.99B  -14.25B      -      3.2x      8.8x        -
2024 ANNUAL      40.15B  -15.05B      -      3.0x      7.8x        -
2025 ANNUAL      39.68B  -14.23B      -      3.3x      7.1x        -
2026 ANNUAL      44.68B   -9.92B      -      3.7x      6.6x        -