Floor & Decor vs Lowes Companies
FND and LOW side by side, both in consumer discretionary. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How FND and LOW compare
Lowes Companies is the larger company, worth 24 times as much as Floor & Decor ($130B against $5.3B).
On earnings, Lowes Companies is cheaper: it trades at 19.6× trailing earnings, against 22.9× for Floor & Decor.
Lowes Companies grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (8.2% versus 1.8% for Floor & Decor).
Lowes Companies keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 7.3% compared with 5.1% at Floor & Decor.
Lowes Companies pays a dividend yielding 1.6%; Floor & Decor does not pay one.
Floor & Decor scores higher on the StockData Score (14 against 11 for Lowes Companies), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | FND | LOW |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $5.3B | $130B |
| Share price | $51.06 | $231.60 |
| Change, 1 year | −14.3% | −0.61% |
| Change, 5 years | −61.2% | −7.2% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.50 | 0.90 |
| Employees | 14K | 167K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 14 (better) | 11 |
| Valuation score | 5 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 3 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Health score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 22.9× | 19.6× (better) |
| P/S | 1.1× (better) | 1.4× |
| P/B | 2.1× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 9.2× (better) | 13.0× |
| P/FCF | 15.5× (better) | 18.6× |
| PEG | – | 3.74 |
| FCF yield | 6.4% (better) | 5.4% |
| Fair value | $68.24 | $201.08 |
| Margin of safety | 25.2% (better) | −15.2% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 1.8% | 8.2% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 14.1% (better) | −0.75% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 10.6% (better) | −3.1% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 11.5% (better) | −2.8% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 0.85% | 8.9% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 44.9% (better) | 33.1% |
| Operating margin | 6.5% | 11.4% (better) |
| Net margin | 5.1% | 7.3% (better) |
| FCF margin | 7.2% | 7.7% (better) |
| Return on equity | 9.9% | – |
| Return on invested capital | 10.3% | 34.8% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.08 | – |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.36 | 2.71 (better) |
| Current ratio | 1.32 (better) | 1.10 |
| Altman Z-score | 2.54 | 3.30 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 1.6% |
| Payout ratio | – | 40.5% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 17 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 15.6% |
| Buyback yield | – | 0.36% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 1.9% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 121% | 79.0% |
| Held by insiders | 1.2% | 0.11% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$15.1M | −$13.2M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 14.8% | 2.0% |
Go deeper
- FND stock overview
- FND income statement
- FND valuation and score
- LOW stock overview
- LOW income statement
- LOW valuation and score
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