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LOWES COMPANIES INC against its own record and its peers
Operating marginPeer median 7.6%11.8%Revenue, on the yearPeer median 3.1%3.1%Equity of assetsPeer median 31.2%-18.3%Payout of profit39.6%Gold tick: the median of 8–8 peers with $50M+ revenue in retail-lumber & other building materials dealers
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Handed back now, or kept to compound
Of each dollar of profit39.6% paid out60.4% keptHanded back per share$4.75up 18 years runningRevenue growth it managed3.1%last year, for comparison

Gold is paid out to shareholders; navy is kept in the business. Retained profit times return on equity is the pace a company can fund from itself. Facts from the filings, not a recommendation.

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