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FCF Margin for Lowe's Companies (LOW)

As of · Reported

Metric

TTM

8.6%

YoY change

−0.33pp

Trough year (2000)

-6.4%

Peak year (2020)

10.3%

FCF Margin history chart for Lowe's Companies (LOW) from 1989 to 2025

Latest: 8.9%

FCF Margin change chart for Lowe's Companies (LOW) from 1989 to 2025

Latest: −0.33pp

FCF Margin history table for Lowe's Companies (LOW) from 1989 to 2025

  • 20258.9%-0.33pp
  • 20249.2%+2.05pp
  • 20237.2%+0.19pp
  • 20227.0%-1.62pp
  • 20218.6%-1.75pp
  • 202010.3%+6.44pp
  • 20193.9%-3.14pp
  • 20187.0%+1.29pp
  • 20175.7%-1.10pp
  • 20166.8%+0.77pp
  • 20156.1%-1.13pp
  • 20147.2%+1.27pp
  • 20135.9%+0.89pp
  • 20125.0%+0.03pp
  • 20115.0%-0.15pp
  • 20105.2%+0.39pp
  • 20094.8%+3.00pp
  • 20081.8%+1.08pp
  • 20070.7%-0.55pp
  • 20061.2%+0.18pp
  • 20051.1%+0.70pp
  • 20040.4%-1.93pp
  • 20032.3%+1.04pp
  • 20021.3%+3.91pp
  • 2001-2.7%+3.75pp
  • 2000-6.4%-4.51pp
  • 1999-1.9%+0.85pp
  • 1998-2.7%-1.41pp
  • 1997-1.3%+0.23pp
  • 1996-1.6%+1.51pp
  • 1995-3.1%-2.17pp
  • 1994-0.9%+3.75pp
  • 1993-4.7%-4.85pp
  • 19920.2%+1.51pp
  • 1991-1.3%-0.90pp
  • 1990-0.4%-1.76pp
  • 19891.3%—

FCF Margin values are taken from Lowe's Companies's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.

About FCF Margin at Lowe's Companies (LOW)

According to Lowe's Companies's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is 8.6%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.

Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .

The 2025 reading of Lowe's Companies (LOW) free cash flow margin is 8.87% – contracted 0.3 percentage points year-over-year.

The record annual free cash flow margin stands at 10.33%, reached in 2020; the historical low of -6.40% was recorded in 2000.

Lowe's Companies FCF Margin by Year

Lowe's Companies FCF Margin 2025: 8.9%

2025's free cash flow margin for Lowe's Companies came in at 8.87%, contracted 0.3 percentage points from 2024.

Lowe's Companies FCF Margin 2024: 9.2%

Lowe's Companies posted free cash flow margin of 9.20% in 2024, expanded 2.0 percentage points from 2023.

Lowe's Companies FCF Margin 2023: 7.2%

In 2023, Lowe's Companies reported free cash flow margin of 7.15%, expanded 0.2 percentage points from 2022.

Lowe's Companies FCF Margin 2022: 7.0%

Lowe's Companies free cash flow margin in 2022 was 6.96%, contracted 1.6 percentage points from 2021.

Lowe's Companies FCF Margin 2021: 8.6%

Lowe's Companies free cash flow margin in 2021 was 8.58%.

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