Companies Keep Buying Back Their Shares. These Stocks Are Worth a Look.

Politicians hate stock buybacks. Companies love them—and right now they show no signs of stopping. Yes, buying back stock might seem difficult for companies right now. President Biden, in his State of...

Lowe’s Earnings Beat Estimates. Why the Stock Is Dropping.

Lowe’s earned more than expected in the fourth quarter but fell short in terms of revenue, warning of a slowdown in the home-improvement market and sending the stock tumbling. The company reported adj...

Lowes (LOW) Q4 earnings 2022

A Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse worker collects carts in a parking lot on August 17, 2022 in Houston, Texas.  Brandon Bell | Getty Images News | Getty Images Lowe’s on Wednesday report...

Home Depot Beat Earnings Views, Boosted the Dividend. Why the Stock Is Falling.

Home Depot beat fourth-quarter earnings expectations, but missed on revenue and issued disappointing guidance for fiscal 2023. It also raised the dividend, but shares of the home-improvement retailer ...

This Analyst Sees a 17% Downside to Home Depot Stock. Here’s Why.

Home Depot and Lowe’s could be in for a rough year, with one analyst forecasting that the shares could lose more than 10% of their value. Rising interest rates, persistent inflation, a weaker labor ma...

Lowes Stock Is On The Rise After Earnings, Despite Housing Market Dip

| Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Key Takeaways As the housing market slows, more homeowners are choosing to improve their current homes. Online sales and purchases of $500 o...

TJX, Lowe’s, and Home Depot Stocks Have Soared. Further Gains Might Have to Wait.

Retail stocks—and earnings—are showing signs of life. But even though it is retail’s busiest season, this isn’t a great time to buy.  Shares in retail companies, as measured by the VanEck Retail excha...

Home Depot and Lowe’s are booming in a housing market bust

A home improvement contractor works on a house in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Suzanne Kreiter | The Boston Globe | Getty Images As the U.S. housing market falls hard from its pandemic-driven highs, home...

Lowe’s CEO says he saw customers ‘trading up’ in fiscal Q3

Lowe’s Companies Inc (NYSE: LOW), on Wednesday, reported better-than-expected results for its fiscal third quarter as home improvement remained in demand despite fears of an economic slowdown. Shares ...

Target, Carnival, Advance Auto Parts, Lowe’s and more

Pedestrians pass by a Target store in the Tenleytown neighborhood of Washington, DC, on August 17, 2022. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Ta...

Lowe’s (LOW) earnings 3Q 2022

Lowe’s said Wednesday that high inflation isn’t hurting sales as it reported third-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street expectations. The company also upped its guidance for its full-yea...

Target, Lowe’s, Carnival and others

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Target (TGT) – Target plunged 13.5% in the premarket after missing consensus estimates by 59 cents with quarterly earnings of $1.54 per share....

Lowe’s Is Latest U.S. Retailer To Misread Canada

Lowe’s is looking to simplify. The home improvement retailer earlier this month disclosed that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Canadian operations to the private equity firm Syc...

Home Depot, Lowe’s Report Earnings Amid Housing Recession Risk

Home Depot (HD) and Lowe’s (LOW) report third quarter results on Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively, this week. The home improvement retailers provide insight into the demand and price inflatio...

Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Holdings Looks Invitingly Cheap

Billionaire investor Bill Ackman has a flair for the dramatic and often makes bold moves. This year has been no exception. Ackman made about $1.7 billion from a bet on higher interest rates and incurr...

What Retail Experts Think About Lowe’s Marketing Reorg

Marisa Thalberg, chief brand and marketing officer at Lowe’s, has left the home improvement retailer as part of a corporate reorganization. Lowe’s said last week that it was doing away with the CMO ro...

Newell Brands, GitLab, Lowe’s, Twitter

Newell Brands (NWL): The company behind Sharpie markers, Elmer’s glue and Yankee Candle adjusted its outlook for the second half of the year by cutting its full-year forecast after the bell Tuesday. T...

Lowe’s chief marketing officer Marisa Thalberg leaves company in shakeup

Marisa Thalberg, executive vice president and chief brand and marketing officer. Source: Marisa Thalberg Lowe’s chief marketing officer Marisa Thalberg has left the retailer as part of a broader...

Lowe’s Companies, EastGroup Properties, SpartanNash, Macy’s, TriCo Bancshares

The board of directors of Lowe’s Companies has declared a quarterly cash dividend of one dollar and five cents per share, payable Nov. 2, 2022 to shareholders of record as of Oct. 19, 2022. East...

Home Depot and Lowe’s cite strong demand, but softening could be ahead

A customer enters a Home Depot store on August 16, 2022 in San Rafael, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Spending on home improvement doesn’t appear to have taken a big hit with the slo...

Lowe’s (LOW) earnings Q2 2022

A customer pushes a shopping cart towards the entrance of a Lowe’s store in Concord, California, on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Lowe’s on Wednesday...

Lowe’s, Target, TJX and more

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Lowe’s (LOW) – Lowe’s rose 1% in the premarket after it reported quarterly earnings of $4.67 per share, 9 cents above estimates. T...

Dow Futures Dip as Wall Street Seeks Rates Guidance From the Fed

Text size The focus for investors Wednesday will be on minutes from the latest Federal Reserve meeting. Getty Images Stock futures dipped Wednesday after strong earnings reports from Walmart and Home ...

Duke Energy Sees a Bright Future for Nuclear Power

I figured I’d put the uranium rods near the basketball hoop. Water from the nearby garden hose would serve as both the coolant and the moderator, slowing the neutrons enough to keep my chain reaction ...

Lowe’s stock does not have a meaningful upside from here: Citi

Shares of Lowe’s Companies Inc (NYSE: LOW) have bounced roughly 17% off their low in mid-June, which, a Citi analyst says, is as far as they go. Lowe’s stock downgraded to ‘neutral’ On Thursday, Steve...

The housing market is cracking and that will hammer Lowe’s, analyst warns

Lowe’s stock is getting nailed with a downgrade by analysts at Citi on fears that a rapid cooling in the housing market will hammer demand at the home improvement retailer. Citi analyst Steven Z...

Lowe’s Marvin Ellison: Barron’s Top CEOs 2022

Marvin Ellison, CEO of Lowe’s Courtesy of Lowes Text size Lowe’s was in need of retooling when CEO Marvin Ellison, 57, took the helm in July 2018. Four years later, the proof of his efforts is in the ...

Lowe’s expands into the metaverse with a tool to help visualize projects

Lowe’s Metaverse Open Builder. Courtesy: Lowe’s It seems like every company is getting into the metaverse these days. Lowe’s doesn’t want to miss out on the opportunity to use ...

Why Is the Stock Market Down Today? Dow Slides and Target Tumbles.

Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average had its worst day since 2020 on Wednesday. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images Text size Sometimes it ta...

What Walmart, Target, Home Depot and Lowe’s tell us about the economy

Compilation of Target, Walmart, Lowe’s and Home Depot stores. Reuters How well is the American consumer holding up against sky-high inflation? It depends on whom you ask. Four major retailers — ...

Target, Lowe’s, TJX and more

Shoppers walk in front of a Target store at the Lycoming Crossing shopping plaza in Muncy, Pennsylvania. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday tra...

Lowe’s Q1 results: same-store sales decline is not ‘that big of a deal’

Shares of Lowe’s Companies Inc (NYSE: LOW) are down 4.0% on Wednesday after the home improvement retailer blamed unseasonably cold temperature for lower-than-expected sales in fiscal Q1. Key tak...