$LOW
Market Cap:
$153.7 Billion
$LOW Insights BETA
Expenses
- Gross Profit Margin is relatively consistent.
- Avg. Gross Profit Margin is ≈33.25%, which isn't terrible if it's operational expenses are low. Gross Profit Margin is ideal when it's closer to 60%.
Cost Of Revenues
Gross Profit
Gross Profit Margin
- SGA is relatively consistent
- Avg. SGA is ≈64.69%, which is moderate. Ideally, this would be under 30%. If it's closer to 70%, it's on the bad side of the range.
Selling, General & Admin Expense
Research & Development
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Depreciation, Depletion & Amortization
SGA Expense to Gross Profit Ratio
R&D To Gross Profit Ratio
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DDA To Gross Profit Ratio
Operating Expenses Total
Operating Profits/Loss
Income/Loss
- The tax rate (Income Tax Paid / Pretax Income) is 31.48% on average, which is well above the 21% corporate tax rate. It might be worth trying to understand what's going on.
- Net Income is relatively inconsistent. When Net Income is inconsistent, it's hard to determine a value of the company you can feel confident in.
- Net Income / Total Revenues is 5.89% on average. It's bad sign when it's below 10%. When comparing with competitors, the company with the highest ratio will likely be the one with the competitive advantage.
- Earnings Per Share is relatively inconsistent. Erratic earnings picture is a red flag that indicates a fiercely competitive industry with lots of booms and busts. During the bust part of the cycle, the stock price might fall significantly after a bad earnings performance. This creates the illusion of a value buying opportunity but it’s not. Also keep in mind if the company has had stock splits or reverse splits.
Pretax Income
Income Tax
Net Profits/Loss
Pretax Income YoY Change
Income Tax Rate
Net Profits/Loss YoY Change
Basic EPS
Net Income To Revenue Ratio
Assets & Liabilities
- Inventory has been relatively inconsistent. Rise and falls, especially if they aren't aligned with earnings, is not what you want because it indicates a boom and bust cycle. The rise of inventory happens after a boom cycle and fall of inventory usually happens after the bust part of the cycle.
- Property, Plant and Equipment has been pretty consistent. A stable PPE indicates that the company might not need to continuously reinvest into recreating their products, which might indicate the presence of a competitive advantage.
- Goodwill is relatively inconsistent. Increasing Goodwill indicates that the company is out buying other companies at prices above their book value. This can be a good thing if it’s buying companies that have competitive advantages or it can be ignorable/bad if the acquired companies did not have competitive advantages.
- Total Assets on average has been really high. This can be a competitive advantage because raising that much cash to compete with the business becomes much harder.
Cash & Short-Term Investments
Cash & Equivalents
Cash To Operating Expenses Ratio
Inventory
Receivables
Total Short-Term Assets
Property, Plant And Equipment
Long-Term Investments
Total Long-Term Assets
Total Assets
Net Income To Total Assets Percentage
Accounts Payable
Short-Term Debt
Long Term Debt Due
Total Short-Term Liabilities
Long-Term Debt
Other Long-Term Liabilities
Total Long-Term Liabilities
Total Liabilities
Short-Term To Long-Term Debt Ratio
Short-Term Assets To Debt Ratio
Long-Term Debt To Net Income Ratio
Ownership
- Return on Shareholders' Equity has been 28.64%, which is great.
