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LOWES COMPANIES INC (LOW)

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LOWES COMPANIES INC (LOW)

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Cash Flow Overview

Change in Cash
-$196M
Free Cash flow
$2,829M
Unit: Million (M) dollars
Positive Cash Flow Breakdown
    • Accounts payable
    • Net earnings
    • Depreciation and amortization
    • Others
Negative Cash Flow Breakdown
    • Repayment of debt
    • Merchandise inventory net
    • Cash dividend payments
    • Others

Cash Flow
2026-05-01
2026-01-30
2025-10-31
2025-08-01
Net sales
NaN NaN 20,813 23,958
Cost of sales
NaN NaN 13,697 15,856
Employee compensation and benefits
NaN NaN 2,802 2,836
Occupancy and facility costs
NaN NaN 488 471
Advertising
NaN NaN 236 249
Other sg&a items
NaN NaN 633 620
Depreciation and amortization
NaN NaN 476 456
Interest net
NaN NaN -352 -313
Income tax provision
NaN NaN 513 760
Net earnings
1,628 1,000 1,616 2,397
Depreciation and amortization
644 637 535 515
Noncash lease expense
169 167 138 136
Deferred income taxes
203 232 -46 -56
Loss on property and other assets - net
-4 -8 -15 -10
Gain on sale of business
NaN 0 0 0
Share-based payment expense
65 70 60 59
Accounts receivable
63 NaN NaN NaN
Merchandise inventory net
1,145 113 357 -2,099
Other operating assets
125 269 -28 -104
Accounts payable
2,212 -479 402 -1,795
Other operating liabilities
-242 314 -1,704 762
Net cash provided by operating activities
3,350 1,567 687 4,231
Purchases of investments
337 403 445 454
Proceeds from sale/maturity of investments
319 406 425 452
Capital expenditures
521 603 597 495
Proceeds from sale of property and other long-term assets
6 57 18 5
Acquisition of businesses - net
NaN 33 8,741 1,314
Proceeds from sale of business
NaN 0 0 0
Other net
-32 1 4 4
Net cash used in investing activities
-501 -577 -9,344 -1,810
Net change in commercial paper
378 0 NaN NaN
Net proceeds from issuance of debt
NaN 0 6,974 NaN
Repayment of debt
2,376 19 1,772 18
Proceeds from issuance of common stock under share-based payment plans
2 67 12 68
Cash dividend payments
674 673 673 645
Repurchases of common stock
363 0 98 1
Other net
-12 -4 -25 -19
Net cash used in financing activities
-3,045 -629 4,418 -615
Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents
-196 361 -4,239 1,806
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
982 621 4,860 3,054
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
786 982 621 4,860
Unit: Million (M) dollars (except for numbers of shares and EPS). Numbers labeled with * are estimated quarterly values.

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Cash Flow

Accounts payable$2,212M (13.73%↑ Y/Y)Net earnings$1,628M (-0.79%↓ Y/Y)Depreciation andamortization$644M (27.02%↑ Y/Y)Deferred income taxes$203M (61.11%↑ Y/Y)Noncash lease expense$169M (29.01%↑ Y/Y)Share-based payment expense$65M (12.07%↑ Y/Y)Loss on property andother assets - net-$4M (80.00%↑ Y/Y)Net cash provided byoperating activities$3,350M (-0.86%↓ Y/Y)Canceled cashflow$1,575M Net(decrease)/increase in cash and cash...-$196M (-115.16%↓ Y/Y)Canceled cashflow$3,350M Net change incommercial paper$378M Proceeds from issuance ofcommon stock under...$2M (0.00%↑ Y/Y)Proceeds fromsale/maturity of investments$319M (-14.93%↓ Y/Y)Other net-$32M (-3300.00%↓ Y/Y)Proceeds from sale ofproperty and other...$6M (200.00%↑ Y/Y)Merchandise inventory net$1,145M (23.65%↑ Y/Y)Other operatingliabilities-$242M (-1323.53%↓ Y/Y)Other operatingassets$125M (17.92%↑ Y/Y)Accounts receivable$63M Net cash used infinancing activities-$3,045M (-96.07%↓ Y/Y)Canceled cashflow$380M Net cash used ininvesting activities-$501M (6.00%↑ Y/Y)Canceled cashflow$357M Repayment of debt$2,376M (205.40%↑ Y/Y)Cash dividendpayments$674M (4.50%↑ Y/Y)Repurchases of common stock$363M (224.11%↑ Y/Y)Other net-$12M (40.00%↑ Y/Y)Capital expenditures$521M (0.58%↑ Y/Y)Purchases of investments$337M (-13.81%↓ Y/Y)