secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     LOWES COMPANIES INC (LOW)
CIK:        0000060667
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-08-18T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000060667-21-000145
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Lowe's Q2 EPS $4.25 (up 13% adj.), revenue $27.6B, raises FY2021 outlook
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- Diluted EPS $4.25 (up 13% adjusted vs $3.75); net earnings $3.0B.
- Total sales $27.6B (+1.0% YoY); U.S. comp sales -2.2% but two-year comp +32.0%.
- Raised fiscal 2021 financial outlook; operating margin expanded 78 bps to 15.27%.
- Returned ~$3.6B to shareholders via buybacks ($3.1B) and dividends ($430M) in Q2.
- Pro sales +21%, Installation Services +10%, Lowes.com +7% on top of 135% growth last year.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/60667/000006066721000145/0000060667-21-000145-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/60667/000006066721000145/low-20210818.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000060667-21-000145

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