---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000060667-22-000017"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LOW"
cik: "0000060667"
company_name: "LOWES COMPANIES INC"
filed_at: "2022-02-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T05:41:48.608252+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lowe's Q4 EPS $1.78 beats adj. $1.33; revenue $21.3B; raises FY2022 outlook

## Summary
- Q4 diluted EPS $1.78 ($1.2B net) vs $1.32 LY; adjusted EPS up 34% to $1.78.
- Revenue $21.3B, comp sales +5.0%; U.S. comp sales +5.1% (two-year +35.2%).
- Pro customer sales +23%; gross margin 32.93% (+115 bps); operating margin 8.67% (+117 bps).
- Returned $4.5B to shareholders in Q4 ($4.0B buybacks, $551M dividends); FY21 total $15.1B.
- Raised fiscal 2022 outlook; $265M year-end discretionary bonus awarded to front-line associates.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000060667-22-000017
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LOW
- cik: 0000060667
- company_name: LOWES COMPANIES INC
- filed_at: 2022-02-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/60667/000006066722000017/0000060667-22-000017-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/60667/000006066722000017/low-20220223.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000060667-22-000017.txt

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