secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     LOWES COMPANIES INC (LOW)
CIK:        0000060667
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-08-17T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000060667-22-000133
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 $4.67 beats prior year; US comp sales +0.2%, total comp -0.3%
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- Diluted EPS $4.67 vs $4.25 YoY (+9.9%); net earnings $3.0B in line with prior year.
- Total sales $27.5B vs $27.6B; US comp +0.2%, total comp -0.3%.
- Pro sales grew 13% YoY (9th consecutive quarter); DIY pressured by shortened spring and discretionary pullback.
- Full-year guidance: sales $97-99B (toward bottom), EPS $13.10-13.60 (toward top), operating margin 12.8-13.0%.
- Returned $4.5B to shareholders ($4.0B buybacks + $524M dividends); awarded $55M bonus to hourly associates.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/60667/000006066722000133/0000060667-22-000133-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/60667/000006066722000133/low-20220817.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000060667-22-000133

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