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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000060667-25-000091"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LOW"
cik: "0000060667"
company_name: "LOWES COMPANIES INC"
filed_at: "2025-05-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T23:08:26.515908+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lowe's Q1 net earnings $1.6B, EPS $2.92; comps -1.7%; reaffirms FY outlook

## Summary
- Net earnings $1.6B, diluted EPS $2.92 (down 4.6% YoY from $3.06); total sales $20.9B (-2.3% YoY).
- Comparable sales decreased 1.7%; Pro comp up mid-single digits, online sales up mid-single digits.
- Gross margin 33.4% (+19bps YoY); operating margin 11.9% (-50bps YoY).
- FY2025 outlook affirmed: total sales $83.5-$84.5B, EPS $12.15-$12.40, operating margin 12.3%-12.4%.
- Returned $645M to shareholders via dividends in Q1; 1,750 stores operating as of May 2, 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000060667-25-000091
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LOW
- cik: 0000060667
- company_name: LOWES COMPANIES INC
- filed_at: 2025-05-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/60667/000006066725000091/0000060667-25-000091-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/60667/000006066725000091/low-20250521.htm

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