Lowe's Companies, Inc. (LOW) Discounted Free Cash Flow - Perpetuity - Discounting Cash Flows
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Lowe's Companies, Inc.
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Discounted Free Cash Flow Model

Discounted Free Cash Flow calculates the value of a share based on the company's estimated future Free Cash Flow figures.

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Interactive Assumptions

Discount Rate

Discount Rate

Discount Rate = Equity Weight * Cost of Equity + Debt Weight * Cost of Debt * (1 - Tax Rate)

Calculated using Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) formula. It represents a firm’s average after-tax cost of capital from all sources, including common stock, preferred stock, bonds, and other forms of debt.

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Cost of Equity

Cost of Equity = Risk Free Rate + Beta * Market Premium

The cost of equity is the theoretical rate of return that an equity investment should generate. It is calculated using the CAPM formula.

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Cost of Debt

Cost of Debt = Interest Expense / Total Debt

The cost of debt is the effective rate that a company pays on its debt, such as bonds and loans.

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Equity & Debt Weights

Debt Weight = Total Debt / (Market Capitalization + Total Debt) = 1 - Equity Weight

The Equity Weight represents the proportion of equity-based financing (Market Capitalization), while the Debt Weight represents the proportion of debt-based financing (Total Debt).


Tax Rate

Tax Rate = Income Tax Expense / Income Before Tax

The overall tax rate paid by the company on its earned income.

↳ Beta

Beta

Beta measures the volatility of a stock's price in relation to the overall stock market. A higher beta indicates greater price fluctuations relative to the market.

↳ Risk Free Rate

Risk-Free Rate

The risk-free rate represents the return an investor expects from an absolutely risk-free investment over a specified time period. By default, it is set to the current yield of the U.S. 10-Year Treasury Bond.

↳ Market Premium

Market Premium

The market risk premium represents the additional return over the risk-free rate that investors expect for taking on the risks associated with equities.

↳ Tax Rate

Tax Rate

Tax Rate = Income Tax Expense / Income Before Tax

This is the company’s effective tax rate, reflecting the average rate of tax actually paid on its pre-tax earnings (including all statutory, deferred, and non-recurring items).

This rate is used to adjust the after-tax cost of debt, since interest expense is tax-deductible.

Discount Rate

Discount Rate =
Debt Weight × Cost of Debt × (1 − Tax Rate)
+ Equity Weight × Cost of Equity

Growth In Perpetuity

Growth in Perpetuity

The rate at which the company's free cash flow is assumed to grow indefinitely. By default, this rate equals the yield of the U.S. 10-Year Treasury Bond.

Historical Years

Historical Years

The number of years of historical data used to calculate averages and trends for analysis.

Projection Years

Projection Years

The number of years into the future for which the analysis projects financial performance and metrics.

Revenue Growth Rate

Revenue Growth Rate

The annual growth rate applied to projected revenue, starting from the second projection year onward.

Operating Cash Flow Margin

Operating Cash Flow Margin

Projected Operating Cash Flow = Projected Revenue * Operating Cash Flow Margin

This margin represents the percentage of revenue used to estimate future Operating Cash Flow.

Capital Expenditure Margin

Capital Expenditure Margin

Projected Free Cash Flow = Projected Operating Cash Flow - Projected Revenue * Capital Expenditure Margin

This margin is used to estimate future capital expenditures as a percentage of revenue, which in turn is subtracted from Operating Cash Flow to calculate Free Cash Flow.

Results

Terminal Value 160.2 Bil. USD
Discounted Terminal Value 112.8 Bil. USD
Sum of Discounted Free Cash Flow 29.92 Bil. USD
Enterprise Value 142.8 Bil. USD
Cash and Equivalents 621 Mil. USD
Total Debt 44.7 Bil. USD
Equity Value 99.1 Bil. USD
Shares Outstanding 559 Mil. USD
Estimated Value per Share 177.3 USD
Yield of the U.S. 10 Year Treasury Note 4.28%
Average Cash from Operating Activities Margin 9.3%
Average Capital Expenditure Margin 2.01%
Cost of Equity 8.64%
Equity Weight 77.59%
Cost of Debt 3.29%
Debt Weight 22.41%
Forecasted Revenue - 5 Year CAGR 4.07%
Forecasted Free Cash Flow - 5 Year CAGR -0.661%

Monetary values in USD

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Monetary values in USD

amounts except #

2024
Jan 31
2025
Jan 31
2026
Jan 31
2027
Jan 31
2028
Jan 31
2029
Jan 31
Revenue 83,674 87,080 90,625 94,315 98,154 102,150
Revenue Growth Rate -3.13% 4.07% 4.07% 4.07% 4.07% 4.07%
Operating Cash Flow 9,625 8,098 8,428 8,771 9,128 9,500
Operating Cash Flow Margin 11.5% 9.3% 9.3% 9.3% 9.3% 9.3%
Capital Expenditure 1,927 1,750 1,822 1,896 1,973 2,053
Capital Expenditure Margin 2.3% 2.01% 2.01% 2.01% 2.01% 2.01%
Free Cash Flow 7,698 6,348 6,607 6,876 7,155 7,447
Free Cash Flow Margin 9.2% 7.29% 7.29% 7.29% 7.29% 7.29%
Compounded Discount Rate
0% 7.18% 14.97% 23.34% 32.3%
Discounted Free Cash Flow 7,698 6,348 6,164 5,980 5,801 5,629

Monetary values in USD

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Average LTM
Feb 04
2024
Jan 31
2023
Jan 31
2022
Jan 31
2021
Jan 31
2020
Jan 31
2019
Jan 31
2018
Jan 31
2017
Jan 31
2016
Jan 31
2015
Jan 31
Revenue 79,398 84,255 83,674 86,377 97,059 96,250 89,597 72,148 71,309 68,619 65,017 59,074
Revenue Growth Rate 4.07% 0.694% -3.13% -11.01% 0.841% 7.42% 24.19% 1.18% 3.92% 5.54% 10.06% 5.07%
Cost of Revenue 54,579 57,778 57,526 59,250 66,568 65,856 61,424 50,467 49,878 47,589 44,042 39,988
Gross Profit 24,819 26,477 26,148 27,127 30,491 30,394 28,173 21,681 21,431 21,030 20,975 19,086
Gross Margin 31.26% 31.42% 31.25% 31.41% 31.41% 31.58% 31.44% 30.05% 30.05% 30.65% 32.26% 32.31%
Operating Income 8,882 10,194 10,112 11,534 12,660 12,255 10,882 6,579 6,105 6,586 5,813 4,981
Operating Margin 10.92% 12.1% 12.08% 13.35% 13.04% 12.73% 12.15% 9.12% 8.56% 9.6% 8.94% 8.43%
Net Income 5,260 6,779 6,957 7,726 6,437 8,442 5,835 4,281 2,314 3,447 3,091 2,546
Net Margin 6.41% 8.05% 8.31% 8.95% 6.63% 8.77% 6.51% 5.93% 3.25% 5.02% 4.75% 4.31%
Cash from Operating Activities 7,516 9,208 9,625 8,140 8,589 10,113 11,049 4,296 6,193 5,065 5,617 4,784
Cash from Operating Activities Margin 9.3% 10.93% 11.5% 9.42% 8.85% 10.51% 12.33% 5.95% 8.69% 7.38% 8.64% 8.1%
Capital Expenditure 1,606 2,158 1,927 1,964 1,829 1,853 1,791 1,484 1,174 1,123 1,167 1,197
Capital Expenditure Margin 2.01% 2.56% 2.3% 2.27% 1.88% 1.93% 2% 2.06% 1.65% 1.64% 1.8% 2.03%
Free Cash Flow 5,910 7,050 7,698 6,176 6,760 8,260 9,258 2,812 5,019 3,942 4,450 3,587
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