Lowes Companies Inc (LOW)

[Volle Kraft]

Lowes said to expect a forth quarter miss.

Lowes made strategic decisions and took action to invest in itself where it needed to as apposed to worrying about what its numbers would look like.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/01/lowes-confirms-plans-to-pay-as-much-as-1000-in-bonuses.html

When my wife retired from Lowes in 2013, the Lowes shares in her 401K were $37.09 PPS. This past month they peaked to $108.98 PPS which is 2.93 times what it was in April 2013.

Home Depot shares for the same time period were $68.42 PPS starting in April 2013. This past month they peaked to $207.6 PPS which is 3.03 times what it was in April 2013.

Over the past 5 years Lowes compared pretty good with Home Depot, especially considering how much better organized Home Depot is.

To me that shows that with D. E. Shaws help Lowes has more potential than Home Depot.