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LOW · CIK 0000060667 · FY2025 live · 2026-01-31

LOWES COMPANIES INC

DistressSEC 10-KZ″Consumer42nd percentile in Consumer · 430 names

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Model

Z″

FY2025

0.63

Zone

Distress

Prior

—

Market DD

—

1y PD

—

0.63

Classic Z 1.87

−21.12.68+

Z″ 0.63 · distress below 1.10, grey to 2.60, safe above.

Z″ factor contributions

  • X1 Working capital / assets

    Short-term liquidity. Carries more weight in Z″ than in classic Z.

    0.03
    6.56 × = 0.18

  • X2 Retained earnings / assets

    Cushion from years of profits. Share buybacks can push this negative at otherwise healthy firms.

    −0.20
    3.26 × = −0.65

  • X3 EBIT / assets

    Operating return on assets. Highest weight in Z″.

    0.19
    6.72 × = 1.26

  • X4 Book equity / liabilities

    Book equity versus the liability stack. Sales / assets is omitted so asset-light names keep turnover from dragging the score.

    −0.15
    1.05 × = −0.16

Five-year path

Need two annual 10-Ks to draw a path. The desk will pull this issuer’s filings.

Meridian Rank

45

0–100 · Z″ family

  • Book standing

    42

  • Year change

    —

  • Market PD

    —

  • O-score

    53

Events on this name

Same published rows as Today.

No published events on this print.

Overview

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LOWES COMPANIES INC is on Z″ at 0.63 (distress) for FY2025, from an SEC 10-K. EBIT / assets is the line that sets the print. This is the first live year on the desk. No market tape loaded. Z″ omits sales/assets so asset-light names keep turnover from dragging the score. X4 is book equity on every name.

Book screen Distress; market PD —. Market PD has not been priced on this name.

Market DD · naive Merton

No market tape yet.

Pull a year of closes (Yahoo, Nasdaq if Yahoo is limited) and size equity from Nasdaq cap or EDGAR shares. Distance-to-default and 1-year PD stay blank until then.

Sector peers

Closest Z″ scores · 42nd percentile in Consumer.

Filing line items

Current assets

$21.0B

Total assets

$54.1B

Current liabilities

$19.5B

Total liabilities

$64.1B

Working capital

$1.5B

Retained earnings

−$10.8B

EBIT

$10.2B

Total sales

$86.3B

Book equity

−$9.9B

Accession 0000060667-26-000029. Live rank is the latest 10-K on EDGAR (FY2025, period 2026-01-31). Z″ is the live score. View as is a display overlay. X4 is book equity. Pulled 13 Sept 2026.