Lowe's operational changes set to fortify its brand intangible asset, but executional risk remains.
Wide-moat Lowe’s fourth-quarter top-line results were solid, with same-store sales of 4% holding overall sales declines to just 1.8%, as the firm lapped a 13-week quarter in the year-ago period (like-for-like sales would have risen 4%). However, Lowe’s couldn’t escape operating margin compression of 130 basis points, to 7.1%, hurt mostly by its ability to take price and a one-time cash bonus payout stemming from tax reform. The management team utilized the call to tout its new, six-pronged strat...Lowe's Companies is a home improvement retailer. The company provides home improvement products in lumber and building materials, appliances, seasonal and outdoor living, tools and hardware, fashion fixtures, rough plumbing and electrical, paint, millwork, lawn and garden, flooring, and kitchens categories. The company provides installation services through independent contractors in product categories, including appliances, flooring, kitchens, lumber and building materials, and millwork. The company also provides extended protection plans for various products within the appliances, kitchens, fashion fixtures, millwork, rough plumbing and electrical, seasonal and outdoor living, and tools and hardware categories.
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