Lowe's Companies Inc. operates in the Lumber and other building materials sector. In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Lowe's Companies Inc. with three other building and garden supply retailers in North America: Growgeneration Corp (2020 sales of $193.37 million of which 100% was Nutrients, growing media), Home Depot Inc (2020 sales: $132.11 billion of which 35% was Building Materials), and Builders Firstsource, Inc. (2020 sales of $8.56 billion of which 31% was West).

Sales Analysis. During the second calendar quarter of 2021, sales at Lowe's Companies Inc. totalled $27.57 billion. This is practically unchanged from the previous year, and is only an increase of 1.0% from the $27.30 billion in sales at the company during the second quarter of 2020. During the first two calendar quarters of 2021, sales totalled $51.99 billion, which is 10.7% higher than through the first two quarters of 2020. During the previous 7 quarters, sales at Lowe's Companies Inc. have increased compared with the same quarter in the previous year. Sales at Lowe's Companies Inc. appear to have some seasonality: during each of the previous 8 calendar years, sales have been highest during the second quarter, which has accounted for between 28.1% and 30.5% of the annual calendar year sales. Lowe's Companies Inc. reported sales of $89.60 billion for the fiscal year ending January of 2021. This represents an increase of 24.2% versus 2020, when the company's sales were $72.15 billion. Sales at Lowe's Companies Inc. have increased during each of the previous five years (and since 2016, sales have increased a total of 52%).