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LOWES COMPANIES INC

For the period ended Jan 31, 2025. Filed Mar 24, 2025.

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FY2025 · Filed Mar 24, 2025

LOW$224.55-1.2%Stored close · as of Nov 6, 2026
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2025

or

☐TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from ________ to _________

Commission file number 1-7898

LOWE’S COMPANIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

North Carolina56-0578072
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1000 Lowes Blvd., Mooresville, North Carolina28117
(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code(704) 758-1000

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each classTrading Symbol(s)Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.50 per shareLOWNew York Stock Exchange

Securities registered pursuant to section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.☒ Yes ☐ No

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.☐ Yes☒ No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.☒ Yes ☐ No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).☒ Yes ☐ No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer☒Accelerated filer☐
Non-accelerated filer☐Smaller reporting company☐
Emerging growth company☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.☒

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.☐

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).☐ Yes ☒ No

As of August 2, 2024, the last business day of the Company’s most recent second quarter, the aggregate market value of the registrant’s common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant was $136.4 billion based on the closing sale price as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

CLASSOUTSTANDING AT 3/20/2025
Common Stock, $0.50 par value559,706,540

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

DocumentParts Into Which Incorporated
Portions of the Proxy Statement for Lowe’s 2025 Annual Meeting of ShareholdersPart III

LOWE’S COMPANIES, INC.

  • TABLE OF CONTENTS -
Page No.
Disclosure Regarding Forward-Looking Statements · ii
PART I
Item 1.Business1
Item 1A.Risk Factors8
Item 1B.Unresolved Staff Comments16
Item 1C.Cybersecurity17
Item 2.Properties19
Item 3.Legal Proceedings19
Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures20
Information About Our Executive Officers21
PART II
Item 5.Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities22
Item 6.Reserved23
Item 7.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations24
Item 7A.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk32
Item 8.Financial Statements and Supplementary Data33
Item 9.Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure67
Item 9A.Controls and Procedures67
Item 9B.Other Information67
Item 9C.Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections67
PART III
Item 10.Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance68
Item 11.Executive Compensation68
Item 12.Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters68
Item 13.Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence68
Item 14.Principal Accountant Fees and Services68
PART IV
Item 15.Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules69
Signatures79

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