Lowe`s Companies Inc vs NRG Energy Inc — how do they compare? Lowe`s Companies Inc trades at $220.63 (market cap $122.73B), while NRG Energy Inc trades at $120.85 (market cap $24.83B). The key difference: Lowe`s Companies Inc is far larger — about 4.9× NRG Energy Inc's market cap, and Lowe`s Companies Inc pays the higher dividend (2.28%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| LOW | NRG | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $122.73B | $24.83B |
Sector | Consumer Cyclical | Utilities |
52-Week High | $287.39 | $184.03 |
52-Week Low | $201.92 | $117.04 |
Enterprise Value | $164.48B | $48.79B |
Dividend Yield | 2.28% | 1.61% |
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Lowe's is the second-largest home improvement retailer in the world, operating 1,969 stores and servicing around 230 dealer-owned stores throughout the United States and Canada. The firm's stores offer products and services for home decorating, maintenance, repair, and remodeling, with maintenance and repair accounting for two thirds of products sold. Lowe's targets retail do-it-yourself (around 75% of sales) and do-it-for-me customers as well as commercial and professional business clients (around 25% of sales). We estimate Lowe's captures a low-double-digit share of the domestic home improvement market, based on U.S. Census data and management's estimates for market size.
Read more on LOW →NRG Energy is one of the largest retail energy providers in the U.S., with 7 million customers, including its 2021 acquisition of Direct Energy. It also is one of the largest U.S. independent power producers, with 16 gigawatts of nuclear, coal, gas, and oil power generation capacity primarily in Texas. Since 2018, NRG has divested its 47% stake in NRG Yield, among other renewable energy and conventional generation investments. NRG exited Chapter 11 bankruptcy as a stand-alone entity in December 2003.
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