Lowe`s Companies Inc vs Koninklijke Philips NV — how do they compare? Lowe`s Companies Inc trades at $203.77 (market cap $114.78B), while Koninklijke Philips NV trades at $26.58 (market cap $26.19B). The key difference: Lowe`s Companies Inc is far larger — about 4.4× Koninklijke Philips NV's market cap, and Koninklijke Philips NV pays the higher dividend (3.79%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| LOW | PHG | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $114.78B | $26.19B |
Sector | Consumer Cyclical | Health |
52-Week High | $287.39 | $32.91 |
52-Week Low | $204.76 | $24.54 |
Enterprise Value | $156.54B | $32.46B |
Dividend Yield | 2.44% | 3.79% |
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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 →Philips is a diversified global healthcare company operating in three segments: diagnosis and treatment, connected care, and personal health. About 50% of the company's revenue comes from the diagnosis and treatment segment, which features imaging systems, ultrasound equipment, image-guided therapy solutions and healthcare informatics. The connected care segment (27% of revenue) encompasses monitoring and analytics systems for hospitals and sleep and respiratory care devices, whereas the personal health business (remainder of revenue) includes electric toothbrushes and men's grooming and personal-care products. In 2021, Philips generated EUR 17.2 billion in sales and had 80,000 employees in over 100 countries.
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