Lowe`s Companies Inc vs Public Storage — how do they compare? Lowe`s Companies Inc trades at $203.56 (market cap $114.78B), while Public Storage trades at $310.72 (market cap $55.40B). The key difference: Lowe`s Companies Inc is far larger — about 2.1× Public Storage's market cap, and Public Storage pays the higher dividend (3.8%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| LOW | PSA | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $114.78B | $55.40B |
Sector | Consumer Cyclical | Real Estate |
52-Week High | $287.39 | $329.64 |
52-Week Low | $204.76 | $258.44 |
Enterprise Value | $156.54B | $69.65B |
Dividend Yield | 2.44% | 3.8% |
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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 →Public Storage is the largest owner of self-storage facilities in the U.S. with more than 2,800 self-storage facilities in 39 states and approximately 200 million square feet of rentable space. Through equity interests, it also has exposure to the European self-storage market through Shurgard Self Storage and to an additional 28 million net rentable square feet of industrial space in the United States through PS Business Parks.
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