Lowe`s Companies Inc vs Charles Schwab Corporation Common Stock — how do they compare? Lowe`s Companies Inc trades at $204.71 (market cap $114.78B), while Charles Schwab Corporation Common Stock trades at $102.45 (market cap $178.33B). The key difference: Charles Schwab Corporation Common Stock is the larger of the two by market cap, and Lowe`s Companies Inc pays the higher dividend (2.44%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| LOW | SCHW | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $114.78B | $178.33B |
Sector | Consumer Cyclical | Financials |
52-Week High | $287.39 | $107.21 |
52-Week Low | $204.76 | $85.35 |
Enterprise Value | $156.54B | — |
Dividend Yield | 2.44% | 1.25% |
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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 →Charles Schwab operates in brokerage, banking, and asset-management businesses. The company runs a large network of brick-and-mortar brokerage branch offices, a well-established online investing website, and has mobile trading capabilities. It also operates a bank and a proprietary asset management business and offers services to independent investment advisors. The company is among the largest firms in the investment business, with over $8 trillion of client assets at the end of 2021. Nearly all of its revenue is from the United States.
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