Lowe`s Companies Inc vs T-Mobile Us Inc — how do they compare? Lowe`s Companies Inc trades at $204 (market cap $114.78B), while T-Mobile Us Inc trades at $190.13 (market cap $211.72B). The key difference: T-Mobile Us Inc 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 | TMUS | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $114.78B | $211.72B |
Sector | Consumer Cyclical | Media |
52-Week High | $287.39 | $259.01 |
52-Week Low | $204.76 | $167.65 |
Enterprise Value | $156.54B | $329.42B |
Dividend Yield | 2.44% | 2.09% |
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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 →Deutsche Telekom merged its T-Mobile USA unit with prepaid specialist MetroPCS in 2013, creating T-Mobile Us. Following the merger, the firm provided nationwide service in major markets but spottier coverage elsewhere. T-Mobile spent aggressively on low-frequency spectrum, well suited to broad coverage, and has substantially expanded its geographic footprint. This expansion, coupled with aggressive marketing and innovative offerings, produced rapid customer growth. With the Sprint acquisition, the firm's scale now roughly matches its larger rivals: T-Mobile now serves 71 million postpaid and 21 million prepaid phone customers, equal to around 30% of the U.S. retail wireless market. In addition, the firm provides wholesale service to resellers.
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