Lowe`s Companies Inc vs Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund — how do they compare? Lowe`s Companies Inc trades at $203.56 (market cap $114.78B), while Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund trades at $58.46. The key difference: Lowe`s Companies Inc pays a 2.44% dividend while Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund pays none, and Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund is trading nearer its 52-week high, Lowe`s Companies Inc nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| LOW | XLE | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $114.78B | — |
Sector | Consumer Cyclical | — |
52-Week High | $287.39 | $62.57 |
52-Week Low | $204.76 | $42.12 |
Enterprise Value | $156.54B | — |
Dividend Yield | 2.44% | — |
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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 →In seeking to track the performance of the index, the fund employs a replication strategy. It generally invests substantially all, but at least 95%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the index. The index includes companies that have been identified as energy companies by the GICS®, including securities of companies from the following industries: oil, gas and consumable fuels; and energy equipment and services. It is non-diversified.
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