Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity
Item 5 - Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Lowe’s common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). The ticker symbol for Lowe’s is “LOW”. As of March 21, 2024, there were 20,676 holders of record of Lowe’s common stock.
Total Return to Shareholders
The following information in Item 5 of this Annual Report is not deemed to be “soliciting material” or to be “filed” with the SEC or subject to Regulation 14A or 14C under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or to the liabilities of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except to the extent we specifically incorporate it by reference into such a filing.
The following table and graph compare the total returns (assuming reinvestment of dividends) of the Company’s common stock, the S&P 500 Index (S&P 500) and the S&P Retailing Industry Group Index (S&P Retail Index). The graph assumes $100 invested on February 1, 2019, in the Company’s common stock and each of the indices.
2/1/2019 1/31/2020 1/29/2021 1/28/2022 2/3/2023 2/2/2024
Lowe’s $ 100.00 $ 121.99 $ 178.04 $ 254.28 $ 238.42 $ 247.39
S&P 500 100.00 121.54 142.49 172.39 163.57 199.26
S&P Retail Index 100.00 120.61 170.52 180.58 152.80 210.02
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Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
The following table sets forth information with respect to purchases of the Company’s common stock made during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023:
Total Number of
Shares Purchased 1
Average Price
Paid per Share Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs 2
Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs 2, 3
November 4, 2023 - December 1, 2023 157 $ 198.14 — $ 14,986,000,605
December 2, 2023 - January 5, 2024 2,089 223.14 — 14,986,000,605
January 6, 2024 - February 2, 2024 1,850,715 216.18 1,850,264 14,586,002,236
As of February 2, 2024 1,852,961 $ 216.19 1,850,264 $ 14,586,002,236
1 The total number of shares purchased includes shares withheld from employees to satisfy either the exercise price of stock options or the statutory withholding tax liability upon the vesting of share-based awards.
2 On December 7, 2022, the Company announced that its Board of Directors authorized an additional $15.0 billion of share repurchases with no expiration.
3 Excludes excise tax on share repurchases in excess of issuances, which is recognized as part of the cost basis of the shares acquired in the consolidated statements of shareholders’ (deficit)/equity.
Item 6 - Reserved
Not applicable.
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