Floor & Decor
FND · Home Improvement Retail
$47.83
0.7%Lowe's
LOW · Home Improvement Retail
$198.68
2.8%The short version
- Lowe's is the larger business, with $86.3B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $4.7B for Floor & Decor, about 18 times as much.
- Floor & Decor grew revenue faster (5.1%, against 3.1%).
- Lowe's kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (11.8% operating margin, against 5.8% operating margin).
- Lowe's turned more of its sales into free cash flow (8.9% FCF margin, against 1.4% FCF margin).
- Lowe's earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (31.9%, against 9.3%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Floor & Decor’s earnings: a P/E of 22.2x against 16.8x for Lowe's.
| Latest fiscal year | FND · FY25 | LOW · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $5.2B | $111.3B |
| Revenue | $4.7B | $86.3B |
| Free cash flow | $64.1M | $7.7B |
| Net income | $209M | $6.7B |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 5.1% | 3.1% |
| 5-year growth | 14.1% | −0.8% |
| Share count change | 0.1% | −1.4% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 43.6% | 33.5% |
| Operating margin | 5.8% | 11.8% |
| Net margin | 4.5% | 7.7% |
| FCF margin | 1.4% | 8.9% |
| Return on capital | 9.3% | 31.9% |
| Return on equity | 9.1% | — |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | −$53.1M | $38.9B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.1x | 3.2x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $0.0M | $2.8B |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 22.2x | 16.8x |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 6 |
FY16
FND $1.1B
LOW $65.0B
FY17
FND $1.4B
LOW $68.6B
FY18
FND $1.7B
LOW $71.3B
FY19
FND $2.0B
LOW $72.1B
FY20
FND $2.4B
LOW $89.6B
FY21
FND $3.4B
LOW $96.3B
FY22
FND $4.3B
LOW $97.1B
FY23
FND $4.4B
LOW $86.4B
FY24
FND $4.5B
LOW $83.7B
FY25
FND $4.7B
LOW $86.3B
FND
LOW
FY16
FND 6.6%
LOW 9.0%
FY17
FND 8.5%
LOW 9.6%
FY18
FND 7.7%
LOW 5.6%
FY19
FND 7.8%
LOW 8.8%
FY20
FND 8.9%
LOW 10.8%
FY21
FND 9.9%
LOW 12.6%
FY22
FND 9.3%
LOW 10.5%
FY23
FND 7.3%
LOW 13.4%
FY24
FND 5.8%
LOW 12.5%
FY25
FND 5.8%
LOW 11.8%
FND
LOW
FY16
FND $14.8M
LOW $4.5B
FY17
FND $7.0M
LOW $3.9B
FY18
FND $34.2M
LOW $5.0B
FY19
FND $8.7M
LOW $2.8B
FY20
FND $194M
LOW $9.3B
FY21
FND −$106M
LOW $8.3B
FY22
FND −$344M
LOW $6.8B
FY23
FND $256M
LOW $6.2B
FY24
FND $156M
LOW $7.7B
FY25
FND $64.1M
LOW $7.7B
FND
LOW
FY16
FND —
LOW 16.9%
FY17
FND 20.4%
LOW 19.0%
FY18
FND 18.3%
LOW 13.3%
FY19
FND 19.8%
LOW 24.3%
FY20
FND 22.7%
LOW 37.9%
FY21
FND 25.2%
LOW 49.6%
FY22
FND 17.9%
LOW 39.0%
FY23
FND 12.2%
LOW 45.8%
FY24
FND 9.7%
LOW 40.4%
FY25
FND 9.3%
LOW 31.9%
FND
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