Balance Sheet: Assets
Quarterly Data
The balance sheet provides creditors, investors, and analysts with information on company resources (assets) and its sources of capital (its equity and liabilities). It normally also provides information about the future earnings capacity of a company assets as well as an indication of cash flows that may come from receivables and inventories.
Assets are resources controlled by the company as a result of past events and from which future economic benefits are expected to flow to the entity.
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-08-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-05-03), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-02-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-11-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-08-04), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-05-05), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-02-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-07-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-29), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-01-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-07-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-01-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-10-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-05-01), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-11-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-08-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-05-03), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-02-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-11-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-08-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-05-04).
Assets: Selected Items
Balance sheet item | Description | The company |
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Current assets | Sum of the carrying amounts as of the balance sheet date of all assets that are expected to be realized in cash, sold, or consumed within one year (or the normal operating cycle, if longer). Assets are probable future economic benefits obtained or controlled by an entity as a result of past transactions or events. | Lowe’s Cos. Inc. current assets increased from Q4 2024 to Q1 2025 but then slightly decreased from Q1 2025 to Q2 2025. |
Property, less accumulated depreciation | Amount after accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization of physical assets used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include, but are not limited to, land, buildings, machinery and equipment, office equipment, and furniture and fixtures. | Lowe’s Cos. Inc. property, less accumulated depreciation decreased from Q4 2024 to Q1 2025 and from Q1 2025 to Q2 2025. |
Noncurrent assets | Sum of the carrying amounts as of the balance sheet date of all assets that are expected to be realized in cash, sold or consumed after one year or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer. | Lowe’s Cos. Inc. noncurrent assets decreased from Q4 2024 to Q1 2025 and from Q1 2025 to Q2 2025. |
Total assets | Sum of the carrying amounts as of the balance sheet date of all assets that are recognized. Assets are probable future economic benefits obtained or controlled by an entity as a result of past transactions or events. | Lowe’s Cos. Inc. total assets increased from Q4 2024 to Q1 2025 but then slightly decreased from Q1 2025 to Q2 2025. |
Current Assets: Selected Items
Balance sheet item | Description | The company |
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Cash and cash equivalents | Amount of currency on hand as well as demand deposits with banks or financial institutions. Includes other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits. Also includes short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates. Excludes cash and cash equivalents within disposal group and discontinued operation. | Lowe’s Cos. Inc. cash and cash equivalents increased from Q4 2024 to Q1 2025 and from Q1 2025 to Q2 2025. |
Short-term investments | Amount of investments including trading securities, available-for-sale securities, held-to-maturity securities, and short-term investments classified as other and current. | Lowe’s Cos. Inc. short-term investments decreased from Q4 2024 to Q1 2025 but then increased from Q1 2025 to Q2 2025 exceeding Q4 2024 level. |
Merchandise inventory, net | Amount after valuation and LIFO reserves of inventory expected to be sold, or consumed within one year or operating cycle, if longer. | Lowe’s Cos. Inc. merchandise inventory, net increased from Q4 2024 to Q1 2025 but then decreased significantly from Q1 2025 to Q2 2025. |