Activity ratios measure how efficiently a company performs day-to-day tasks, such us the collection of receivables and management of inventory.
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Short-term Activity Ratios (Summary)
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).
Short-term activity ratio | Description | The company |
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Inventory turnover | An activity ratio calculated as cost of goods sold divided by inventory. | Lowe’s Cos. Inc. inventory turnover ratio deteriorated from Q4 2024 to Q1 2025 but then improved from Q1 2025 to Q2 2025 not reaching Q4 2024 level. |
Payables turnover | An activity ratio calculated as cost of goods sold divided by payables. | Lowe’s Cos. Inc. payables turnover ratio decreased from Q4 2024 to Q1 2025 but then slightly increased from Q1 2025 to Q2 2025. |
Working capital turnover | An activity ratio calculated as revenue divided by working capital. | Lowe’s Cos. Inc. working capital turnover ratio improved from Q4 2024 to Q1 2025 but then deteriorated significantly from Q1 2025 to Q2 2025. |
Short-term activity ratio | Description | The company |
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Average inventory processing period | An activity ratio equal to the number of days in the period divided by inventory turnover over the period. | Lowe’s Cos. Inc. number of days of inventory outstanding deteriorated from Q4 2024 to Q1 2025 but then improved from Q1 2025 to Q2 2025 not reaching Q4 2024 level. |
Average payables payment period | An estimate of the average number of days it takes a company to pay its suppliers; equal to the number of days in the period divided by payables turnover ratio for the period. | Lowe’s Cos. Inc. number of days of payables outstanding increased from Q4 2024 to Q1 2025 but then slightly decreased from Q1 2025 to Q2 2025. |
Inventory Turnover
Aug 2, 2024 | May 3, 2024 | Feb 2, 2024 | Nov 3, 2023 | Aug 4, 2023 | May 5, 2023 | Feb 3, 2023 | Oct 28, 2022 | Jul 29, 2022 | Apr 29, 2022 | Jan 28, 2022 | Oct 29, 2021 | Jul 30, 2021 | Apr 30, 2021 | Jan 29, 2021 | Oct 30, 2020 | Jul 31, 2020 | May 1, 2020 | Jan 31, 2020 | Nov 1, 2019 | Aug 2, 2019 | May 3, 2019 | Feb 1, 2019 | Nov 2, 2018 | Aug 3, 2018 | May 4, 2018 | |||||||||
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Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cost of sales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Merchandise inventory, net | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Inventory turnover1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Benchmarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Inventory Turnover, Competitors2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Amazon.com Inc. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home Depot Inc. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TJX Cos. Inc. |
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).
1 Q2 2025 Calculation
Inventory turnover
= (Cost of salesQ2 2025
+ Cost of salesQ1 2025
+ Cost of salesQ4 2024
+ Cost of salesQ3 2024)
÷ Merchandise inventory, net
= ( + + + )
÷ =
2 Click competitor name to see calculations.
Short-term activity ratio | Description | The company |
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Inventory turnover | An activity ratio calculated as cost of goods sold divided by inventory. | Lowe’s Cos. Inc. inventory turnover ratio deteriorated from Q4 2024 to Q1 2025 but then improved from Q1 2025 to Q2 2025 not reaching Q4 2024 level. |
Payables Turnover
Aug 2, 2024 | May 3, 2024 | Feb 2, 2024 | Nov 3, 2023 | Aug 4, 2023 | May 5, 2023 | Feb 3, 2023 | Oct 28, 2022 | Jul 29, 2022 | Apr 29, 2022 | Jan 28, 2022 | Oct 29, 2021 | Jul 30, 2021 | Apr 30, 2021 | Jan 29, 2021 | Oct 30, 2020 | Jul 31, 2020 | May 1, 2020 | Jan 31, 2020 | Nov 1, 2019 | Aug 2, 2019 | May 3, 2019 | Feb 1, 2019 | Nov 2, 2018 | Aug 3, 2018 | May 4, 2018 | |||||||||
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Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cost of sales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accounts payable | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Short-term Activity Ratio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Payables turnover1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Benchmarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Payables Turnover, Competitors2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Amazon.com Inc. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home Depot Inc. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TJX Cos. Inc. |
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).
1 Q2 2025 Calculation
Payables turnover
= (Cost of salesQ2 2025
+ Cost of salesQ1 2025
+ Cost of salesQ4 2024
+ Cost of salesQ3 2024)
÷ Accounts payable
= ( + + + )
÷ =
2 Click competitor name to see calculations.
Short-term activity ratio | Description | The company |
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Payables turnover | An activity ratio calculated as cost of goods sold divided by payables. | Lowe’s Cos. Inc. payables turnover ratio decreased from Q4 2024 to Q1 2025 but then slightly increased from Q1 2025 to Q2 2025. |
Working Capital Turnover
Aug 2, 2024 | May 3, 2024 | Feb 2, 2024 | Nov 3, 2023 | Aug 4, 2023 | May 5, 2023 | Feb 3, 2023 | Oct 28, 2022 | Jul 29, 2022 | Apr 29, 2022 | Jan 28, 2022 | Oct 29, 2021 | Jul 30, 2021 | Apr 30, 2021 | Jan 29, 2021 | Oct 30, 2020 | Jul 31, 2020 | May 1, 2020 | Jan 31, 2020 | Nov 1, 2019 | Aug 2, 2019 | May 3, 2019 | Feb 1, 2019 | Nov 2, 2018 | Aug 3, 2018 | May 4, 2018 | |||||||||
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Current assets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Less: Current liabilities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Working capital | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net sales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Working capital turnover1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Benchmarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Working Capital Turnover, Competitors2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Amazon.com Inc. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home Depot Inc. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TJX Cos. Inc. |
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).
1 Q2 2025 Calculation
Working capital turnover
= (Net salesQ2 2025
+ Net salesQ1 2025
+ Net salesQ4 2024
+ Net salesQ3 2024)
÷ Working capital
= ( + + + )
÷ =
2 Click competitor name to see calculations.
Short-term activity ratio | Description | The company |
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Working capital turnover | An activity ratio calculated as revenue divided by working capital. | Lowe’s Cos. Inc. working capital turnover ratio improved from Q4 2024 to Q1 2025 but then deteriorated significantly from Q1 2025 to Q2 2025. |
Average Inventory Processing Period
Aug 2, 2024 | May 3, 2024 | Feb 2, 2024 | Nov 3, 2023 | Aug 4, 2023 | May 5, 2023 | Feb 3, 2023 | Oct 28, 2022 | Jul 29, 2022 | Apr 29, 2022 | Jan 28, 2022 | Oct 29, 2021 | Jul 30, 2021 | Apr 30, 2021 | Jan 29, 2021 | Oct 30, 2020 | Jul 31, 2020 | May 1, 2020 | Jan 31, 2020 | Nov 1, 2019 | Aug 2, 2019 | May 3, 2019 | Feb 1, 2019 | Nov 2, 2018 | Aug 3, 2018 | May 4, 2018 | |||||||||
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Selected Financial Data | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Inventory turnover | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Short-term Activity Ratio (no. days) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Average inventory processing period1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Benchmarks (no. days) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Average Inventory Processing Period, Competitors2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Amazon.com Inc. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home Depot Inc. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TJX Cos. Inc. |
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).
1 Q2 2025 Calculation
Average inventory processing period = 365 ÷ Inventory turnover
= 365 ÷ =
2 Click competitor name to see calculations.
Short-term activity ratio | Description | The company |
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Average inventory processing period | An activity ratio equal to the number of days in the period divided by inventory turnover over the period. | Lowe’s Cos. Inc. number of days of inventory outstanding deteriorated from Q4 2024 to Q1 2025 but then improved from Q1 2025 to Q2 2025 not reaching Q4 2024 level. |
Average Payables Payment Period
Aug 2, 2024 | May 3, 2024 | Feb 2, 2024 | Nov 3, 2023 | Aug 4, 2023 | May 5, 2023 | Feb 3, 2023 | Oct 28, 2022 | Jul 29, 2022 | Apr 29, 2022 | Jan 28, 2022 | Oct 29, 2021 | Jul 30, 2021 | Apr 30, 2021 | Jan 29, 2021 | Oct 30, 2020 | Jul 31, 2020 | May 1, 2020 | Jan 31, 2020 | Nov 1, 2019 | Aug 2, 2019 | May 3, 2019 | Feb 1, 2019 | Nov 2, 2018 | Aug 3, 2018 | May 4, 2018 | |||||||||
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Selected Financial Data | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Payables turnover | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Short-term Activity Ratio (no. days) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Average payables payment period1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Benchmarks (no. days) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Average Payables Payment Period, Competitors2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Amazon.com Inc. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home Depot Inc. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TJX Cos. Inc. |
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).
1 Q2 2025 Calculation
Average payables payment period = 365 ÷ Payables turnover
= 365 ÷ =
2 Click competitor name to see calculations.
Short-term activity ratio | Description | The company |
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Average payables payment period | An estimate of the average number of days it takes a company to pay its suppliers; equal to the number of days in the period divided by payables turnover ratio for the period. | Lowe’s Cos. Inc. number of days of payables outstanding increased from Q4 2024 to Q1 2025 but then slightly decreased from Q1 2025 to Q2 2025. |