Lowe's Companies, Inc. · NYSE:LOW
Lowe's Companies — Q2 2018 Earnings Presentation
6 slides from Lowe's Companies's earnings presentation, Aug 22, 2018
Slide 1: Lowe's Q2 2018 Results Financial Highlights
Lowe’s Q2 2018 RESULTS FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS COMPARABLE SALES SUMMARY TRANSACTIONS/TICKET $20.9B IN SALES +5.2% COMP SALES 34.46% GROSS MARGIN +25 basis points WE RETURNED $1.4 BILLION TO OUR SHAREHOLDERS THROUGH DIVIDENDS AND SHARE REPURCHASES TICKET SIZE >$500 $50-500 +4.6% <$50 +1.0% +8.2% 10.36%
Slide 2: Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures
RECONCILIATION OF NON-GAAP MEASURES
Slide 3: Non-GAAP Measures
Q2 2018 EARNINGS CALL NON-GAAP MEASURES Management uses non-GAAP financial measures, as further outlined in the following slides, because it considers them to be important supplemental measures of the Company’s performance. Management also believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide addi
Slide 4: Non-GAAP Measures: Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share
Q2 2018 EARNINGS CALL NON-GAAP MEASURES Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share We have presented Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share to exclude the impacts of certain items, as further detailed below, not contemplated in Lowe’s original Business Outlooks for fiscal 2018 and 2017 to assist the user in u
Slide 5: Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures
Q2 2018 EARNINGS CALL RECONCILIATION OF NON-GAAP MEASURES The following provides a reconciliation of adjusted diluted earnings per share to diluted earnings per share, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure. Three Months Ended August 3, 2018 August 4, 2017 Pre-Tax Net Pre-Tax Net Earnin
Slide 6: Forward Looking Statements
Q2 2018 EARNINGS CALL FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS This presentation includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements including words such as “believe”, “expect”, “anticipate”, “plan”, “desire”, “project”, “estimate”, “intend”