LOW - Lowe's Companies, Inc.
Lowe's Companies, Inc. , together with its various subsidiary entities, operates as a prominent home improvement retailer serving both the United States and international markets. The company supplies a broad spectrum of items essential for construction, upkeep, renovations, and interior design projects.
As of Aug 14, 2026: spot at $218.09, ATM IV 33.5%, max pain $220.00, net GEX $1.9M.
- Sector
- Consumer Cyclical
- Industry
- Home Improvement
- Market Cap
- $121.10B
- P/E Ratio
- 18.18
- Beta
- 0.85
- 52-Week Range
- 199.4-293.06
- Dividend Yield
- $4.85
- CEO
- Marvin R. Ellison
- Employees
- 276,000
- IPO Date
- Mar 17, 1980
- Exchange
- NYSE
What LOW Looks Like to Options Traders Today
IV rank of 77.8% signals elevated pricing relative to the 1-year history, conditions that typically favor premium-selling structures (credit spreads, iron condors, covered calls); positive net gamma exposure ($1.9M) means dealers hedge against trend, damping realized volatility and biasing price toward heavy-OI strikes; the 25-delta skew (0.009) is roughly flat across the wings.
What This Page Covers
The LOW overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure. Corporate data is on fundamentals, earnings, analyst ratings, and insider trading.
Frequently asked LOW overview questions
- What is LOW?
- LOW is the ticker symbol for Lowe's Companies, Inc., a listed security. Lowe's Companies, Inc. , together with its various subsidiary entities, operates as a prominent home improvement retailer serving both the United States and international markets. Listed on NYSE. LOW is the equity ticker shown on this page; equity options traders use the security for directional, volatility, and income strategies via the listed options chain.
- What does the LOW options snapshot look like today?
- As of Aug 14, 2026, the LOW options snapshot shows spot at $218.09, ATM IV 33.5%, IV rank 77.8%, max pain $220.00, net GEX $1.9M, expected move 9.60%. The full options chain, Greeks by strike and expiration, per-strike open-interest distribution, dealer gamma and delta exposure, and the volatility skew surface are linked from this overview page. Each per-metric route refreshes once per trading session and reflects the most recent close-of-business listed-options state.
- What are LOW's key statistics?
- Lowe's Companies, Inc. (LOW) carries a market capitalization of $121.10B, trailing P/E ratio of 18.18, beta of 0.85 relative to the broader market, 52-week range of 199.4-293.06. Full income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and TTM ratio history is on the per-ticker fundamentals page; daily price history and 52-week levels are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the options market prices implied volatility around earnings windows and capital events.
- What sector or industry does LOW belong to?
- Lowe's Companies, Inc. operates in the Consumer Cyclical sector, in the Home Improvement industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare LOW's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the LOW data on this page?
- The options snapshot above is dated Aug 14, 2026 and refreshes once per session, with all per-strike Greeks and exposure aggregates recomputed at the daily close. Company-profile fields (sector, industry, market cap, P/E, IPO date) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. Financials and earnings refresh as 10-K and 10-Q filings are parsed (typically within several business days of the actual report). FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence (daily for short volume, bi-monthly for short interest, weekly for the OTC volume file, twice-monthly for SEC FTD).