LOW Total Return Analyzer
Lowe's Companies, Inc. — See your real returns after distributions and NAV changes. Real yield: 2.2% (headline: 1.9%).
What does the LOW total return include?
LOW total return combines two components: the cumulative distributions you received from LOW over the holding period, and the change in NAV (share price) across the same window. Many high-yield funds advertise distribution rates that look spectacular in isolation but mask meaningful NAV erosion. The analyzer above shows exactly how much of your LOW return came from distributions versus price change — a 50% annualized distribution rate paired with a 30% NAV decline is a very different investment than a 50% distribution with flat NAV.
Lowe's Companies, Inc. (LOW) is issued by Lowe's. Dividend King with 54 consecutive years of dividend increases. The second-largest home improvement retailer in the U.S. (behind Home Depot, which is not a dividend aristocrat due to past cuts). Lowe's has one of the most aggressive dividend growth rates among Kings — ~15% CAGR over the last 5-10 years, taking the annual payout from $0.50 in 2011 to $4.80 today. Quarterly payer with a low current yield (~2%) reflecting the rapid price appreciation. That strategy directly shapes the gap between headline yield and real yield: option-premium and covered-call funds tend to show large gaps, while traditional dividend ETFs and index funds usually show small ones.
For the detail behind each payment, see the LOW dividend history. To project how future LOW distributions compound under DRIP, open the LOW dividend calculator.