Lowe’s by the numbers

Mooresville, N.C.-based Lowe’s delivered strong results for its fourth quarter and full year ended Jan. 31.

During the earnings call with investors, executives pointed to improvements in a variety of areas — the omnichannel experience, serving the pro customer and the integration of its investment in RONA in Canada.

Executives backed up their story with statistics. Here are some of them:

 

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  Comparable store sales growth in Q4: 5.1%


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  Comparable increase in average ticket in Q4: 4%


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  Increase in comparable transactions in Q4: 1.1%


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  Q4 average ticket: $69.58


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  Increase in number of transactions above $500 in Q4: 9%
  
   

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  Number of regions, out of 14, that achieved positive comps in Q4: 14


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  Number of categories, out of 13, that achieved positive comps in Q4: 12


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  Sales growth of Lowes.com in Q4: 25%


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  Number of quarters since Lowes.com website redesign: 2
  
   

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  Full year 2016 sales: $65 billion


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  Full-year comp-store sales growth: 4.2%


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  Rank of Black Friday sales, both in-store and online, among all previous Black Fridays: 1
  
   

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  Q4 comp-store sales growth in pneumatics: 15%


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  Rank of Bostitch and Hitachi among pneumatic tool brands, according to Lowe’s: 1 or 2
  
   

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  Number of stores Lowe’s plans to open in 2017: 35


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  Of those, the number of domestic big box Lowe’s stores: 9


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  Number of Orchard Supply Hardware stores: 14
  
   

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  Number of years Bob Hull worked at Lowe’s, before his retirement: 17


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  Years as CFO: 14