Top 5 Long Term Companies To Buy For 2015

Top 5 Long Term Companies To Buy For 2015: Lowe's Companies Inc.(LOW)

Lowe's Companies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a home improvement retailer in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The company offers a range of products for maintenance, repair, remodeling, home decorating, and property maintenance. It provides home improvement products in the categories of appliances, lumber, paint, millwork, building materials, lawn and landscape products, flooring, rough plumbing, seasonal living, tools, hardware, fashion plumbing, lighting, nursery, outdoor power equipment, cabinets and countertops, home organization, rough electrical, and home fashion, as well as boards, panel products, irrigation pipes, vinyl sidings, and ladders. The company also offers installation services through independent contractors in various product categories. Lowe's Companies serves homeowners and renters primarily consisting of do-it-yourself customers and do-it-for-me customers; and commercial business customers, who work in the construction, rep air/remodel, commercial and residential property management, or business maintenance professions. As of August 15, 2011, it operated approximately 1,725 home improvement stores in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The company also offers its products through electronic product catalogs and Lowes.com. Lowe's Companies, Inc. was founded in 1952 and is based in Mooresville, North Carolina.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Laura Brodbeck]

  Next week investors will be waiting for several key earnings reports including Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), Home Depot (NYSE: HD), Target (NYSE: TGT) and Lowe’s Companies (NYSE: LOW).

• [By Dan Dzombak]

  Today's Dow leader
  Given the negative retail sales report, it's a bit of a surprise that today's Dow leader is Home Depot (NYSE: HD  ) , up 2%. Home Depot stock has had a good year so far, up 18% as the company benefits from a rising housing market.! Today, Home Depot stock was upgraded by a Jeffries analyst from hold to buy, with a price target of $85. In light of rising housing prices, the analyst said, "We think an appreciating asset is much easier for the homeowner to invest in than a depreciating one -- not just psychologically, but from a credit perspective as well." Home Depot competitor Lowe's (NYSE: LOW  ) also sees a strengthening home-improvement market and plans to add 9,000 permanent part-time employees.

• [By Demitrios Kalogeropoulos]

  Home Depot (NYSE: HD  ) has been riding the housing market rebound to a 180% return over the last five years, or double the increase over rivalLowe's (NYSE: LOW  ) . But is the stock still a good investment at these levels?

• [By Ben Levisohn]

  J.M. Smucker (SJM) dropped 6.5% to $101.49 today, making it the biggest loser in the S&P 500, with Lowe’s (LOW) close behind, down 6.2% at $47.33. Other big losers include Newmont Mining (NEM), which fell 3.5% to $26.39, eBay (EBAY), which has dropped 3.3% to $50.39, and Iron Mountain (IRM), which declined 3.3% to $28.71.

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