Lowe's Cos. closed 20.28% short of its 52-week high of $287.01, which the company reached on October 15th.

Lowe's has increased its quarterly dividend by 4%. The board of the Mooresville, N.C., home-improvement retailer on Friday declared a cash dividend of $1.20 a share, payable on Aug. 6 to shareholders ...

The company has seen its share price plummet over the past year as the slow U.S. housing market has dampened purchases of pricier and more profitable appliances. Whirlpool says it had assumed the ...