Strategies for Investing in ETFs and Stocks During Back-to-School Season
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: Sep 02 2025
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Source: NASDAQ.COM
Back-to-School Shopping Trends: The back-to-school and college shopping season in the U.S. is seeing a significant increase in early shoppers, with 67% starting their purchases by early July, up from 55% last year. Families are concerned about rising prices, leading to earlier spending, with average budgets for K-12 and college students allocated across various categories like electronics, clothing, and food.
Retail and Investment Insights: Major retailers like Costco, Lowe's, and Amazon are highlighted as key players in the back-to-school market, while various ETFs focused on online retail, food and beverage, and semiconductors are positioned to benefit from the increased consumer spending during this season.
Analyst Views on LOW
Wall Street analysts forecast LOW stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for LOW is 278.27 USD with a low forecast of 250.00 USD and a high forecast of 316.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
22 Analyst Rating
16 Buy
6 Hold
0 Sell
Moderate Buy
Current: 277.110
Low
250.00
Averages
278.27
High
316.00
Current: 277.110
Low
250.00
Averages
278.27
High
316.00
About LOW
Lowe's Companies, Inc. is a home improvement company. The Company offers a complete line of products for construction, maintenance, repair, remodeling, and decorating. It offers home improvement products in various categories, including appliances, seasonal and outdoor living, lumber, lawn and garden, kitchens and bath, hardware, building materials, millwork, paint, rough plumbing, tools, electrical, flooring, and decor. It is focused on offering a wide selection of national brand-name merchandise complemented by its selection of private brands. Its services include installed sales and Lowe's Protection Plans and Repair Services. The Company offers installation services through independent contractors in many of its product categories. It offers extended protection plans for certain products within the appliances, kitchens and bath, decor, millwork, rough plumbing, electrical, seasonal and outdoor living, tools, and hardware categories. It operates over 1,700 home improvement stores.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
