These two companies compete for customers, for employees, and for suppliers of
brand-name merchandise. Home Depot is currently ranked number 30th on the Fortune
500 List and Lowe’s is ranked 50th. The Fortune 500 list is created using companies’
gross revenue as the metric for assessing rank. In the course of this paper you will read
evidence that undeniably supports this financial ranking, but I will also present additional
criteria that call into question whether Home Depot is actually superior to Lowe’s as an
organization and will demonstrate that the companies are actually quite similar.