Home Depot (HD) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

The Home Depot, Inc. operates as a home improvement retailer in the United States and internationally. It sells various building materials, home improvement products, lawn and garden products, and décor products, as well as facilities maintenance, repair, and operations products. The company also offers installation services for flooring, water heaters, bath, garage doors, cabinets, cabinet makeovers, countertops, sheds, furnaces and central air systems, and windows. In addition, it provides tool and equipment rental services. The company primarily serves homeowners; and professional renovators/remodelers, general contractors, maintenance professionals, handymen, property managers, and building service contractors, as well as specialty tradesmen, such as electricians, plumbers, and painters. It sells its products through websites, including homedepot.com; homedepot.ca and homedepot.com.mx; blinds.com, justblinds.com, and americanblinds.com for custom window coverings; thecompanystore.com, an online site for textiles and décor products; hdsupply.com for maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) products and related services; and The Home Depot stores. The Home Depot, Inc. was incorporated in 1978 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $398.31 to $414.50
• 50-Day Range: $346.41 to $407.46
• 52-Week Range: $326.31 to $439.37
• Volume: 5.28 million shs
• Average Volume: 3.56 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $410.90 billion
• P/E Ratio: 28.06
• Dividend Yield: 2.23%
• Price Target: $432.52
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Home Depot Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Home Depot scored higher than 90% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 36th out of 213 stocks in the retail/wholesale sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Home Depot has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.81, and is based on 19 buy ratings, 6 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Home Depot has been the subject of 10 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 3.11%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Home Depot are expected to grow by 3.11% in the coming year, from $15.13 to $15.60 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Home Depot is 28.09, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 28.39.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Home Depot is 28.09, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Retail/Wholesale sector average P/E ratio of about 26.87.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Home Depot has a PEG Ratio of 3.81. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Home Depot has a P/B Ratio of 38.58. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.08% of the float of Home Depot has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Home Depot has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.2, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Home Depot has recently increased by 0.28%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Home Depot pays a meaningful dividend of 2.26%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Home Depot has been increasing its dividend for 16 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Home Depot is 62.50%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Home Depot will have a dividend payout ratio of 58.97% next year. This indicates that Home Depot will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• Environmental Score: -1.92

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.08% of the float of Home Depot has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Home Depot has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.2, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Home Depot has recently increased by 0.28%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.70

News Sentiment

Home Depot has a news sentiment score of 0.70. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Retail/Wholesale companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 210 news articles for Home Depot this week, compared to 52 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

78 people have searched for HD on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 26% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

30 people have added Home Depot to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 50% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Home Depot insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $2,950,892.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.10% of the stock of Home Depot is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

70.86% of the stock of Home Depot is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

HD Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have HD shares performed this year?

Home Depot's stock was trading at $388.99 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, HD shares have increased by 6.3% and is now trading at $413.5790.

How were Home Depot's earnings last quarter?

The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August, 19th. The home improvement retailer reported $4.68 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $4.69 by $0.01. Home Depot's revenue was up 4.9% on a year-over-year basis.
Read the conference call transcript.

Does Home Depot have any subsidiaries?

Home Depot subsidiaries include Askuity, Compact Power Equipment, Interline Brands, HD Supply Distribution Services, blinds.com, BlackLocus, US Home Systems, and more.

Who are Home Depot's major shareholders?

Home Depot's top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.85%), State Street Corp (4.63%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.31%) and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.46%). Insiders that own company stock include Edward P Decker, Timothy A Hourigan, Matt Carey, William D Bastek, Teresa Wynn Roseborough, Hector A Padilla, Ann Marie Campbell, Fahim Siddiqui, Kimberly R Scardino and Paula Santilli.
View institutional ownership trends.

How do I buy shares of Home Depot?

Shares of HD stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Home Depot own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Home Depot investors own include Salesforce (CRM), Chevron (CVX), NVIDIA (NVDA), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Meta Platforms (META), CocaCola (KO) and Bank of America (BAC).

Company Calendar

• Record date for 6/18 Dividend: 6/05/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 6/18 Dividend: 6/05/2025
• Dividend Payable: 6/18/2025
• Last Earnings: 8/19/2025
• Today: 8/22/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 1/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Retail/Wholesale
• Industry: RETAIL - HOME FRN
• Sub-Industry: Home Improvement Retail
• Current Symbol: NYSE:HD
• CIK: 354950
• Web: www.homedepot.com
• Phone: (770) 433-8211
• Fax: 770-431-2707
• Employees: 520,700
• Year Founded: 1978

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Home Depot: $432.52
• High Price Target: $470.00
• Low Price Target: $360.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +4.9%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.81
• Research Coverage: 26 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $14.72
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 28.03
• Forward P/E Ratio: 27.26
• P/E Growth: 3.81
• Net Income: $14.81 billion
• Net Margins: 8.86%
• Pretax Margin: 11.67%
• Return on Equity: 193.99%
• Return on Assets: 15.34%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 4.31
• Current Ratio: 1.15
• Quick Ratio: 0.28

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $165.05 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.49
• Cash Flow: $19.53 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 21.12
• Book Value: $10.72 per share
• Price / Book: 38.47

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 994,928,000
• Free Float: 993,933,000
• Market Cap: $410.35 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.00