Best Home Improvement Stocks To Add to Your Watchlist - August 4th

Key Points

• Walmart, Wayfair, and Home Depot are highlighted as key home improvement stocks to monitor due to their recent trading activity and performance in the equities market.
• Walmart's stock is currently trading at $99.55, with a market cap of $794.41 billion and a P/E ratio of 42.49.
• Home Depot's shares are at $381.17, featuring a market capitalization of $379.24 billion and a P/E ratio of 25.83.

Walmart, Wayfair, and Home Depot are the three Home Improvement stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Home improvement stocks are equity shares of companies that design, manufacture, distribute or retail products and services used for renovating, repairing or upgrading residential properties. They include hardware and home-goods retailers, building-materials suppliers, tool and appliance manufacturers, and home-services providers. Their performance often tracks trends in the housing market, consumer spending and interest-rate movements. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Home Improvement stocks within the last several days.

Walmart (WMT)

Walmart Inc. engages in the operation of retail, wholesale, other units, and eCommerce worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Walmart U.S., Walmart International, and Sam's Club. It operates supercenters, supermarkets, hypermarkets, warehouse clubs, cash and carry stores, and discount stores under Walmart and Walmart Neighborhood Market brands; membership-only warehouse clubs; ecommerce websites, such as walmart.com.mx, walmart.ca, flipkart.com, PhonePe and other sites; and mobile commerce applications.

NYSE:WMT traded up $1.06 during mid-day trading on Monday, reaching $99.55. The company's stock had a trading volume of 9,412,023 shares, compared to its average volume of 19,090,041. The company's fifty day simple moving average is $96.86 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $95.08. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47, a current ratio of 0.78 and a quick ratio of 0.22. Walmart has a twelve month low of $66.67 and a twelve month high of $105.30. The stock has a market cap of $794.41 billion, a P/E ratio of 42.49, a P/E/G ratio of 4.74 and a beta of 0.66.

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Wayfair (W)

Wayfair Inc. provides e-commerce business in the United States and internationally. The company offers approximately thirty million products for the home sector. It offers online selections of furniture, décor, housewares, and home improvement products through its sites consisting of Wayfair, Joss & Main, AllModern, Birch Lane, Perigold, and Wayfair Professional.

NYSE:W traded up $8.34 during mid-day trading on Monday, reaching $73.56. The company's stock had a trading volume of 9,337,502 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,149,010. The company's fifty day simple moving average is $52.58 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $42.25. Wayfair has a twelve month low of $20.41 and a twelve month high of $73.79. The stock has a market cap of $9.44 billion, a P/E ratio of -25.78 and a beta of 2.92.

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Home Depot (HD)

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.

Shares of NYSE HD traded up $7.51 during midday trading on Monday, hitting $381.17. The stock had a trading volume of 1,536,592 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,528,404. The company has a market capitalization of $379.24 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.83, a PEG ratio of 3.55 and a beta of 1.00. Home Depot has a 1-year low of $326.31 and a 1-year high of $439.37. The company has a quick ratio of 0.28, a current ratio of 1.09 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.95. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $365.84 and a 200 day moving average price of $372.91.

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