Home Improvement Stocks Worth Watching - April 25th

Key Points

• Home Depot (HD), Lowe's (LOW) and Masco (MAS) were flagged by MarketBeat's screener as the top home improvement stocks to watch after recording the highest dollar trading volume among peers in recent days.
• These retailers and manufacturers provide broad product and installation services across building materials, appliances and plumbing, making their shares a way to track cyclical consumer spending on housing and renovations that is sensitive to the housing market, consumer confidence and interest rates.

Home Depot, Lowe's Companies, and Masco are the three Home Improvement stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Home improvement stocks are shares of publicly traded companies that sell products or services used for renovating, repairing, or maintaining homes — including retailers, building-material manufacturers, tool and fixture makers, and remodeling contractors. Investors follow these stocks to gain exposure to consumer spending on housing and renovation, which tends to be cyclical and sensitive to factors like the housing market, consumer confidence, and interest rates. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Home Improvement stocks within the last several days.

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.

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Lowe's Companies (LOW)

Lowe's Companies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a home improvement retailer in the United States. The company offers a line of products for construction, maintenance, repair, remodeling, and decorating. It also provides home improvement products, such as appliances, seasonal and outdoor living, lawn and garden, lumber, kitchens and bath, tools, paint, millwork, hardware, flooring, rough plumbing, building materials, décor, and electrical.

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Masco (MAS)

Masco Corporation designs, manufactures, and distributes home improvement and building products in North America, Europe, and internationally. The company's Plumbing Products segment offers faucets, showerheads, handheld showers, valves, bath hardware and accessories, bathing units, shower bases and enclosures, sinks, toilets, acrylic tubs, shower trays, spas, exercise pools, and fitness systems; brass, copper, and composite plumbing system components; connected water products; thermoplastic solutions, extruded plastic profiles, specialized fabrications, and PEX tubing products; and other non-decorative plumbing products.

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