Top Home Improvement Stocks Worth Watching - November 9th

Key Points

• Home Depot, Lowe’s, and Masco rose in Monday trading, closing at $356.85, $234.31, and $86.83, respectively.
• Among the smaller companies covered, Medallion Financial slipped to $9.85, Jewett-Cameron Trading gained to $2.96, and ToughBuilt Industries was unchanged at $0.01.
• The stocks span retailers, building-products suppliers, and lenders tied to home improvement—a sector the article says is sensitive to housing activity, consumer spending, and renovation demand.

Home Depot, Lowe's Companies, Masco, Medallion Financial, Jewett-Cameron Trading, and ToughBuilt Industries are the seven Home Improvement stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Home improvement stocks are shares of companies that sell products or services used to repair, renovate, or upgrade homes, such as hardware retailers, building-materials makers, and home-services providers. Investors often view them as sensitive to housing activity, consumer spending, and homeowners’ willingness to undertake renovation projects. 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.

NYSE:HD traded up $13.38 during midday trading on Monday, reaching $356.85. The company had a trading volume of 2,399,724 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,478,999. The stock's fifty day simple moving average is $309.42 and its 200-day simple moving average is $334.08. The company has a current ratio of 1.08, a quick ratio of 0.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.64. Home Depot has a 12-month low of $277.15 and a 12-month high of $397.63. The firm has a market capitalization of $356.03 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.92, a PEG ratio of 2.44 and a beta of 0.93.

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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.

NYSE:LOW traded up $9.76 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $234.31. The stock had a trading volume of 1,604,259 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,997,396. The company has a market capitalization of $131.46 billion, a PE ratio of 19.77, a PEG ratio of 1.88 and a beta of 0.81. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $197.18 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $225.13. Lowe's Companies has a twelve month low of $178.45 and a twelve month high of $293.06.

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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.

Shares of NYSE:MAS traded up $4.61 on Monday, hitting $86.83. 1,579,328 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,577,453. The company has a market capitalization of $16.74 billion, a PE ratio of 18.74, a P/E/G ratio of 1.82 and a beta of 1.21. Masco has a 1-year low of $58.16 and a 1-year high of $87.86. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 109.07, a quick ratio of 1.20 and a current ratio of 1.83. The firm's 50-day moving average is $72.31 and its 200 day moving average is $71.22.

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Medallion Financial (MFIN)

Medallion Financial Corp., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a specialty finance company in the United States. It operates in four segments: Recreation Lending, Home Improvement Lending, Commercial Lending, and Taxi Medallion Lending. The company offers loans that finance consumer purchases of recreational vehicles, boats, and other consumer recreational equipment; consumer financing for window, siding, and roof replacement, swimming pool installations, and other home improvement projects; senior and subordinated loans for the purchase of equipment and related assets necessary to open a new business, or purchase or improvement of an existing business; and taxi medallion loans to individuals and small to mid-size businesses.

NASDAQ:MFIN traded down $0.14 during midday trading on Monday, hitting $9.85. 33,809 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 66,128. Medallion Financial has a fifty-two week low of $7.85 and a fifty-two week high of $12.26. The company has a current ratio of 1.23, a quick ratio of 1.22 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.52. The company has a market capitalization of $226.25 million, a PE ratio of 8.88 and a beta of 0.80. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $11.56 and a 200 day simple moving average of $10.28.

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Jewett-Cameron Trading (JCTC)

Jewett-Cameron Trading Company Ltd. is a supplier of `Value-added` building materials to major home improvement center chains in the western United States. The Company concentrates on the residential repair and remodeling segment of the building materials industry.

Shares of JCTC stock traded up $0.11 during trading hours on Monday, hitting $2.96. The stock had a trading volume of 5,868 shares, compared to its average volume of 21,467. Jewett-Cameron Trading has a twelve month low of $1.54 and a twelve month high of $3.32. The firm has a market capitalization of $10.43 million, a PE ratio of -1.26 and a beta of 0.46. The stock's 50 day moving average is $2.90 and its 200 day moving average is $2.34.

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ToughBuilt Industries (TBLT)

ToughBuilt Industries, Inc. engages in design, development, manufacture, and distribution of home improvement and construction products for the building industry in the United States and internationally. It offers tool pouches, tool rigs, tool belts and accessories, tools bags, totes, various storage solutions, and office organizers/bags for laptop/tablet/cellphones, etc.; and kneepads.

TBLT stock remained flat at $0.01 during trading on Monday. ToughBuilt Industries has a 12-month low of $0.00 and a 12-month high of $0.79. The business's 50 day simple moving average is $0.01 and its 200 day simple moving average is $0.01. The stock has a market capitalization of $15,840.00, a price-to-earnings ratio of -0.00 and a beta of -0.43.

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