Home Depot (HD) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE: HD) is a home improvement retailer serving do-it-yourself customers, professional contractors, and other trade professionals. The company sells building materials, appliances, décor, hardware, plumbing and electrical supplies, tools, outdoor products, and lawn and garden merchandise through its retail stores and digital platforms.

Home Depot also provides services such as installation, equipment rental, delivery, and project support. Its professional customer offerings include job-lot quantities, delivery solutions, credit services, and tools designed to help contractors manage construction and renovation projects. The company serves customers primarily in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Home Depot was founded in 1978 by Bernie Marcus, Arthur Blank, Ken Langone, Pat Farrah, and Ron Brill, and opened its first stores in Atlanta, Georgia. The company is headquartered in Atlanta and has expanded from its original warehouse-style stores into an integrated retail and online home improvement business.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $277.15 to $283.85
• 50-Day Range: $284.96 to $355.41
• 52-Week Range: $277.15 to $397.63
• Volume: 2.63 million shs
• Average Volume: 4.40 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $277.71 billion
• P/E Ratio: 19.47
• Dividend Yield: 3.35%
• Price Target: $375.18
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Home Depot Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Home Depot scored higher than 97% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 36th out of 482 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Home Depot has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.53, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 18 buy ratings, 13 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Home Depot has a consensus price target of $375.18, representing about 31.7% upside from its current price of $284.96.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Home Depot has been the subject of 14 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 6.93%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Home Depot are expected to grow by 6.93% in the coming year, from $15.00 to $16.04 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Home Depot is 19.94, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.77.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Home Depot is 19.94, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 44.13.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Home Depot has a PEG Ratio of 3.17. 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 17.10. 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

1.06% 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 2.76, 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 19.07%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Home Depot pays a meaningful dividend of 3.24%, 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 65.22%. 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 58.10% next year. This indicates that Home Depot will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.55

News Sentiment

Home Depot has a news sentiment score of 0.55. 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 Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 42 news articles for Home Depot this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

111 people have searched for HD on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 21% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

47 people have added Home Depot to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 57% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.4 / 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 $3,339,314.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.08% 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.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/18/2026
• Record date for 9/17 Dividend: 9/03/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/17 Dividend: 9/03/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/17/2026
• Today: 10/01/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/17/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 1/31/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Specialty Retail
• Sub-Industry: Home Improvement Retail
• Current Symbol: NYSE:HD
• CIK: 354950
• Web: www.homedepot.com
• Phone: (770) 433-8211
• Fax: 770-431-2707
• Employees: 472,400
• Year Founded: 1978

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Home Depot: $375.18
• High Price Target: $425.00
• Low Price Target: $310.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +35.1%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.53
• Research Coverage: 32 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $14.29
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 19.41
• Forward P/E Ratio: 18.51
• P/E Growth: 3.17
• Net Income: $14.16 billion
• Net Margins: 8.41%
• Pretax Margin: 11.08%
• Return on Equity: 106.42%
• Return on Assets: 13.76%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 2.64
• Current Ratio: 1.08
• Quick Ratio: 0.31

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $164.68 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.68
• Cash Flow: $18.14 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 15.31
• Book Value: $16.66 per share
• Price / Book: 16.67

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 997,690,000
• Free Float: 996,892,000
• Market Cap: $277.07 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.95