NYSE:HD - Home Depot Stock Price, Forecast & News

Home Depot trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "HD."

Home Depot announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 25th. Investors of record on Thursday, March 12th will be given a dividend of $1.50 per share on Thursday, March 26th. This represents a $6.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.61%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 11th. This is a boost from Home Depot's previous quarterly dividend of $1.36. View Home Depot's Dividend History.

Home Depot declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase plan on Tuesday, February 26th 2019, which permits the company to repurchase $15,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy up to 6.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February, 25th. The home improvement retailer reported $2.28 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.11 by $0.17. The home improvement retailer had revenue of $25.78 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $25.78 billion. Home Depot had a net margin of 10.20% and a negative return on equity of 599.49%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 2.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $2.25 EPS. View Home Depot's Earnings History.

Home Depot is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 19th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Home Depot.

Home Depot updated its FY21 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 25th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of ~$10.45 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $10.55. The company issued revenue guidance of +3.5-4.0% yr/yr to $114.1-114.6 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $114.91 billion.

31 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Home Depot's shares. Their forecasts range from $208.00 to $270.00. On average, they anticipate Home Depot's share price to reach $247.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Home Depot.

31 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Home Depot in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 12 hold ratings and 18 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Home Depot.

Media stories about HD stock have trended very negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Home Depot earned a coverage optimism score of -3.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the home improvement retailer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Home Depot.

Home Depot saw a decrease in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 9,470,000 shares, a decrease of 8.2% from the January 15th total of 10,320,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 4,810,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.0 days. Approximately 0.9% of the company's stock are sold short. View Home Depot's Current Options Chain.

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Home Depot's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (4.78%), Capital World Investors (3.61%), FMR LLC (1.81%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.54%), Capital Research Global Investors (1.50%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.89%). Company insiders that own Home Depot stock include Ann Marie Campbell, Armando M Codina, Carol B Tome, Craig A Menear, Edward P Decker, Gregory D Brenneman, Manuel Kadre, Mark C Vadon, Mark Holifield, Matt Carey, Stephanie Linnartz, Teresa Wynn Roseborough, Timothy A Hourigan, Wayne M Hewett and William G Lennie. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Home Depot.

HD stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital World Investors, FMR LLC, Fred Alger Management LLC, Jennison Associates LLC, 1832 Asset Management L.P., PGGM Investments, Bank of New York Mellon Corp and Artemis Investment Management LLP. Company insiders that have sold Home Depot company stock in the last year include Ann Marie Campbell, Carol B Tome, Craig A Menear, Edward P Decker, Mark Holifield, Matt Carey, Teresa Wynn Roseborough, Timothy A Hourigan and William G Lennie. View Insider Buying and Selling for Home Depot.

HD stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including AQR Capital Management LLC, Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Geode Capital Management LLC, Marshall Wace LLP, Hexavest Inc., Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. and Point72 Asset Management L.P.. Company insiders that have bought Home Depot stock in the last two years include Armando M Codina, Gregory D Brenneman, Manuel Kadre, Mark C Vadon, Stephanie Linnartz and Wayne M Hewett. View Insider Buying and Selling for Home Depot.

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

One share of HD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $229.73.

Home Depot has a market capitalization of $250.60 billion and generates $110.23 billion in revenue each year. The home improvement retailer earns $11.12 billion in net income (profit) each year or $10.25 on an earnings per share basis. Home Depot employs 413,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Home Depot.

The official website for Home Depot is http://www.homedepot.com/.

Home Depot's mailing address is 2455 PACES FERRY ROAD, ATLANTA GA, 30339. The home improvement retailer can be reached via phone at 770-433-8211 or via email at [email protected]