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

Home Depot's stock was trading at $212.89 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, HD stock has decreased by 12.3% and is now trading at $186.71. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

30 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Home Depot in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 9 hold ratings, 19 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Home Depot.

Home Depot is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 19th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Home Depot.

Home Depot will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, May 19th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February, 25th. The home improvement retailer reported $2.28 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate 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 revenue was down 2.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $2.25 earnings per share. View Home Depot's earnings history.

Home Depot declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 25th. Stockholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.21%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, March 11th. This is a positive change from Home Depot's previous quarterly dividend of $1.36. View Home Depot's dividend history.

Home Depot announced that its board has approved a stock repurchase program 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 purchase up to 6.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Home Depot issued an update on 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.

30 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Home Depot's shares. Their forecasts range from $195.00 to $270.00. On average, they expect Home Depot's share price to reach $243.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 30.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Home Depot.

News stories about HD stock have been trending positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Home Depot earned a news impact score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the home improvement retailer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutHome Depot.

Home Depot saw a increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 9,863,600 shares, an increase of 15.5% from the February 27th total of 8,540,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 5,070,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.9 days. Approximately 0.9% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Home Depot's Current Options Chain.

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

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One share of HD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $186.71.

Home Depot has a market capitalization of $203.67 billion and generates $110.23 billion in revenue each year. The home improvement retailer earns $11.24 billion in net income (profit) each year or $10.25 on an earnings per share basis. Home Depot employs 415,000 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]