NYSE:HDHome Depot Stock Price, Forecast & News

Home Depot's stock was trading at $212.89 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, HD shares have increased by 17.0% and is now trading at $249.17. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

35 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Home Depot in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 10 hold ratings, 23 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, August 18th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Home Depot.

Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 19th. The home improvement retailer reported $2.08 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.27 by $0.19. The home improvement retailer had revenue of $28.26 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $27.59 billion. Home Depot had a negative return on equity of 496.11% and a net margin of 9.79%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 7.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $2.27 EPS. View Home Depot's earnings history.

Home Depot declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 19th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 4th will be given a dividend of $1.50 per share on Thursday, June 18th. This represents a $6.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.41%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 3rd. View Home Depot's dividend history.

Home Depot declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback 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 repurchase 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.

35 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Home Depot's shares. Their forecasts range from $215.00 to $280.00. On average, they anticipate Home Depot's stock price to reach $254.62 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Home Depot.

News stories about HD stock have been trending negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Home Depot earned a coverage optimism score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage 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 company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Home Depot.

Home Depot saw a decrease in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 8,850,000 shares, a decrease of 22.2% from the June 15th total of 11,370,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 5,860,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.5 days. Currently, 0.8% 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."

Home Depot's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.11%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.01%), Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.01%), Park National Corp OH (0.01%) and Private Asset Management Inc. (0.01%). Company insiders that own Home Depot stock include Ann Marie Campbell, Carol B Tome, Craig A Menear, Edward P Decker, Manuel Kadre, Mark C Vadon, Mark Holifield, Matt Carey, 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 State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, Renaissance Investment Group LLC, Cullinan Associates Inc., Confluence Investment Management LLC, OmniStar Financial Group Inc., Private Trust Co. NA, and Orrstown Financial Services Inc.. 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, Teresa Wynn Roseborough, and William G Lennie. View insider buying and selling activity for Home Depot.

HD stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Chesley Taft & Associates LLC, American National Bank, New Capital Management LP, Silverleafe Capital Partners LLC, DNB Asset Management AS, Platte River Wealth Advisors LLC, and Robecosam AG. Company insiders that have bought Home Depot stock in the last two years include Manuel Kadre, Mark C Vadon, and Wayne M Hewett. View insider buying and selling activity for Home Depot.

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One share of HD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $249.17.

Home Depot has a market capitalization of $267.99 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.

The official website for Home Depot is 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]