Home Depot - HD Stock Forecast, Price & News

29 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Home Depot in the last year. There are currently 12 hold ratings and 17 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" HD shares.
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29 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Home Depot's shares. Their HD share price forecasts range from $286.00 to $400.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $331.45 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 17.1% from the stock's current price.
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Home Depot's stock was trading at $315.86 at the beginning of the year. Since then, HD shares have decreased by 10.4% and is now trading at $283.02.
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Home Depot saw a increase in short interest in the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 12,150,000 shares, an increase of 10.7% from the February 13th total of 10,980,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,670,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.3 days. Approximately 1.2% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 16th 2023.
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The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February, 21st. The home improvement retailer reported $3.30 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.26 by $0.04. The home improvement retailer had revenue of $35.83 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $36 billion. Home Depot had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 4,929.40% and a net margin of 10.87%. Home Depot's quarterly revenue was up .3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $3.21 earnings per share.
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Home Depot declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 21st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 9th will be paid a dividend of $2.09 per share on Thursday, March 23rd. This represents a $8.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.95%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, March 8th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $1.90.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Home Depot (NYSE:HD) stock in their portfolio include iShares U.S. Consumer Focused ETF (IEDI), VanEck Retail ETF (RTH), Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLY), Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (VCR), Fidelity MSCI Consumer Discretionary Index ETF (FDIS), Daily Consumer Discretionary Bull 3X (WANT), Global X Dow 30 Covered Call ETF (DJIA) and SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust (DIA).

Home Depot (NYSE:HD) pays an annual dividend of $8.36 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.96%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 14 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 50.12%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, HD will have a dividend payout ratio of 49.32% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Home Depot declared that its board has approved a stock repurchase program on Thursday, August 18th 2022, which authorizes the company to buyback $15,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 4.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Home Depot issued an update on its FY24 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 21st. The company provided EPS guidance of ~$15.86 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $16.77. The company issued revenue guidance of ~$157.4 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $158.43 billion.

7,985 employees have rated Home Depot Chief Executive Officer Craig Menear on Glassdoor.com. Craig Menear has an approval rating of 84% among the company's employees.

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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 number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Geode Capital Management LLC (1.86%), Morgan Stanley (1.83%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.21%), Norges Bank (1.16%), Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC (1.07%) and Alliancebernstein L.P. (0.90%). Insiders that own company stock include Ann Marie Campbell, Becker Caryn Seidman, Craig A Menear, Edward P Decker, Fahim Siddiqui, Hector A Padilla, Karen A Foster, Matt Carey, Paula Santilli, Richard V Mcphail, Teresa Wynn Roseborough and William G Lennie.
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Shares of HD stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of HD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $283.02.

Home Depot (NYSE:HD) has a market capitalization of $287.25 billion and generates $157.40 billion in revenue each year. The home improvement retailer earns $17.11 billion in net income (profit) each year or $16.68 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 518,100 workers across the globe.

Home Depot's mailing address is 2455 PACES FERRY ROAD, ATLANTA GA, 30339. The official website for the company is www.homedepot.com. The home improvement retailer can be reached via phone at (770) 433-8211, via email at investor_relations@homedepot.com, or via fax at 770-431-2707.