NYSE:HD - Home Depot Stock Price, News, Headlines & Rumors

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

Home Depot declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 16th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 30th will be given a dividend of $1.03 per share on Thursday, September 13th. This represents a $4.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.11%. View Home Depot's Dividend History.

Home Depot declared that its board has approved a stock repurchase plan on Wednesday, December 6th 2017, which authorizes the company to repurchase $15,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are usually an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, August, 14th. The home improvement retailer reported $3.05 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.84 by $0.21. The home improvement retailer earned $30.46 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $30.04 billion. Home Depot had a net margin of 8.85% and a return on equity of 399.15%. Home Depot's revenue was up 8.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.59 EPS. View Home Depot's Earnings History.

Home Depot is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November, 13th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Home Depot.

Home Depot updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, August, 14th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $9.42 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $9.46. The company issued revenue guidance of +7% YoY to $108.0 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $107.90 billion.

27 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Home Depot's stock. Their forecasts range from $170.00 to $227.00. On average, they expect Home Depot's share price to reach $204.0380 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Home Depot.

27 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Home Depot in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 21 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Home Depot.

Home Depot saw a drop in short interest during the month of June. As of June 29th, there was short interest totalling 8,218,966 shares, a drop of 40.8% from the June 15th total of 13,894,443 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 4,332,870 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.9 days. Approximately 0.7% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Home Depot's Current Options Chain.

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News stories about HD stock have trended positive on Friday, Accern reports. Accern ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Home Depot earned a daily sentiment score of 0.48 on Accern's scale. They also gave headlines about the home improvement retailer an impact score of 48.22 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View Recent Headlines for Home Depot.

Home Depot's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.13%), FMR LLC (2.51%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.05%), Morgan Stanley (0.84%), Jennison Associates LLC (0.63%) and Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc. (0.55%). 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, Jeffery H Boyd, Mark C Vadon, Mark Holifield, Matt Carey, Stephanie Linnartz, Teresa Wynn Roseborough, Timothy M Crow, 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 Renaissance Technologies LLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Winslow Capital Management LLC, Winslow Capital Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., Jennison Associates LLC, Boston Partners and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. Company insiders that have sold Home Depot company stock in the last year include Ann Marie Campbell, Craig A Menear, Edward P Decker, Mark Holifield, Matt Carey and Teresa Wynn Roseborough. View Insider Buying and Selling for Home Depot.

HD stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Senator Investment Group LP, Morgan Stanley, Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC, Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC, Fred Alger Management Inc., Point72 Asset Management L.P., Envestnet Asset Management Inc. and Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Home Depot stock in the last two years include Armando M Codina, Gregory D Brenneman, Jeffery H Boyd, 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of HD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $195.56.

Home Depot has a market capitalization of $226.44 billion and generates $100.90 billion in revenue each year. The home improvement retailer earns $8.63 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.46 on an earnings per share basis. Home Depot employs 413,000 workers across the globe.

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]