Home Depot - HD Stock Forecast, Price & News

23 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Home Depot in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 19 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" HD shares.
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23 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Home Depot's shares. Their HD share price forecasts range from $285.00 to $470.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $365.95 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 35.1% from the stock's current price.
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Home Depot's stock was trading at $415.01 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, HD shares have decreased by 34.7% and is now trading at $270.94.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 15th 2022.
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The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, August, 16th. The home improvement retailer reported $5.05 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $4.95 by $0.10. The home improvement retailer earned $43.79 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $43.33 billion. Home Depot had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 3,166.43% and a net margin of 10.88%. The firm's revenue was up 6.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $4.53 earnings per share.
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Home Depot announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 18th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 1st will be paid a dividend of $1.90 per share on Thursday, September 15th. This represents a $7.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.81%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 31st.
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Home Depot (NYSE:HD) pays an annual dividend of $7.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.81%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 12 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 46.71%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, HD will have a dividend payout ratio of 43.83% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Home Depot announced that its board has authorized a share buyback program on Thursday, August 18th 2022, which permits the company to repurchase $15,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 4.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are typically an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Home Depot updated its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Tuesday, September, 20th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $155.69 billion-$155.69 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $156.23 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (4.47%), FMR LLC (1.30%), Northern Trust Corp (1.27%), Legal & General Group Plc (0.73%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (0.56%) and UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. (0.50%). 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, Richard V Mcphail, Teresa Wynn Roseborough and William G Lennie.
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One share of HD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $270.94.

Home Depot (NYSE:HD) has a market capitalization of $277.37 billion and generates $151.16 billion in revenue each year. The home improvement retailer earns $16.43 billion in net income (profit) each year or $16.27 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 490,600 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.