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

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

Home Depot declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 21st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 5th will be paid a dividend of $1.36 per share on Thursday, December 19th. This represents a $5.44 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.35%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, December 4th. View Home Depot's Dividend History.

Home Depot declared that its board has approved a share repurchase program on Tuesday, February 26th 2019, 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 6.9% 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 Inc (NYSE:HD) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, November, 19th. The home improvement retailer reported $2.53 EPS for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $2.53. The home improvement retailer earned $27.22 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $27.51 billion. Home Depot had a negative return on equity of 721.00% and a net margin of 10.01%. The company's revenue was up 3.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $2.51 earnings per share. View Home Depot's Earnings History.

Home Depot is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 25th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Home Depot.

Home Depot updated its FY 2020 IntraDay earnings guidance on Thursday, December, 12th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $114-114.5 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $114.95 billion.

30 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Home Depot's shares. Their forecasts range from $200.00 to $269.00. On average, they anticipate Home Depot's share price to reach $237.52 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Home Depot.

30 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Home Depot in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 12 hold ratings and 17 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Home Depot.

News coverage about HD stock has been trending very negative on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Home Depot earned a media sentiment score of -3.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the home improvement retailer a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Home Depot.

Home Depot saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 10,320,000 shares, an increase of 32.1% from the December 15th total of 7,810,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 4,480,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.3 days. Approximately 1.0% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Home Depot's Current Options Chain.

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Home Depot's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. (0.14%), Johanson Financial Advisors Inc. (0.08%), PGGM Investments (0.05%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.05%), Calamos Advisors LLC (0.04%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.04%). 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, Manuel Kadre, Mark C Vadon, Mark Holifield, Matt Carey, Stephanie Linnartz, 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 PGGM Investments, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Baxter Bros Inc. and United Services Automobile Association. 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, Mark Holifield, Matt Carey, Teresa Wynn Roseborough, Timothy A Hourigan and William G Lennie. View Insider Buying and Selling for Home Depot.

HD stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Hexavest Inc., Gradient Investments LLC, DNB Asset Management AS, Selz Capital LLC, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Centre Asset Management LLC and Hoey Investments Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Home Depot stock in the last two years include Armando M Codina, Gregory D Brenneman, Manuel Kadre, 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of HD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $231.56.

Home Depot has a market capitalization of $252.59 billion and generates $108.20 billion in revenue each year. The home improvement retailer earns $11.12 billion in net income (profit) each year or $9.89 on an earnings per share basis. Home Depot employs 413,000 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]