NYSE:HDHome Depot Stock Price, Forecast & News

Home Depot's stock was trading at $212.89 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, HD shares have increased by 17.2% and is now trading at $249.55. 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) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May, 19th. The home improvement retailer reported $2.08 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.27 by $0.19. The home improvement retailer had revenue of $28.26 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $27.59 billion. Home Depot had a negative return on equity of 496.11% and a net margin of 9.79%. The business's revenue was up 7.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $2.27 earnings per share. View Home Depot's earnings history.

Home Depot declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 19th. Investors 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 yield of 2.40%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 3rd. View Home Depot's dividend history.

Home Depot announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback program on Tuesday, February 26th 2019, which authorizes the company to repurchase $15,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 6.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are often a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

35 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Home Depot's stock. Their forecasts range from $215.00 to $280.00. On average, they anticipate Home Depot's share price to reach $254.62 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.0% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Home Depot.

News coverage about HD stock has been trending negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. 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 daily sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the home improvement retailer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news about Home Depot.

Home Depot saw a drop in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 8,850,000 shares, a drop 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 presently 1.5 days. Approximately 0.8% of the shares of the stock 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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.01%), Park National Corp OH (0.01%), Private Asset Management Inc. (0.01%), Bath Savings Trust Co (0.00%) and Farmers Trust Co. (0.00%). 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, Confluence Investment Management LLC, OmniStar Financial Group Inc., Orrstown Financial Services Inc., Park National Corp OH, Courier Capital LLC, and Private Asset Management 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Modus Advisors LLC, HNP Capital LLC, Windsor Group LTD, First Financial Bank Trust Division, Bath Savings Trust Co, Groesbeck Investment Management Corp NJ, Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC, and Ellevest Inc.. 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 $249.55.

Home Depot has a market capitalization of $268.40 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]