NYSE:HDHome Depot Stock Price, Forecast & News

Home Depot's stock was trading at $212.89 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, HD shares have decreased by 5.3% and is now trading at $201.53. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

30 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Home Depot in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 9 hold ratings, 19 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, May 19th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Home Depot.

Home Depot will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, May 19th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February, 25th. The home improvement retailer reported $2.28 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.11 by $0.17. The home improvement retailer had revenue of $25.78 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $25.78 billion. Home Depot had a net margin of 10.20% and a negative return on equity of 599.49%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 2.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $2.25 EPS. View Home Depot's earnings history.

Home Depot declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 25th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 12th will be paid a dividend of $1.50 per share on Thursday, March 26th. This represents a $6.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.98%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 11th. This is a positive change from Home Depot's previous quarterly dividend of $1.36. View Home Depot's dividend history.

Home Depot declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback program on Tuesday, February 26th 2019, which allows the company to repurchase $15,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 6.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are typically a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Home Depot issued an update on its FY21 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 25th. The company provided EPS guidance of ~$10.45 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $10.55. The company issued revenue guidance of +3.5-4.0% yr/yr to $114.1-114.6 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $114.91 billion.

30 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Home Depot's shares. Their forecasts range from $215.00 to $270.00. On average, they expect Home Depot's share price to reach $240.38 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 19.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Home Depot.

Media stories about HD stock have been trending very negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Home Depot earned a media sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the home improvement retailer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutHome Depot.

Home Depot saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 9,863,600 shares, an increase of 15.5% from the February 27th total of 8,540,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 5,070,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.9 days. Currently, 0.9% of the company's shares are sold short. 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 a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Hexavest Inc. (0.03%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp (0.01%), Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.01%), IFM Investors Pty Ltd (0.01%) and Gillespie Robinson & Grimm Inc. (0.01%). 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, 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 Hexavest Inc., CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp, First National Bank of Mount Dora Trust Investment Services, Private Trust Co. NA, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Abner Herrman & Brock LLC, Pensionfund DSM Netherlands, and Centre Asset Management LLC. 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, Matt Carey, Teresa Wynn Roseborough, Timothy A Hourigan, 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 Gillespie Robinson & Grimm Inc., Gateway Advisory LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, IBM Retirement Fund, First American Bank, Xcel Wealth Management LLC, Modus Advisors LLC, and Gradient Investments LLC. Company insiders that have bought Home Depot stock in the last two years include Manuel Kadre, Mark C Vadon, Stephanie Linnartz, and Wayne M Hewett. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $201.53.

Home Depot has a market capitalization of $216.47 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. 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]