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 increased by 21.1% and is now trading at $257.79. 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) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 19th. The home improvement retailer reported $2.08 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.27 by $0.19. The home improvement retailer earned $28.26 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $27.59 billion. Home Depot had a net margin of 9.79% and a negative return on equity of 496.11%. Home Depot's revenue was up 7.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $2.27 earnings per share. View Home Depot's earnings history.

Home Depot declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 19th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 4th will be paid a dividend of $1.50 per share on Thursday, June 18th. This represents a $6.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.33%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 3rd. View Home Depot's dividend history.

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

35 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Home Depot's shares. Their forecasts range from $215.00 to $280.00. On average, they expect Home Depot's stock price to reach $255.28 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.0%. View analysts' price targets for Home Depot.

Media headlines about HD stock have been trending somewhat negative on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie. 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 companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Home Depot earned a news sentiment score of -1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the home improvement retailer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Home Depot.

Home Depot saw a drop in short interest in the month of 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 days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.5 days. Approximately 0.8% of the company's stock 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 number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.11%), Factory Mutual Insurance Co. (0.03%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.01%) and Hexavest 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, 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., Factory Mutual Insurance Co., IFM Investors Pty Ltd, 6 Meridian, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, Stock Yards Bank & Trust Co., and Sabal Trust CO. 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 MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Chesley Taft & Associates LLC, American National Bank, Canandaigua National Corp, New Capital Management LP, Verity & Verity LLC, and Silverleafe Capital Partners LLC. 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 $257.79.

Home Depot has a market capitalization of $277.26 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]