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 (WHO). Since then, HD stock has increased by 20.2% and is now trading at $255.86. 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) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 19th. The home improvement retailer reported $2.08 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates 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%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 7.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $2.27 earnings per share. View Home Depot's earnings history.

Home Depot announced 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.35%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, June 3rd. View Home Depot's dividend history.

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

35 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Home Depot's shares. Their forecasts range from $215.00 to $280.00. On average, they anticipate Home Depot's stock price to reach $255.28 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.2%. View analysts' price targets for Home Depot.

Press coverage about HD stock has been trending extremely negative on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Home Depot earned a daily sentiment score of -4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the home improvement retailer a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is unlikely to have an effect on the company'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 short-interest ratio is presently 1.5 days. Approximately 0.8% of the company's shares 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 shareholders include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.11%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.04%), Factory Mutual Insurance Co. (0.03%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%) and TIAA FSB (0.02%). 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., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, 6 Meridian, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, and Stock Yards Bank & 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., Hamlin Capital Management LLC, Chesley Taft & Associates LLC, American National Bank, Canandaigua National Corp, New Capital Management LP, and Verity & Verity 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 $255.86.

Home Depot has a market capitalization of $275.18 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]