NYSE:HD - Home Depot Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Home Depot declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 17th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 31st will be given a dividend of $1.03 per share on Thursday, June 14th. This represents a $4.12 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.04%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 30th. View Home Depot's Dividend History.

Home Depot announced that its board has authorized a stock repurchase plan on Wednesday, December 6th 2017, which allows the company to buyback $15,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 15th. The home improvement retailer reported $2.08 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.05 by $0.02. The home improvement retailer earned $24.95 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $25.17 billion. Home Depot had a net margin of 8.85% and a return on equity of 399.15%. Home Depot's revenue was up 4.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.67 earnings per share. View Home Depot's Earnings History.

Home Depot is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August, 14th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Home Depot.

Home Depot updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, May, 15th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of ~$9.31 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $9.43. The company issued revenue guidance of ~$107.5 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $107.73 billion.

30 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for Home Depot's shares. Their forecasts range from $164.00 to $225.00. On average, they anticipate Home Depot's stock price to reach $198.5339 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.9%. View Analyst Ratings for Home Depot.

30 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Home Depot in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 24 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

Home Depot saw a decrease in short interest in June. As of June 29th, there was short interest totalling 8,218,966 shares, a decrease of 40.8% from the June 15th total of 13,894,443 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 4,332,870 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.9 days. Approximately 0.7% of the company's shares are sold short. View Home Depot's Current Options Chain.

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News stories about HD stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, Accern reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Home Depot earned a media sentiment score of 0.13 on Accern's scale. They also gave media coverage about the home improvement retailer an impact score of 46.08 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.

Home Depot's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.38%), Fred Alger Management Inc. (0.26%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.19%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.08%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.06%) and Calamos Advisors LLC (0.06%). 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, Jeffery H Boyd, Mark C Vadon, Mark Holifield, Matt Carey, Stephanie Linnartz, Teresa Wynn Roseborough, Timothy M Crow, 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 Bank of Montreal Can, Hartford Investment Management Co., Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Sit Investment Associates Inc., Mckinley Capital Management LLC Delaware, Factory Mutual Insurance Co. and Oakbrook Investments LLC. Company insiders that have sold Home Depot company stock in the last year include Ann Marie Campbell, Craig A Menear, Edward P Decker, Mark Holifield, Matt Carey and Teresa Wynn Roseborough. View Insider Buying and Selling for Home Depot.

HD stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC, Fred Alger Management Inc., Fisher Asset Management LLC, Calamos Advisors LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Davis R M Inc., GWM Advisors LLC and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have bought Home Depot stock in the last two years include Armando M Codina, Gregory D Brenneman, Jeffery H Boyd, 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of HD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $202.45.

Home Depot has a market capitalization of $233.53 billion and generates $100.90 billion in revenue each year. The home improvement retailer earns $8.63 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.46 on an earnings per share basis. Home Depot employs 413,000 workers across the globe.

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]