NYSE:HD - Home Depot Stock Price, Forecast & News

Home Depot's stock was trading at $212.89 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, HD stock has decreased by 16.1% and is now trading at $178.63. View which stocks have been mosted 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) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February, 25th. The home improvement retailer reported $2.28 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.11 by $0.17. The home improvement retailer had revenue of $25.78 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $25.78 billion. Home Depot had a negative return on equity of 599.49% and a net margin of 10.20%. The company's revenue was down 2.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $2.25 EPS. View Home Depot's earnings history.

Home Depot announced 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.36%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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 has authorized a share buyback program on Tuesday, February 26th 2019, which permits the company to buyback $15,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 6.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is 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 earnings per share 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Home Depot's shares. Their forecasts range from $195.00 to $270.00. On average, they expect Home Depot's stock price to reach $241.63 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 35.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Home Depot.

News headlines about HD stock have been trending somewhat positive on Wednesday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Home Depot earned a news impact score of 0.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the home improvement retailer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact 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 daily trading volume, of 5,070,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.9 days. Currently, 0.9% of the shares of the 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 Park National Corp OH (0.01%), Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc. (0.01%), Bath Savings Trust Co (0.00%), Cullinan Associates Inc. (0.00%), Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC (0.00%) and First Financial Bank Trust Division (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, 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 Park National Corp OH, First Financial Bank Trust Division, Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc., Cullinan Associates Inc., and Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bath Savings Trust Co. 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 $178.63.

Home Depot has a market capitalization of $191.98 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]