Home Depot - HD Stock Forecast, Price & News

24 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Home Depot in the last twelve months. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 18 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" HD shares.
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24 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Home Depot's stock. Their HD share price forecasts range from $280.00 to $470.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $346.29 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.1% from the stock's current price.
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Home Depot's stock was trading at $415.01 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, HD stock has decreased by 21.4% and is now trading at $326.38.
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Home Depot saw a drop in short interest in the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totaling 7,880,000 shares, a drop of 9.3% from the September 30th total of 8,690,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,490,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.3 days. Currently, 0.8% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 28th 2023.
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The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November, 15th. The home improvement retailer reported $4.24 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $4.11 by $0.13. The home improvement retailer had revenue of $38.87 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $37.96 billion. Home Depot had a net margin of 10.87% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 3,656.69%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 5.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $3.92 earnings per share.
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Home Depot declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 17th. Investors of record on Thursday, December 1st will be given a dividend of $1.90 per share on Thursday, December 15th. This represents a $7.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.33%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, November 30th.
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Home Depot (NYSE:HD) pays an annual dividend of $7.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.36%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 12 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 45.81%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, HD will have a dividend payout ratio of 44.47% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Home Depot declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase program on Thursday, August 18th 2022, which permits the company to repurchase $15,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 4.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are often an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Home Depot issued an update on its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Tuesday, September, 20th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $155.69 billion-$155.69 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $156.23 billion.

7,985 employees have rated Home Depot Chief Executive Officer Craig Menear on Glassdoor.com. Craig Menear has an approval rating of 84% among the company's employees.

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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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.23%), BlackRock Inc. (6.98%), State Street Corp (4.27%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.98%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (0.95%) and Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.80%). Insiders that own company stock include Ann Marie Campbell, Becker Caryn Seidman, Craig A Menear, Edward P Decker, Fahim Siddiqui, Hector A Padilla, Karen A Foster, Matt Carey, Paula Santilli, Richard V Mcphail, Teresa Wynn Roseborough and William G Lennie.
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One share of HD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $326.38.

Home Depot (NYSE:HD) has a market capitalization of $334.12 billion and generates $151.16 billion in revenue each year. The home improvement retailer earns $16.43 billion in net income (profit) each year or $16.59 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 490,600 workers across the globe.

Home Depot's mailing address is 2455 PACES FERRY ROAD, ATLANTA GA, 30339. The official website for the company is www.homedepot.com. The home improvement retailer can be reached via phone at (770) 433-8211, via email at investor_relations@homedepot.com, or via fax at 770-431-2707.