Home Depot (HD) Stock Forecast, Price & News

26 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Home Depot in the last year. There are currently 12 hold ratings and 14 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" HD shares.
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26 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Home Depot's shares. Their HD share price forecasts range from $280.00 to $400.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $323.96 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 8.9% from the stock's current price.
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Home Depot's stock was trading at $315.86 at the beginning of the year. Since then, HD shares have decreased by 5.9% and is now trading at $297.37.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 15th 2023.
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The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD) released its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 16th. The home improvement retailer reported $3.82 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $3.80 by $0.02. The home improvement retailer earned $37.26 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $38.35 billion. Home Depot had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 1,936.63% and a net margin of 10.75%. The company's revenue was down 4.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $4.09 earnings per share.
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Home Depot declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 18th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 1st will be given a dividend of $2.09 per share on Thursday, June 15th. This represents a $8.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.81%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 31st.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Home Depot (NYSE:HD) stock in their portfolio include iShares U.S. Consumer Focused ETF (IEDI), Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLY), VanEck Retail ETF (RTH), Daily Consumer Discretionary Bull 3X (WANT), Fidelity MSCI Consumer Discretionary Index ETF (FDIS), Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (VCR), ProShares Ultra Consumer Discretionary (UCC) and Global X Dow 30 Covered Call ETF (DJIA).

Home Depot (NYSE:HD) pays an annual dividend of $8.36 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.78%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 14 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 50.94%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, HD will have a dividend payout ratio of 52.05% 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 has approved a stock buyback plan on Thursday, August 18th 2022, which authorizes the company to repurchase $15,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 4.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Home Depot updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Friday, May, 26th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $14.52-$15.52 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $15.74. The company issued revenue guidance of $149.53 billion-$154.25 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $156.34 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.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Home Depot investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Walt Disney (DIS), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), AT&T (T), Visa (V), Intel (INTC), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Alibaba Group (BABA), Cisco Systems (CSCO) and Verizon Communications (VZ).

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 investors include BlackRock Inc. (7.62%), State Street Corp (4.50%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.89%), Wellington Management Group LLP (1.55%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.30%) and FMR LLC (1.09%). 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 $297.37.

Home Depot (NYSE:HD) has a market capitalization of $298.97 billion and generates $157.40 billion in revenue each year. The home improvement retailer earns $17.11 billion in net income (profit) each year or $16.41 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 518,100 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.