Home Depot - HD Stock Forecast, Price & News

25 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Home Depot in the last year. There are currently 8 hold ratings and 17 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" HD shares.
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25 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Home Depot's shares. Their HD share price forecasts range from $280.00 to $394.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $341.24 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.9% from the stock's current price.
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Home Depot's stock was trading at $315.86 at the start of the year. Since then, HD stock has increased by 5.0% and is now trading at $331.50.
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Home Depot saw a decline in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 11,990,000 shares, a decline of 9.3% from the December 31st total of 13,220,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 4,020,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.0 days. Currently, 1.2% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 21st 2023.
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Home Depot will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 21st at 9:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, November, 15th. The home improvement retailer reported $4.24 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.11 by $0.13. The home improvement retailer earned $38.87 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $37.96 billion. Home Depot had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 3,656.69% and a net margin of 10.87%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 5.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $3.92 EPS.
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Home Depot announced 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 2.29%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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 2.24%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 13 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 44.65% 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 share buyback program on Thursday, August 18th 2022, which authorizes the company to repurchase $15,000,000,000.00 in outstanding 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 programs are usually an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

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 variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.81%), Cottage Street Advisors LLC (0.35%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.33%), New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.19%), C WorldWide Group Holding A S (0.13%) and Capital Wealth Planning LLC (0.12%). 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 $331.50.

Home Depot (NYSE:HD) has a market capitalization of $339.37 billion and generates $157.29 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.