Home Depot (HD) Competitors $373.55 +6.04 (+1.64%) Closing price 08/1/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$373.47 -0.08 (-0.02%) As of 08/1/2025 07:59 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock HD vs. AMZN, COST, SBUX, TSLA, BLDR, DIS, LOW, NKE, TGT, and WMTShould you be buying Home Depot stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Home Depot include Amazon.com (AMZN), Costco Wholesale (COST), Starbucks (SBUX), Tesla (TSLA), Builders FirstSource (BLDR), Walt Disney (DIS), Lowe's Companies (LOW), NIKE (NKE), Target (TGT), and Walmart (WMT). Home Depot vs. Its Competitors Amazon.com Costco Wholesale Starbucks Tesla Builders FirstSource Walt Disney Lowe's Companies NIKE Target Walmart Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Home Depot (NYSE:HD) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk and institutional ownership. Which has more risk and volatility, AMZN or HD? Amazon.com has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Home Depot has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500. Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of AMZN or HD? 72.2% of Amazon.com shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.9% of Home Depot shares are held by institutional investors. 9.7% of Amazon.com shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Home Depot shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Do analysts prefer AMZN or HD? Amazon.com presently has a consensus target price of $262.45, suggesting a potential upside of 22.21%. Home Depot has a consensus target price of $426.77, suggesting a potential upside of 14.25%. Given Amazon.com's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Amazon.com is more favorable than Home Depot.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Amazon.com 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 46 Buy rating(s) 2 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.02Home Depot 0 Sell rating(s) 7 Hold rating(s) 20 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.79 Is AMZN or HD more profitable? Amazon.com has a net margin of 10.54% compared to Home Depot's net margin of 8.98%. Home Depot's return on equity of 242.51% beat Amazon.com's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Amazon.com10.54% 24.90% 11.44% Home Depot 8.98%242.51%15.45% Which has preferable earnings and valuation, AMZN or HD? Amazon.com has higher revenue and earnings than Home Depot. Home Depot is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amazon.com, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioAmazon.com$637.96B3.57$59.25B$6.1434.98Home Depot$162.95B2.28$14.81B$14.7425.34 Does the media refer more to AMZN or HD? In the previous week, Amazon.com had 297 more articles in the media than Home Depot. MarketBeat recorded 386 mentions for Amazon.com and 89 mentions for Home Depot. Home Depot's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Amazon.com's score of 0.92 indicating that Home Depot is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Amazon.com 204 Very Positive mention(s) 76 Positive mention(s) 47 Neutral mention(s) 23 Negative mention(s) 5 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Home Depot 81 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 5 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive SummaryAmazon.com beats Home Depot on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Home Depot News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for HD and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding HD and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart HD vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricHome DepotRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$371.76B$44.90B$26.02B$20.46BDividend Yield2.50%3.60%175.73%3.71%P/E Ratio25.3419.7628.1029.02Price / Sales2.281.168.3556.90Price / Cash19.6412.3353.1522.46Price / Book55.929.705.434.43Net Income$14.81B$2.36B$880.44M$993.74M7 Day Performance-0.43%-2.95%-5.24%-3.40%1 Month Performance0.59%0.77%-3.07%-2.70%1 Year Performance5.10%-13.07%18.04%10.16% Home Depot Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)HDHome Depot4.9299 of 5 stars$373.55+1.6%$426.77+14.2%+5.1%$371.76B$162.95B25.34520,700News CoveragePositive NewsAMZNAmazon.com4.7578 of 5 stars$232.84+0.6%$254.71+9.4%+27.9%$2.47T$637.96B37.931,556,000Trending NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastOptions VolumeAnalyst RevisionGap DownCOSTCostco Wholesale4.5076 of 5 stars$932.93-0.3%$1,037.48+11.2%+15.9%$414.64B$254.45B53.03333,000Trending NewsSBUXStarbucks4.4423 of 5 stars$94.20-0.2%$98.58+4.6%+14.5%$107.32B$36.18B34.22361,000Trending NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionTSLATesla4.2374 of 5 stars$327.47+3.6%$302.75-7.5%+45.7%$1.05T$97.69B189.27125,665Trending NewsAnalyst ForecastShort Interest ↑BLDRBuilders FirstSource4.2026 of 5 stars$136.63+0.1%$159.42+16.7%-14.5%$15.16B$16.40B17.5929,000Trending NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst DowngradeDISWalt Disney4.7912 of 5 stars$120.67-0.7%$128.13+6.2%+30.2%$216.86B$91.36B24.67233,000Trending NewsUpcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastLOWLowe's Companies4.7868 of 5 stars$229.49+1.2%$271.12+18.1%-5.9%$128.81B$83.67B19.04270,000News CoveragePositive NewsAnalyst ForecastNKENIKE4.4784 of 5 stars$79.23+3.9%$78.22-1.3%+0.8%$117.05B$46.31B36.6977,800Trending NewsTGTTarget4.8516 of 5 stars$106.06+0.0%$115.65+9.0%-28.3%$48.30B$106.57B11.68440,000Analyst ForecastWMTWalmart4.5079 of 5 stars$97.32-0.2%$106.67+9.6%+43.7%$777.50B$680.99B41.642,100,000Trending NewsShort Interest ↑ Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Amazon.com Alternatives Costco Wholesale Alternatives Starbucks Alternatives Tesla Alternatives Builders FirstSource Alternatives Walt Disney Alternatives Lowe's Companies Alternatives NIKE Alternatives Target Alternatives Walmart Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:HD) was last updated on 8/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMan Who Called Nvidia at $1.10 Says Buy This Now...In 2004, one man called Nvidia before just about anyone knew it existed. 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