Home Depot (HD) Competitors $394.88 -0.13 (-0.03%) Closing price 10/3/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$396.17 +1.29 (+0.33%) As of 10/3/2025 07:58 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 superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, risk, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation. Do analysts prefer AMZN or HD? Amazon.com presently has a consensus price target of $266.26, indicating a potential upside of 21.30%. Home Depot has a consensus price target of $436.40, indicating a potential upside of 10.52%. Given Amazon.com's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly 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) 47 Buy rating(s) 3 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.04Home Depot 0 Sell rating(s) 6 Hold rating(s) 20 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.81 Which has more risk & volatility, AMZN or HD? Amazon.com has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Home Depot has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500. Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in AMZN or HD? 72.2% of Amazon.com shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.9% of Home Depot shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.7% of Amazon.com shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Home Depot shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Is AMZN or HD more profitable? Amazon.com has a net margin of 10.54% compared to Home Depot's net margin of 8.86%. Home Depot's return on equity of 193.99% beat Amazon.com's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Amazon.com10.54% 23.84% 11.14% Home Depot 8.86%193.99%15.34% Does the media favor AMZN or HD? In the previous week, Amazon.com had 181 more articles in the media than Home Depot. MarketBeat recorded 273 mentions for Amazon.com and 92 mentions for Home Depot. Home Depot's average media sentiment score of 1.66 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 164 Very Positive mention(s) 45 Positive mention(s) 34 Neutral mention(s) 20 Negative mention(s) 5 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Home Depot 87 Very Positive mention(s) 3 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Which has preferable earnings & 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$637.96B3.67$59.25B$6.5633.46Home Depot$159.51B2.46$14.81B$14.7226.83 SummaryAmazon.com beats Home Depot on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks. 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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$393.19B$47.67B$27.40B$21.66BDividend Yield2.33%3.52%172.48%3.56%P/E Ratio26.8320.1820.2529.80Price / Sales2.461.198.7694.42Price / Cash20.7712.8564.9024.75Price / Book36.877.375.004.60Net Income$14.81B$2.36B$909.94M$999.94M7 Day Performance-3.73%-1.98%1.11%2.00%1 Month Performance-4.21%1.94%3.07%3.87%1 Year Performance-3.30%-8.14%15.38%13.11% Home Depot Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)HDHome Depot4.688 of 5 stars$394.880.0%$436.40+10.5%-4.1%$393.19B$159.51B26.83520,700Positive NewsAMZNAmazon.com4.8293 of 5 stars$221.57+0.8%$264.13+19.2%+20.6%$2.37T$637.96B33.811,556,000Trending NewsAnalyst ForecastInsider TradeCOSTCostco Wholesale4.825 of 5 stars$906.15-1.1%$1,072.00+18.3%+4.5%$401.89B$275.24B49.77333,000Trending NewsAnalyst ForecastInsider TradeAnalyst RevisionSBUXStarbucks4.7993 of 5 stars$84.91+1.8%$104.00+22.5%-9.6%$96.53B$36.18B36.61361,000Trending NewsAnalyst UpgradeTSLATesla4.3538 of 5 stars$441.94+0.4%$332.33-24.8%+78.6%$1.47T$97.69B255.53125,665Trending NewsAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionBLDRBuilders FirstSource4.2395 of 5 stars$118.25+0.0%$151.88+28.4%-34.3%$13.09B$16.40B17.9729,000Trending NewsAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionDISWalt Disney4.8415 of 5 stars$114.35+0.8%$131.18+14.7%+20.1%$205.58B$91.36B17.92233,000Trending NewsAnalyst DowngradeAnalyst RevisionLOWLowe's Companies4.7793 of 5 stars$252.32-1.9%$285.50+13.2%-8.9%$141.39B$83.67B20.72270,000Positive NewsDividend IncreaseAnalyst UpgradeNKENIKE4.7244 of 5 stars$69.11-0.3%$79.62+15.2%-12.3%$102.03B$46.31B31.9877,800Trending NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastOptions VolumeAnalyst RevisionTGTTarget4.8886 of 5 stars$87.68-0.2%$110.48+26.0%-40.5%$39.87B$106.57B10.23440,000Analyst ForecastOptions VolumeWMTWalmart4.5944 of 5 stars$102.12-1.0%$112.38+10.0%+27.0%$814.62B$680.99B38.412,100,000Trending NewsInsider Trade 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 10/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersIs NVDA in a bubble? 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