Home Depot (HD) Competitors $370.15 -3.15 (-0.84%) Closing price 07/11/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$369.64 -0.50 (-0.14%) As of 07/11/2025 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 Home Depot (NYSE:HD) and Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk. Is HD or AMZN more profitable? Amazon.com has a net margin of 10.14% 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 Home Depot8.98% 242.51% 15.45% Amazon.com 10.14%24.14%10.90% Do analysts prefer HD or AMZN? Home Depot presently has a consensus price target of $426.77, suggesting a potential upside of 15.30%. Amazon.com has a consensus price target of $249.42, suggesting a potential upside of 10.84%. Given Home Depot's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Home Depot is more favorable than Amazon.com.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Home Depot 0 Sell rating(s) 7 Hold rating(s) 21 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.79Amazon.com 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 45 Buy rating(s) 2 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Does the media favor HD or AMZN? In the previous week, Amazon.com had 243 more articles in the media than Home Depot. MarketBeat recorded 323 mentions for Amazon.com and 80 mentions for Home Depot. Home Depot's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Amazon.com's score of 0.85 indicating that Home Depot is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Home Depot 72 Very Positive mention(s) 5 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Amazon.com 163 Very Positive mention(s) 72 Positive mention(s) 51 Neutral mention(s) 20 Negative mention(s) 2 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in HD or AMZN? 70.9% of Home Depot shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.2% of Amazon.com shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Home Depot shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.8% of Amazon.com shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Which has more volatility and risk, HD or AMZN? Home Depot has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Amazon.com has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Which has preferable valuation and earnings, HD or AMZN? 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 RatioHome Depot$159.51B2.31$14.81B$14.7425.11Amazon.com$637.96B3.74$59.25B$6.1436.65 SummaryAmazon.com beats Home Depot on 12 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$368.27B$44.40B$26.14B$20.57BDividend Yield2.49%3.44%175.55%3.71%P/E Ratio25.1119.8029.8927.81Price / Sales2.314.252.9442.30Price / Cash19.4612.3717.0617.96Price / Book55.419.595.734.57Net Income$14.81B$2.36B$869.28M$987.45M7 Day Performance0.72%0.29%1.56%1.12%1 Month Performance4.53%9.07%15.45%5.46%1 Year Performance2.89%-12.35%21.23%10.29% Home Depot Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)HDHome Depot4.8665 of 5 stars$370.15-0.8%$426.77+15.3%+2.9%$368.27B$159.51B25.11520,700Positive NewsAMZNAmazon.com4.6128 of 5 stars$223.15-0.1%$245.60+10.1%+15.7%$2.37T$650.31B36.321,556,000Trending NewsAnalyst ForecastCOSTCostco Wholesale4.2601 of 5 stars$992.50+0.6%$1,034.79+4.3%+15.1%$439.00B$254.45B56.15333,000Trending NewsAnalyst RevisionSBUXStarbucks4.4055 of 5 stars$93.66-0.8%$98.23+4.9%+26.9%$106.27B$36.35B33.88361,000Trending NewsAnalyst ForecastTSLATesla4.722 of 5 stars$291.79-7.5%$301.60+3.4%+26.3%$941.64B$95.72B160.63125,665Trending NewsAnalyst ForecastBLDRBuilders FirstSource4.6301 of 5 stars$124.75-1.9%$163.11+30.7%-12.7%$13.75B$16.40B15.9629,000DISWalt Disney4.651 of 5 stars$123.12-0.7%$125.83+2.2%+23.4%$221.27B$91.36B25.17233,000Trending NewsAnalyst UpgradeLOWLowe's Companies4.954 of 5 stars$224.50-1.7%$271.12+20.8%-4.3%$125.67B$83.67B18.58270,000Positive NewsNKENIKE4.4778 of 5 stars$76.39+0.0%$77.19+1.0%-1.0%$112.76B$46.31B35.2979,400Trending NewsAnalyst RevisionTGTTarget4.841 of 5 stars$101.67-2.3%$116.70+14.8%-31.8%$46.13B$105.88B11.16440,000WMTWalmart4.8923 of 5 stars$99.09+0.7%$106.67+7.6%+36.3%$789.53B$680.99B42.282,100,000Trending News 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 7/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersINVESTOR ALERT: Tiny “$3 AI Wonder Stock” on the Verge of Blasting OffRight now, we’re witnessing a monumental shift in the world.Traders Agency | SponsoredElon’s NEXT Big IPO?Cancel your internet TODAY!? 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