NASDAQ · HD
Consumer Cyclical · Home Improvement
$293.20
Up+$1.02 (+0.35%)
Updated Sep 26, 2026, 4:00 AM
SID Score
6.6/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
48/100
Neutral
Price performance
1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
HD closed at $293.20 after 20 trading sessions, down 11.20% for the selected period.
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2026 | $292.69 | $297.14 | $291.40 | $293.20 | 5.97M |
| Sep 24, 2026 | $296.00 | $299.095 | $291.07 | $292.18 | 7.06M |
| Sep 23, 2026 | $303.43 | $304.1299 | $296.67 | $296.72 | 4.69M |
| Sep 22, 2026 | $302.085 | $306.31 | $300.1801 | $305.35 | 5.46M |
| Sep 21, 2026 | $301.00 | $301.7407 | $295.39 | $297.20 | 5.43M |
| Sep 18, 2026 | $298.68 | $302.245 | $298.25 | $299.98 | 8.2M |
| Sep 17, 2026 | $307.01 | $310.40 | $302.50 | $302.51 | 4.16M |
| Sep 16, 2026 | $307.49 | $308.80 | $302.47 | $302.47 | 3.72M |
| Sep 15, 2026 | $310.60 | $311.13 | $304.32 | $305.48 | 4.5M |
| Sep 14, 2026 | $307.17 | $312.6699 | $306.50 | $310.87 | 4.18M |
| Sep 11, 2026 | $309.09 | $311.21 | $307.90 | $308.74 | 3.49M |
| Sep 10, 2026 | $308.13 | $308.28 | $304.30 | $305.69 | 4.49M |
| Sep 9, 2026 | $310.47 | $313.385 | $309.84 | $310.45 | 3.61M |
| Sep 8, 2026 | $320.73 | $321.50 | $313.24 | $313.70 | 5.66M |
| Sep 4, 2026 | $316.70 | $321.80 | $316.10 | $321.05 | 2.26M |
| Sep 3, 2026 | $318.21 | $320.44 | $315.21 | $318.07 | 3.38M |
| Sep 2, 2026 | $321.50 | $322.17 | $317.71 | $318.51 | 3.51M |
| Sep 1, 2026 | $326.01 | $326.83 | $318.80 | $319.77 | 3.29M |
| Aug 31, 2026 | $328.24 | $329.25 | $325.75 | $327.83 | 3.86M |
| Aug 28, 2026 | $330.50 | $331.61 | $327.50 | $330.19 | 3.14M |
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Company profile and research snapshot.
Home Depot is the world's largest home improvement specialty retailer, operating 2,356 warehouse-format stores offering more than 30,000 products in store and 1 million products online in the US, Canada, and Mexico. Its stores offer building materials, home improvement products, lawn and garden products, and decor products and provide various services, including home improvement installation services and tool and equipment rentals. The acquisition of Interline Brands in 2015 allowed Home Depot to enter the MRO business, which has been expanded through the tie-up with HD Supply (2020). The 2024 tie-up with SRS will help grow professional demand in roofing, pool, and landscaping projects, while the 2025 acquisition of GMS will lift building product sales.
Visit company websiteConsensus and target data currently published for this company.
| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2026 | Bernstein | Market Perform | — |
| Aug 19, 2026 | Truist Securities | Buy | — |
| Aug 19, 2026 | UBS | Buy | — |
| Aug 19, 2026 | DA Davidson | Buy | — |
| Aug 19, 2026 | Mizuho | Outperform | — |
Generated Sep 25, 2026, 9:21 PM
Home Depot gained a modest 0.35% today, though the stock remains under pressure having fallen 11.4% over the past month as investors grapple with conflicting narratives around the company's business. The key tension centers on whether HD's Professional segment expansion can offset weakness from a frozen housing market and consumer spending constraints.
Bottom line: Home Depot faces a genuine dilemma: while the Professional segment expansion and attractive valuation offer bullish catalysts, the frozen housing market and consumer spending constraints create meaningful near-term headwinds. Investors should monitor whether the Pro business can deliver growth sufficient to offset DIY segment weakness, as this will determine whether the recent 11.4% pullback represents a buying opportunity or a prelude to further pressure.
Yahoo · Sep 25, 2026
Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi sounds the alarm that higher 10-year Treasury yields are pushing mortgage rates to their highest level in two years and could start to affect stocks in the home improvement sector.
Yahoo · Sep 25, 2026
Home Depot and Floor & Decor lean on distinct fundamentals, from Pro exposure and digital growth to store expansion and category specialization.
SeekingAlpha · Sep 25, 2026
Home Depot (HD) looks moderately undervalued with a 3.19% yield; Pro, delivery speed, and AI support ~10% annual returns.
SeekingAlpha · Sep 25, 2026
Home Depot faces worsening macroeconomic headwinds, including persistently low consumer sentiment and declining existing home sales. Read more on HD stock here.
Interpretive context generated from the platform’s current data sources.
The Home Depot shares traded at $292.18, reflecting a daily gain of 0.67% but sustained underperformance across longer timeframes, per SID market data. The stock has declined 12.06% over the past month, 13.46% over three months, and 15.87% over the trailing twelve months. HD currently trades well below both its 50-day moving average of $329.30 and its 200-day moving average of $343.85, representing discounts of approximately 11.3% and 15.0% respectively, according to Massive/Polygon technical data. The 14-day relative strength index sits at 30.0, placing the stock at the threshold of oversold territory. Average daily trading volume stands at approximately 4.25 million shares. The company carries a beta of 1.051, indicating marginally higher volatility than the broader market. Home Depot's market capitalization currently stands at approximately $355.8 billion, maintaining its position as the largest home improvement retailer by market value.
The Home Depot trades at a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.32, positioning the consumer cyclical retailer at a premium relative to the broader market, per SID market data. The company's price-to-book ratio stands at 29.27, reflecting the capital-light return profile and significant share repurchase activity that has compressed book value over time, according to SEC filings. The PEG ratio registers at a deeply negative -71.74, driven by minimal or negative earnings growth expectations relative to the current valuation multiple. Home Depot offers a dividend yield of approximately 2.57%, providing income-oriented investors with a yield above the S&P 500 average. As a consumer cyclical company, the valuation remains sensitive to macroeconomic conditions, housing market activity, and consumer spending trends. The combination of a declining share price and a still-elevated P/E ratio suggests earnings compression may be factoring into current market pricing.
The Home Depot's composite smart money score stands at 48 out of 100, signaling a neutral overall positioning among sophisticated market participants, per SID market data. Institutional activity scores a perfect 25 out of 25, indicating robust engagement from large fund managers, according to 13F institutional filings. Congressional trading activity scores 14.0 out of 25, reflecting moderate interest from elected officials with disclosed positions. In contrast, insider sentiment registers at 0.0 out of 25, the lowest possible reading. SEC Form 4 filings reveal nine insider transactions over the past 90 days, all of which were sales with zero insider purchases recorded during the period. This unanimous selling pattern among corporate insiders warrants attention, as it suggests executives and directors have been reducing personal exposure to HD shares. Dark pool activity scores 9.4 out of 25, indicating below-average institutional block trading relative to the stock's overall volume. The divergence between strong institutional ownership and persistent insider selling represents a notable dynamic in HD's current smart money profile.
The Home Depot has delivered mixed earnings results across recent quarters, according to company earnings reports. In the most recent quarter reported on August 18, 2026, the company posted earnings per share of $4.92, surpassing analyst estimates of $4.73 by $0.19, representing a 4.0% upside surprise. The prior quarter ended May 19, 2026 saw a narrow beat with $3.43 actual EPS versus $3.41 estimated. The February 2026 quarter produced the strongest surprise, with $2.72 actual EPS exceeding the $2.52 consensus by $0.20 or 7.9%. However, the December 2025 quarter marked a miss, with actual EPS of $3.74 falling short of the $3.95 estimate by $0.21, per analyst estimates. The sequential improvement in earnings surprises from the December miss through three consecutive beats suggests an improving operational trajectory despite the stock's continued price weakness over the measured period.
Wall Street analysts maintain a predominantly constructive outlook on The Home Depot, according to recent analyst reports. Following the August 2026 earnings release, three firms reiterated bullish ratings: Truist Securities, UBS, and DA Davidson each maintained Buy recommendations, while Mizuho reaffirmed its Outperform rating, per SID consensus data. The most recent action came from Bernstein on September 9, 2026, which reiterated a Market Perform rating, representing the lone neutral voice among the five most recent coverage updates. Notably, all five analyst actions were reiterations of existing ratings rather than upgrades or downgrades, suggesting the post-earnings results largely aligned with institutional expectations. The four-to-one ratio of bullish versus neutral ratings among recent coverage reflects continued confidence in Home Depot's fundamental positioning despite the stock's 15.87% decline over the trailing twelve months. No analyst among the recent coverage updates issued a Sell or Underperform rating on the shares.
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