NYSE · HD
Consumer Cyclical · Home Improvement
$341.70
Down-$2.84 (-0.83%)
Updated Aug 14, 2026, 10:57 PM
SID Score
6.9/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
75/100
Bullish
Price performance
1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
HD closed at $341.70 after 21 trading sessions, down 1.82% for the selected period.
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2026 | $347.00 | $347.75 | $340.51 | $341.70 | 2.44M |
| Aug 12, 2026 | $352.00 | $353.8657 | $343.03 | $343.43 | 3.97M |
| Aug 11, 2026 | $352.29 | $358.36 | $350.60 | $354.48 | 2.55M |
| Aug 10, 2026 | $352.10 | $354.00 | $347.06 | $350.78 | 3.12M |
| Aug 7, 2026 | $351.51 | $356.83 | $348.741 | $355.62 | 3.58M |
| Aug 6, 2026 | $353.50 | $353.55 | $347.51 | $349.52 | 2.62M |
| Aug 5, 2026 | $350.155 | $354.55 | $348.15 | $353.14 | 3.14M |
| Aug 4, 2026 | $340.23 | $350.86 | $339.35 | $348.24 | 4.28M |
| Aug 3, 2026 | $339.80 | $343.635 | $333.72 | $340.02 | 2.96M |
| Jul 31, 2026 | $332.44 | $333.9955 | $328.795 | $331.96 | 4.96M |
| Jul 30, 2026 | $334.99 | $335.69 | $330.25 | $333.35 | 6.28M |
| Jul 29, 2026 | $340.38 | $345.27 | $336.96 | $338.27 | 4.03M |
| Jul 28, 2026 | $342.64 | $349.425 | $342.60 | $344.47 | 4.31M |
| Jul 27, 2026 | $339.39 | $341.89 | $335.35 | $336.09 | 3.62M |
| Jul 24, 2026 | $325.07 | $333.46 | $323.23 | $332.98 | 3.87M |
| Jul 23, 2026 | $325.30 | $328.23 | $323.05 | $324.71 | 4.52M |
| Jul 22, 2026 | $333.53 | $336.555 | $330.71 | $331.45 | 2.91M |
| Jul 21, 2026 | $331.30 | $333.00 | $327.00 | $331.60 | 3.11M |
| Jul 20, 2026 | $339.97 | $340.20 | $331.405 | $333.04 | 4.13M |
| Jul 17, 2026 | $348.93 | $353.98 | $338.0896 | $338.87 | 4.43M |
| Jul 16, 2026 | $341.55 | $350.81 | $340.64 | $348.02 | 3.81M |
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2026 | RBC Capital | Sector Perform | — |
| Aug 11, 2026 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | — |
| Jul 27, 2026 | DA Davidson | Buy | — |
| Jul 20, 2026 | Guggenheim | Buy | — |
| Jun 23, 2026 | Wolfe Research | Peer Perform | — |
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Yahoo · Aug 13, 2026
Looking beyond Wall Street's top-and-bottom-line estimate forecasts for Home Depot (HD), delve into some of its key metrics to gain a deeper insight into the company's potential performance for the quarter ended July 2026.
SeekingAlpha · Aug 13, 2026
Home Depot rated a sell: sluggish growth, margin pressure, housing/tariff risks, and a pricey valuation despite a rebound. See here for a review of HD stock.
Yahoo · Aug 13, 2026
Home improvement and hardware store chains have battled lower sales in the last year as a sluggish housing market and consumers' reluctance to spend on renovation projects in uncertain times affects their business. Smaller hardware chains also face fierce competition from big-box stores, like Home ...
Yahoo · Aug 13, 2026
Home Depot (NYSE:HD) announced that CEO Ted Decker is taking temporary medical leave from the company. Senior executives have been assigned interim leadership responsibilities during Decker's absence. The leadership change comes ahead of Home Depot's upcoming quarterly earnings release. Consider reviewing other large retailers and home improvement stocks alongside this development by exploring 19 top founder-led companies. NYSE:HD 1-Year Stock Price Chart Home Depot operates as a large home...
Interpretive context generated from the platform’s current data sources.
The Home Depot, Inc. shares traded at $341.70, reflecting a daily gain of 0.67% per SID market data. Over the trailing one-month period, HD has risen 1.68%, while the three-month return stands at a more robust 10.62%. However, the stock's one-year performance of just 2.04% indicates prolonged consolidation relative to broader market benchmarks. From a technical perspective, HD trades above its 50-day moving average of $336.57 but remains below its 200-day moving average of $351.18, suggesting the stock has reclaimed short-term momentum without fully recovering its longer-term trend. The 14-day RSI registers at 61.3, positioning HD in neutral-to-slightly-bullish territory without approaching overbought conditions. Average daily volume stands at approximately 4.25 million shares, according to Massive/Polygon data. The stock carries a beta of 1.051, indicating near-market-level systematic risk within the consumer cyclical sector.
The Home Depot carries a market capitalization of approximately $355.8 billion, positioning it as one of the largest companies in the consumer cyclical sector, per SID market data. The stock trades at a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.32, which reflects a premium valuation consistent with HD's dominant market position in home improvement retail. The price-to-book ratio stands at an elevated 29.27, a figure largely attributable to the company's capital structure, which features significant share repurchase activity and leverage that has reduced book equity substantially, according to SEC filings. The PEG ratio registers at a deeply negative -71.74, indicating that consensus growth expectations are near-flat or marginally negative in the near term, limiting the metric's analytical utility. The Home Depot offers a dividend yield of approximately 2.57%, providing a meaningful income component for shareholders amid the current trading environment and reflecting the company's longstanding commitment to capital returns.
The Home Depot registers a composite smart money score of 75 out of 100 with a bullish signal, per SID market data. Institutional activity scores a perfect 25 out of 25, reflecting strong conviction among large asset managers holding HD positions. Insider activity also scores highly at 22 out of 25, supported by a notably lopsided pattern of insider transactions. According to SEC Form 4 filings, there have been 20 insider trades in the last 90 days, of which 19 were purchases and only one was a sale. This overwhelming buy-to-sell ratio suggests that company insiders view current price levels as attractive. Congressional trading activity scores 15.2 out of 25, indicating moderate legislative interest in the stock. Dark pool activity registers comparatively lower at 12.8 out of 25, suggesting below-average off-exchange block trading volume relative to HD's typical institutional profile. The combination of near-perfect institutional and insider scores drives the overall bullish composite reading, according to 13F institutional filings and Form 4 data.
The Home Depot has delivered mixed recent earnings results across its last three reported quarters, according to company earnings reports. In the most recent quarter ending February 2026, HD posted earnings per share of $2.72, exceeding analyst estimates of $2.52 by $0.20, representing a positive surprise of approximately 7.9%. The prior quarter saw HD report EPS of $3.43 against a consensus estimate of $3.41, a marginal beat of $0.02. However, the quarter ending December 2025 recorded EPS of $3.74, missing the consensus estimate of $3.95 by $0.21, marking a notable shortfall. Looking ahead, the next earnings report is scheduled for August 18, 2026, with analysts currently estimating EPS of $4.73, per analyst estimates. This expected figure represents what would be the highest quarterly EPS among the four periods tracked, aligning with HD's seasonal strength during the peak spring and summer home improvement demand period.
Wall Street analyst sentiment on The Home Depot reflects a generally constructive but nuanced outlook, per SID consensus data. Among the most recent ratings, Wells Fargo reiterated its Overweight rating on August 11, 2026, while DA Davidson maintained a Buy rating on July 27, 2026. Guggenheim also reiterated its Buy rating on July 20, 2026, reinforcing the bullish camp. However, not all coverage is uniformly positive. RBC Capital maintained its Sector Perform rating on August 12, 2026, signaling a more neutral stance, according to Wall Street analyst reports. Notably, Wolfe Research downgraded HD from Outperform to Peer Perform on June 23, 2026, representing the sole negative rating action in the recent coverage window. Of the five most recent analyst actions tracked, three reflect Buy or Overweight convictions, while two indicate neutral positioning. No analyst currently carries an explicit sell-equivalent rating, suggesting the bear case for HD remains a minority view among institutional research desks.
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