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NYSE · HD
The Home Depot, Inc.
Consumer Cyclical · Home Improvement
$309.63
Up+$1.39 (+0.45%)
Updated Oct 19, 2026, 5:15 AM
SID Score
7.1/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
45/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 355.8B
- P/E ratio
- 24.32
- Dividend yield
- 2.97%
- 52-week range
- $277.15 – $397.63
- Volume
- 7.04M
- Avg. volume
- 4.25M
Price performance · HD
HD price history
1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
Prices through Oct 16, 2026
HD closed at $309.63 after 20 trading sessions, up 4.18% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $309.63
- Period change
- +4.18%
- Period low
- $281.15
- Period high
- $309.63
Daily close
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| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 2026 | $309.66 | $314.66 | $308.32 | $309.63 | 7.04M |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $305.51 | $309.10 | $301.42 | $308.24 | 6.67M |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $292.50 | $295.61 | $289.57 | $295.51 | 4.66M |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $295.00 | $296.60 | $291.01 | $293.92 | 4.52M |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $289.50 | $292.5999 | $288.51 | $290.62 | 4.63M |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $294.99 | $295.23 | $290.3283 | $290.74 | 5.3M |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $284.53 | $295.74 | $282.84 | $295.47 | 8.91M |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $285.00 | $285.98 | $283.605 | $285.77 | 5.46M |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $283.23 | $287.14 | $282.1345 | $286.69 | 4.5M |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $283.54 | $283.54 | $279.76 | $281.15 | 4.27M |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $286.56 | $287.70 | $280.89 | $282.85 | 4.79M |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $283.11 | $283.85 | $277.15 | $282.46 | 7.78M |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $290.40 | $290.54 | $284.01 | $284.49 | 5.78M |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $290.91 | $291.83 | $287.34 | $288.04 | 6.01M |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $290.27 | $293.905 | $289.31 | $289.89 | 5.42M |
| 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 |
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Company profile
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.
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Consensus and target data currently published for this company.
- Consensus
- Buy
- Average target
- $405.07
- Implied upside
- —
- Analysts
- 24
| 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 | — |
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The Home Depot Stock Performance
The Home Depot, Inc. shares traded at $309.63, reflecting a daily gain of 0.67% per SID market data. Over the trailing one-month period, the stock posted a modest increase of 2.35%, but longer time horizons reveal sustained weakness, with a three-month decline of 7.03% and a twelve-month loss of 10.89%. The stock currently trades below both key moving averages, sitting 1.13% under its 50-day moving average of $313.18 and 7.95% below its 200-day moving average of $336.36, according to Massive/Polygon technical data. The 14-day relative strength index registers at 69.9, approaching overbought territory but not yet breaching the conventional 70 threshold. The company carries a beta of 1.051, indicating slightly above-market volatility. Average daily trading volume stands at approximately 4.25 million shares, supporting a market capitalization of roughly $355.8 billion.
The Home Depot Valuation Analysis
The Home Depot currently trades at a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.32, per SID market data, reflecting a premium valuation within the Consumer Cyclical sector. The company's price-to-book ratio stands at an elevated 29.27, a figure consistent with Home Depot's capital structure, which has historically carried negative or minimal book equity due to aggressive share repurchases and debt-financed growth. The PEG ratio registers at a deeply negative -71.74, according to SID market data, indicating that forward earnings growth estimates used in the calculation are negligible or slightly negative, raising questions about near-term growth trajectory. Home Depot offers shareholders a dividend yield of 2.57%, according to SEC filings, providing income support amid the stock's recent price weakness. The combination of a sub-25 P/E ratio with a significantly negative PEG ratio suggests the market is pricing in limited earnings expansion relative to the current valuation multiple for the home improvement retailer.
Smart Money Activity for HD
The Home Depot registers a composite smart money score of 45 out of 100, signaling a neutral overall stance from institutional and insider participants, per SID market data. The institutional component scores a perfect 25 out of 25, reflecting strong and sustained interest from large fund managers in maintaining significant HD positions. In contrast, insider activity scores 0 out of 25, driven entirely by selling pressure — SEC Form 4 filings reveal nine insider transactions over the past 90 days, all of which were sales with zero purchases recorded during the period. Dark pool activity scores a modest 8.9 out of 25, suggesting below-average accumulation through off-exchange venues. Congressional trading activity registers at 11.3 out of 25, per 13F institutional filings, indicating moderate legislative interest. The stark divergence between institutional conviction and insider selling creates a mixed signal, with corporate insiders consistently reducing their personal exposure to HD shares while institutional holders remain firmly committed to their positions.
The Home Depot Earnings Outlook
The Home Depot has delivered positive earnings surprises across all three most recently reported quarters, per company earnings reports. The February 2026 quarter produced the strongest upside, with actual earnings per share of $2.72 exceeding analyst estimates of $2.52 by $0.20, representing a 7.9% beat. The May 2026 quarter yielded a narrower surprise of $0.02, as actual EPS of $3.43 edged past the $3.41 consensus. The August 2026 quarter saw EPS of $4.92 surpass the $4.73 estimate by $0.19, according to analyst estimates. The next earnings report is scheduled for November 17, 2026, with the current consensus estimate set at $3.86 per share. The sequential pattern of consistent beats — ranging from marginal to meaningful — demonstrates management's ability to deliver results above expectations, though the magnitude of surprises has varied significantly across quarters, with the February period showing the most pronounced outperformance.
Wall Street Analyst Ratings for HD
Wall Street consensus on The Home Depot skews bullish, with four of the five most recent analyst actions carrying positive ratings, per SID consensus data. Following the August 2026 earnings report, Truist Securities, UBS, and DA Davidson each reiterated Buy ratings, while Mizuho maintained its Outperform designation, according to Wall Street analyst reports. The sole neutral voice came from Bernstein, which reiterated a Market Perform rating on September 9, 2026. Notably, none of the five most recent actions represented a change in rating direction — all were reiterations of existing positions, suggesting analyst conviction has remained stable despite the stock's 10.89% year-over-year decline. The clustering of four reiterations on August 19, directly following earnings, indicates the quarterly results reinforced existing bullish theses rather than prompting upgrades or downgrades. The absence of any Sell or Underperform ratings among recent coverage updates reflects broad institutional confidence in Home Depot's fundamental positioning within the home improvement retail sector.
