The Home Depot, Inc. (HD) Stock

About The Home Depot, Inc.

The Home Depot, Inc. operates as a prominent retailer specializing in home renovation and improvement. Through its expansive network of "The Home Depot" stores, it furnishes consumers with an extensive array of goods, including building materials, home enhancement products, lawn and garden supplies, decorative items, and facilities maintenance, repair, and operational (MRO) supplies. In addition to selling products, the company extends professional installation services for key home features like flooring, cabinetry (including makeovers), countertops, furnaces and central air conditioning systems, and window replacements. Customers can also access tool and equipment rental options. Its diverse clientele includes both individual homeowners and a broad spectrum of professional clients, such as renovators, general contractors, maintenance personnel, handymen, property managers, building service contractors, and specialized tradespeople like electricians, plumbers, and painters. The firm also distributes its merchandise through several online platforms, notably homedepot.com, along with specialized sites such as blinds.com for bespoke window coverings and thecompanystore.com for home textiles and decorative goods. By the end of 2021, the corporation operated a total of 2,317 outlets across the United States. Incorporated in 1978, The Home Depot, Inc. maintains its corporate headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Home Depot, Inc. is led by CEO Edward Decker, employs 470,100 people, headquartered in Atlanta, US, publicly traded since 1981.

The Home Depot, Inc. (HD) stock trades at $355.62 with a market capitalization of $354.59B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 22.07, price-to-book of 22.33, price-to-sales of 1.86. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $315.31 and $426.75, and currently trades 16.7% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 2.85%.

On profitability, The Home Depot, Inc. generates a return on equity (ROE) of 1.28%, return on capital employed of 163.04%, an operating margin of 12.68%, a net profit margin of 8.41%.

In its most recent fiscal year, The Home Depot, Inc. reported annual revenue of $164.7B, net profit of $14.2B, revenue has compounded at 4.5% a year over the last five years, profit at 1.9% a year.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.59 — a leveraged balance sheet worth monitoring, a current ratio of 1.06, total assets of $105.1B, $1.4B in cash and equivalents.

HD has an average daily trading volume of 4,790,000 shares, a beta of 0.97.

Official website: www.homedepot.com