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Home Depot, Inc (NYSE: HD) closed the day trading at $354.13 up 0.80% from the previous closing price of $351.31. In other words, the price has increased by $0.80 from its previous closing price. On the day, 3.7 million shares were traded. HD stock price reached its highest trading level at $355.55 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $350.975.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of HD, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 212.04 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 21.55. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.29 and its Current Ratio is at 1.11. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 9.38 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 8.45.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, HSBC Securities on February 26, 2025, Upgraded its rating to Hold and sets its target price to $410 from $356 previously.
On November 08, 2024, Telsey Advisory Group Upgraded its rating to Outperform which previously was Market Perform and also upped its target price recommendation from $360 to $455.
On October 22, 2024, Bernstein started tracking the stock assigning a Mkt Perform rating and target price of $451.Bernstein initiated its Mkt Perform rating on October 22, 2024, with a $451 target price.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Nov 22 ’24 when Bastek William D sold 2,969 shares for $416.61 per share. The transaction valued at 1,236,915 led to the insider holds 21,514 shares of the business.
Bastek William D bought 2,969 shares of HD for $1,236,910 on Nov 22 ’24. On Nov 20 ’24, another insider, Campbell Ann Marie, who serves as the Senior EVP of the company, sold 100 shares for $402.58 each. As a result, the insider received 40,258 and left with 12,465 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, HD now has a Market Capitalization of 351779651584 and an Enterprise Value of 411573846016. As of this moment, Home’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 23.73, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 21.52. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 4.30. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.21 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 60.78. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.58 whereas that against EBITDA is 16.276.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for HD is 1.11, which has changed by -0.06662977 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.09589827 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, HD has reached a high of $439.37, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $323.77. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -10.57%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -7.73%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, HD traded about 3.44M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, HD traded about 4330720 shares per day. A total of 993.36M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 992.75M. Insiders hold about 0.06% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 72.50% stake in the company. Shares short for HD as of 1740700800 were 10098170 with a Short Ratio of 2.94, compared to 1738281600 on 10719348. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 10098170 and a Short% of Float of 1.0199999.
Dividends & Splits
HD’s forward annual dividend rate is 9.05, up from 9.05 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.025760725The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.29. The current Payout Ratio is 60.36% for HD, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-03-13 with an ex-dividend date of 1741824000. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 1999-12-31 when the company split stock in a 3:2 ratio.
