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What Should You know About Home Depot (HD) Before Investing?

Home Depot moved -2.52% this aftermarket session, trading between a high of $299.13 and a low of $290.42 per share. Yesterday the stock finished at $298.45 per share, compared to an average analyst target price of $327.25.

The Home Depot, Inc., commonly known as Home Depot, is the largest home improvement retailer in the United States, supplying tools, construction products, and services. The large-cap home improvement retail company is based in the United States, and over the last twelve months it has returned a dividend yield of 2.87%. Home Depot has trailing twelve months earnings per share (EPS) of 17.13, which at today's prices amounts to a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 16.97.

Based on its expected future earnings growth, the company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 1.722. Usually a PEG ratio between zero and one indicates a potentially undervalued company.

Here's an overview of the company's gross margins in recent years:

Date Reported Revenue (k) Cost of Revenue (k) Gross Margin YoY Growth
2022-01-30 $151,157,000 $100,325,000 33.63% -0.94%
2021-01-31 $132,110,000 $87,257,000 33.95% -0.41%
2020-02-02 $110,225,000 $72,653,000 34.09% -0.73%
2019-02-03 $108,203,000 $71,043,000 34.34% 0.85%
2018-01-28 $100,904,000 $66,548,000 34.05% n/a
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