Uncovering Overlooked Insights on Home Depot (HD)

By Kim Brooks • Tuesday, November 18 15:25 • Permanent Link

Home Depot sank -5.1% today, compared to the S&P 500's day change of -0.0%. Today's losers may turn out to be tomorrow's winners, so be sure to check the stock's fundamentals before making an investment decision:

Home Depot has moved -12.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 12.8%
HD has an average analyst rating of buy and is -21.54% away from its mean target price of $433.12 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $14.72
Home Depot has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 23.1 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $15.6 and its forward P/E ratio is 21.8
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 31.7 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 4.74
Home Depot is part of the Consumer Discretionary sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 20.93 and an average P/B of 2.93
HD has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of -0.4% and gross profit margins of 0.3%
The company has a free cash flow of $11.01 Billion, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
The Home Depot, Inc. operates as a home improvement retailer in the United States and internationally. It sells various building materials, home improvement products, lawn and garden products, and décor products, as well as facilities maintenance, repair, and operations products. The company also offers installation services for flooring, water heaters, baths, garage doors, cabinets, cabinet makeovers, countertops, sheds, furnaces and central air systems, and windows. In addition, it provides tool and equipment rental services. The company serves consumers, such as do-it-yourself homeowners and do-it-for-me customers; and professional renovators/remodelers, general contractors, small to medium homebuilders, maintenance professionals, handymen, property managers, building service contractors and specialty tradespeople, such as electricians, landscapers, plumbers, painters, pool contractors, and roofers. It sells its products through websites and its mobile applications, including homedepot.com; homedepot.ca and homedepot.com.mx; blinds.com, justblinds.com, and americanblinds.com for custom window coverings; thecompanystore.com, an online site for textiles and décor products; hdsupply.com for maintenance, repair, and operations products and related services; and srsdistribution.com, heritagelandscapesupplygroup.com, and heritagepoolsupplygroup.com for roofing and building materials, landscape, and pool products; and The Home Depot stores. The Home Depot, Inc. was incorporated in 1978 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

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