Home Depot, Inc (NYSE: HD) is -7.71% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $323.77 and a high of $439.37 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The HD stock was last observed hovering at around $356.92 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 2.08%.
Currently trading at $359.00, the stock is 1.28% and -1.81% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.84 million and changing 0.58% at the moment leaves the stock -7.05% off its SMA200. HD registered 8.14% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -10.85%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $365.6246 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $386.2407.
The stock witnessed a 0.24% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -14.29%, and is 1.29% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.77% over the week and 3.31% over the month.
Home Depot, Inc (HD) has around 470100 employees, a market worth around $356.82B and $159.51B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 24.07 and Fwd P/E is 21.79. Profit margin for the company is 9.28%. Distance from 52-week low is 10.88% and -18.29% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (23.59%).
with sales reaching $39.24B over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -0.91% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 2.67% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 7.75% in year-over-year returns.
Home Depot, Inc (HD) Top Institutional Holders
4841.0 institutions hold shares in Home Depot, Inc (HD), with institutional investors hold 74.69% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 994.00M, and float is at 993.29M with Short Float at 1.02%. Institutions hold 74.63% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 94.15 million shares valued at $32.41 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 9.5097% of the HD Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 71.15 million shares valued at $24.49 billion to account for 7.1865 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 46.4 million shares representing 4.6864% and valued at over $15.97 billion, while CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS holds 2.5355 of the shares totaling 25.1 million with a market value of $8.64 billion.
Home Depot, Inc (HD) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by BRENNEMAN GREGORY D, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that BRENNEMAN GREGORY D bought 2,884 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 14 ’25 at a price of $346.66 per share for a total of $1.0 million. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 1442.0 shares.
Home Depot, Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Nov 22 ’24 that Bastek William D (EVP, Merchandising) sold a total of 2,969 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Nov 22 ’24 and was made at $416.61 per share for $1.24 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 21514.0 shares of the HD stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Nov 22 ’24, Bastek William D (Officer) Proposed Sale 2,969 shares at an average price of $416.61 for $1.24 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Home Depot, Inc (HD).
