Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Home Improvement
The Home Depot, Inc. HD
$282.85 +0.14% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $282.03B
Low risk
Next earnings report: Nov 17, 2026
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Three things to know
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- Over the past year the stock returned -28.8%, behind the S&P 500 by 43.8 percentage points.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $169.18B, up 2.5% from a year earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth42Weak
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 43%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 44%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 43%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 47%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 46%
Quality61Neutral
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 12%
- Gross marginBottom 45%
- Operating marginTop 27%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 29%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 37%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 47%
- Interest coverTop 32%
Value48Neutral
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 43%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 48%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 41%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 30%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 34%
Momentum26Very weak
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 27%
- 6-month returnBottom 30%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 25%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 47%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 18%
Revisions55Neutral
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 33%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 38%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 38%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 44%
Stability88Strong
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 6%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 14%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 28%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 47%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 2.2% | 2.5% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -4.5% | -2.9% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 33.3% | 33.2% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 13.1% | 12.4% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 8.6% | 8.9% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 2.5% | 2.2% | ↑ | Bottom 43% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -2.9% | -4.5% | ↑ | Bottom 44% |
| Gross margin | 33.2% | 33.3% | ↓ | Bottom 45% |
| Operating margin | 12.4% | 13.1% | ↓ | Top 27% |
| Net margin | 8.4% | 8.9% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 8.9% | 8.6% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 18.8% | — | Top 12% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 1.5% | — | Bottom 47% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.32×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -4.2%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.3%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +16.0 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.53×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 8.7×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 3.27%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -0.12%
- Shareholder yield
- 3.15%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.2%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.2%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Aug 2, 2026 (filed Aug 25, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 3
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +2.4%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $378.62
- Target vs current price
- +33.9%
- Analysts with a rating
- 63
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 59%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 2026 | +4.0% | -0.1% | -0.1% | -9.6% | — |
| May 19, 2026 | +0.6% | +0.9% | +3.6% | +12.4% | +14.0% |
| Feb 24, 2026 | +7.5% | +2.0% | -1.6% | -12.2% | -19.8% |
| Nov 18, 2025 | -2.3% | -6.0% | -6.0% | -1.5% | +9.2% |
| Aug 19, 2025 | -0.8% | +3.2% | +3.6% | +6.8% | -5.2% |
| May 20, 2025 | -1.1% | -0.6% | -2.4% | -8.1% | +5.5% |
| Feb 25, 2025 | +3.0% | +2.8% | +1.9% | -4.9% | -1.4% |
| Nov 12, 2024 | +0.8% | -1.3% | +0.5% | +3.5% | +1.4% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 2026 | $4.92 | $4.73 | +4.0% | $47.86B |
| May 19, 2026 | $3.43 | $3.41 | +0.6% | $41.77B |
| Feb 24, 2026 | $2.72 | $2.53 | +7.5% | $38.20B |
| Nov 18, 2025 | $3.74 | $3.83 | -2.3% | $41.35B |
| Aug 19, 2025 | $4.68 | $4.72 | -0.8% | $45.28B |
| May 20, 2025 | $3.56 | $3.60 | -1.1% | $39.86B |
| Feb 25, 2025 | $3.13 | $3.04 | +3.0% | $39.70B |
| Nov 12, 2024 | $3.67 | $3.64 | +0.8% | $40.22B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 19.8× | 22.9× | 29th | Top 43% |
| P/E (forward) | 18.9× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 14.3× | — | — | Bottom 41% |
| EV / Sales | 2.02× | — | — | Bottom 30% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 5.35% | — | — | Bottom 48% |
| Earnings yield | 5.05% | — | — | Top 43% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 17.3× – 27.7× since Aug 1, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -28.8%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -2.9%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -14.6%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -5.0%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.5%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -12.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -16.6%
- RSI (14)
- 25.8
- Relative volume
- 0.95×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 23.8%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 53th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.78
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.50
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -28.4%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -34.5%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 7, 2021 | Sep 26, 2022 | -35.9% | 201 days | 517 days (Oct 16, 2024) |
| Dec 6, 2024 | Oct 1, 2026 | -34.5% | 454 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 13, 2020 | Mar 4, 2021 | -13.6% | 97 days | 14 days (Mar 24, 2021) |
| May 10, 2021 | Jun 18, 2021 | -11.3% | 28 days | 69 days (Sep 27, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $282.03B
- P/E (TTM)
- 19.8
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $14.29
- Revenue (TTM)
- $169.18B
- Dividend yield
- 3.28%
- 52-week range
- $277.15 – $397.63
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $151.16B | $157.40B | $152.67B | $159.51B | $164.68B |
| Gross profit | $50.83B | $52.78B | $50.96B | $53.31B | $54.87B |
| Operating income | $23.04B | $24.04B | $21.69B | $21.53B | $20.89B |
| Net income | $16.43B | $17.11B | $15.14B | $14.81B | $14.16B |
| EPS (diluted) | $15.53 | $16.69 | $15.11 | $14.91 | $14.23 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $40.22B | $39.70B | $39.86B | $45.28B | $41.35B | $38.20B | $41.77B | $47.86B |
| Net income | $3.65B | $3.00B | $3.43B | $4.55B | $3.60B | $2.57B | $3.29B | $4.77B |
| EPS (diluted) | $3.67 | $3.02 | $3.45 | $4.58 | $3.62 | $2.58 | $3.30 | $4.79 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $16.57B | $14.62B | $21.17B | $19.81B | $16.32B |
| Capital expenditure | -$2.57B | -$3.12B | -$3.23B | -$3.48B | -$3.68B |
| Free cash flow | $14.01B | $11.50B | $17.95B | $16.32B | $12.65B |
| Dividends paid | -$6.99B | -$7.79B | -$8.38B | -$8.93B | -$9.15B |
| Net share buybacks | -$14.47B | -$6.43B | -$7.63B | -$254.0M | $314.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $2.08B
- Total assets
- $109.38B
- Total liabilities
- $92.77B
- Total debt
- $62.57B
- Net debt
- $60.48B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $16.62B
As of Aug 2, 2026 (filed Aug 25, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2026 | $2.33 | Sep 17, 2026 |
| Jun 4, 2026 | $2.33 | Jun 18, 2026 |
| Mar 12, 2026 | $2.33 | Mar 26, 2026 |
| Dec 4, 2025 | $2.30 | Dec 18, 2025 |
| Sep 4, 2025 | $2.30 | Sep 18, 2025 |
| Jun 5, 2025 | $2.30 | Jun 18, 2025 |
| Mar 13, 2025 | $2.30 | Mar 27, 2025 |
| Nov 27, 2024 | $2.25 | Dec 12, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 10,572,996
- Days to cover
- 2.76
- Change vs previous report
- +19.1%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Dec 31, 1999
- 3-for-2
- Jul 6, 1998
- 2-for-1
- Jul 7, 1997
- 3-for-2
- Apr 14, 1993
- 4-for-3
- Jul 2, 1992
- 3-for-2