Home Depot (HD) ended the recent trading session at $356.25, demonstrating a +0.31% swing from the preceding day's closing price. The stock outpaced the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.23%. Elsewhere, the Dow saw an upswing of 0.37%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq appreciated by 0.07%.Coming into today, shares of the home-improvement retailer had gained 2.07% in the past month. In that same time, the Retail-Wholesale sector gained 6.9%, while the S&P 500 gained 5.3%.Market participants will be closely following the ...

Home-improvement retailers Lowe's (LOW -0.05%) and The Home Depot are alike in many regards. However, for 15 years, Lowe's has trailed Home Depot significantly when it comes to profitability.There are different ways to measure profitability, but a particularly important one is a company's operating margin. This is the profit produced by core business operations, before other considerations such as taxes and interest are factored in.As the chart below shows, Home Depot's operating margin has been superior to ...

Joe Raedle/Getty Images NewsIntroduction Over the past two months, I wrote several articles covering what I would call "retail" or "brick and mortar" businesses, including Starbucks (SBUX), Dollarama Inc. (TSX:DOL:CA)(OTCPK:DLMAF), Costco Wholesale (COST) and Walmart (WMT). As a (early disclosure) shareholder of Home Depot (NYSE:HD), I want to keep up my coverage of these retail-type businesses and share my opinion on HD and its major competitor Lowe's Companies (NYSE:LOW) in this article. I will skip a ...

Just How Safe Is Lowe's Stock's Dividend? Bruce Bennett / Getty Images News via Getty Images A key component of income investing is a portfolio that includes safe dividends, those that are unlikely to shrink or disappear. Recognizing when a dividend is stable and safe can be a challenge. Yet, certain metrics can offer clear signs for the investor looking to establish or shore up such a portfolio. What do these metrics tell us about the quarterly dividend at Lowe’s Companies Inc. (NYSE: LOW)?The most recen ...

While artificial intelligence (AI) stole all the attention in 2023, investors shouldn't ignore other areas of the economy. The situation with the housing market is one that might have implications for your portfolio.In 2023, home sales in the U.S. decreased 19% compared to the previous year, and this was after they had already fallen 18% in 2022. The culprit? In early 2022, the Federal Reserve embarked on an aggressive rate-hiking cycle that lasted through the summer of last year. The resulting higher mortg ...

If you're on the hunt for profitable, well-established businesses to put in your dividend portfolio, Home Depot (HD 1.23%) and Coca-Cola (KO 0.35%) both deserve a closer look. These giants dominate their respective industries and generate ample cash flow. Their management teams prioritize returning that cash to shareholders through a steadily rising dividend payment that's well covered by earnings.Their businesses have different characteristics that might make one a better fit than the other for your portfo ...

Home Depot (HD 1.23%) stock is a favorite for many income investors. That's all thanks to qualities like its market leadership position in the home improvement industry and the company's impressive financial strength. Owning this retailer stock today delivers a good chance at capital appreciation as its market recovers, plus immediate passive income in the form of a robust dividend payment.Yet you might consider a fellow member of the Dow Jones Industrial Average as an even better dividend stock to buy for ...

Home Depot (HD) has recently been on Zacks.com's list of the most searched stocks. Therefore, you might want to consider some of the key factors that could influence the stock's performance in the near future.Over the past month, shares of this home-improvement retailer have returned -0.4%, compared to the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +2.5% change. During this period, the Zacks Building Products - Retail industry, which Home Depot falls in, has lost 1.2%. The key question now is: What could be the stock's futu ...

ATLANTA, Jan. 23, 2024  /PRNewswire/ -- The Home Depot is kicking off its 2024 Retool Your School program, which provides career development opportunities and improves campuses at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The 2024 program marks the 15th year that The Home Depot has supported campus renovations that uplift HBCU students across the nation. This year, The Home Depot is expected to surpass $10 million in financial support since the program began in 2009. A portion of The Home Depot' ...

公司业绩 - Home Depot 在2023财年第三季度销售额同比下降3.0%，净收益也下降[2] - 预计2023财年整体销售额和可比销售额将比2022财年下降3-4%，运营利润率和稀释每股收益也将下降[3] - 公司在过去十年中，净利润率呈上升趋势，毛利率呈下降趋势[17] 公司运营 - 公司致力于在店铺运营上保持卓越，扩大店铺规模，占据更多市场份额[5] - 公司的盈利能力是其财务状况中最好的部分，净利润率处于最高水平[15] - 公司被认为是公平定价的，具有非常强大的盈利能力和稳定性[24] 风险与挑战 - 存在估值风险，现有和未来的市盈率GAAP比率较高[22] - 存在公司盈利增长放缓或行业竞争加剧的风险，可能导致股价波动和低回报[25] - 当前的经济环境，包括高利率和高通货膨胀水平，会对公司股票产生影响[26] 资产负债表 - 公司的资产负债表疲弱，98.11%的资产由负债平衡，引起投资者担忧[27]