Shares of the home improvement giant have crushed the S&P 500 in the past three decades.Home Depot (HD +1.80%) is a huge business that's the leader in the home improvement market. In the past 12 months, it raked in $166 billion in sales, nearly double the total of its closest competitor, Lowe's.Currently, Home Depot has more than 2,000 stores just in the U.S. Home Depot is a household name. But how has this top retail stock performed for shareholders in the past? Home Depot comes up short of the S&P 500Inv ...