HD

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Home Depot Inc. (The) Common Stock
Consumer Cyclical · Home Improvement Retail · NYSE · United States
$299.98-0.84%
Market cap $299.3BNext earnings 2026-11-17Updated Sep 20, 2026
FAIR VALUE · CONSENSUS
$299.98+0.0%
confidence-weighted across 3 of 6 models
Now $299.98
$299.98
$195.52$265.66
TrimBronze43
Price vs fair value
26.2% above
-20.8% to fair value
ACCE score
47
out of 100
Analysts
67% buy
39 covering
P/E
21.0x
forward 18.7x
1-year return
-28.1%
Dividend yield
3.11%
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Overview

⚠ Investor warnings · 3 flags
  • high
    Extreme leverage ratio
    Debt/Equity of 4.35x is very high; negative book equity from buybacks amplifies financial risk if revenue growth stalls.
  • moderate
    Earnings declining YoY
    Earnings down 4.3% YoY despite 4.8% revenue growth signals margin compression or rising interest/cost pressures.
  • moderate
    Low ACCE growth score
    Growth sub-score of 28/100 is weak, suggesting deteriorating forward momentum despite the 5-year CAGR of 14.6%.

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Price

-27.2% · 1Y

Valuation

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Wall Street consensus

Bullish67% buy · 39 covering analysts
● Strong buy 21● Buy 5● Hold 12● Sell 1● Strong sell 0
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Where it sits vs peers

This stock Peer Peer median weaker → stronger
P/Ebetter than 50% of peers
low 12.1x21.0xhigh 28.9x
ROEbetter than 100% of peers
low 0%104%high 104%
Div yieldbetter than 50% of peers
low 0.0%3.1%high 5.7%

Algorithmic peers (6)

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LOWLowe's Companies Inc. Common Stock$108.0B16.30.0%-4.032.6%-Compare
WES.AXWesfarmers$59.0B28.933.5%0.853.0%-Compare
KGF.LKingfisher plc$6.5B21.63.9%0.024.0%-Compare
FNDFloor & Decor Holdings Inc. Common Stock$5.0B22.19.7%0.080.0%-Compare
WIX.LWickes Group plc$0.6B12.129.7%0.655.7%-Compare
HVTHaverty Furniture Companies Inc. Common Stock$0.4B19.87.6%0.124.8%-Compare

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Recent performance

1 week
-2.8%
1 month
-12.9%
3 months
-10.3%
6 months
-6.5%
YTD
-12.8%
1 year
-28.1%

SEC filings

40 filings
September 2026
Sep 11
Form 4Insider transactionPeriod 2026-09-10
August 2026
Aug 31
Form 4Insider transactionPeriod 2026-08-28
Aug 27
Form 4Insider transactionPeriod 2026-08-26
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