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Home DepotHD

Home Improvement Retail · Atlanta, Georgia · In the S&P 500
Solid business
$329.20+0.07%After hours: $329.10 (−0.03%)At the close, 30 Oct · Prices from CNBC, may be delayed
▼ 12.9% over 1 year
Home Depot over 1 yearDaily close, $, to 30 Oct 2026
$300$350Nov2026MarMayJulSep$329.20$300$350NovMarJul$329.20
Source: Nasdaq daily closes
Market value$328B
Price to earnings23.1x
Forward P/E21.4x
Dividend yield2.83%
Year to date−4.3%
One year−12.9%
Next earningsNot scheduled
SectorConsumer Discretionary
52-week range (closes)
$281.15$391.05

Quality and valuation

How Home Depot compares with other consumer discretionary stocks. A description, not a recommendation.

Home Depot and 4 home improvement retail peers. Across: valuation (P/E) against the sector. Up: business quality against the sector. Hover or tap a logo for its numbers.

Business quality: about averageValuation: in line with its sector

An average business among consumer discretionary companies, priced about in line with them.

Home Depot trades at 21.4 times the next 12 months of expected earnings, against a median of 19.5x for the 66 consumer discretionary stocks we cover. The quality score blends where it ranks on revenue growth, gross margin, operating margin and free-cash-flow margin (net margin for banks and insurers) over the last 12 months, from SEC filings.

  • Revenue grew slower than the sector median: +2.5% vs +8.1%
  • Keeps less of each sale (gross margin): 33.2% vs 40.5%
  • Less profitable (operating margin): 12.4% vs 13.8%
  • Turns less of its sales into cash: 8.9% vs 10.1%
HD trades at 21.4x forward earnings, above the sector medianForward p/e, Home Improvement Retail peers
BABA12.3xTM14.3xSONY19.5xMCD19.6xHD21.4xAMZN25.7xTJX26.0xTSLA218.4xSector median 19.5xBABA12.3xTM14.3xSONY19.5xMCD19.6xHD21.4xAMZN25.7xTJX26.0xTSLA218.4xSector median 19.5x
Source: CNBC quotes; Mostly Markets
At 23.0x earnings, HD is cheaper than its average since Aug 2024Price over the last 12 months of reported (GAAP) diluted EPS
P/EUsual range (±1 s.d.)
20x25xAverage 25.0x2025202623.0x20x25xAverage 25.0x2025202623.0x
Source: Nasdaq prices; SEC filings

Financials

From Home Depot's SEC filings, through the quarter ending 2 Aug 2026. Hover or tap a bar for its value.

Revenue grew 5.7% from a year earlierQuarterly revenue, $bn, latest Q2 ’26
$0bn$20bn$40bnQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$47.9bnQ2 ’26$0bn$20bn$40bnQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$47.9bnQ2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Growth sped up to +5.7% last quarterRevenue growth, year on year, %
0%5%10%Q3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’255.7%Q2 ’260%10%Q3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’255.7%Q2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Operating margin was 14.3% last quarterOperating income as a share of revenue, %
0%5%10%Q3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’2514.3%Q2 ’260%5%10%Q3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’2514.3%Q2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Free cash flow was $15.1 billion over 12 monthsQuarterly free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex), $bn
$0bn$2bn$4bnQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$4.5bnQ2 ’26$0bn$2bn$4bnQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$4.5bnQ2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Last 12 monthsHDSector median
Revenue growth+2.5%+8.1%
Gross margin33.2%40.5%
Operating margin12.4%13.8%
Free cash flow margin8.9%10.1%
Price to earnings23.1x21.0x

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