The stock of Home Depot, Inc. (HD) has seen a -4.19% decrease in the past week, with a 2.13% gain in the past month, and a -8.65% decrease in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.24%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 1.81% for HD. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -1.35% for HD’s stock, with a -0.14% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Is It Worth Investing in Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE: HD) Right Now?
Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE: HD) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 22.55x compared to its average ratio. HD has 36-month beta value of 0.99. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 12 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 12 as “overweight,” 9 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
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The public float for HD is 991.00M, and currently, short sellers hold a 0.86% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of HD on July 02, 2024 was 3.75M shares.
HD) stock’s latest price update
Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE: HD) has seen a decline in its stock price by -2.34 in relation to its previous close of 344.24. However, the company has experienced a -4.19% decline in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. fool.com reported 2024-07-01 that Home Depot’s sheer size and customer base offers it an advantage no rival can quite match. The giant retailer also remains one of the market’s more attractive dividend-paying stocks.
Analysts’ Opinion of HD
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for HD stocks, with DA Davidson repeating the rating for HD by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for HD in the upcoming period, according to DA Davidson is $395 based on the research report published on June 26, 2024 of the current year 2024.
Telsey Advisory Group, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see HD reach a price target of $360, previously predicting the price at $335. The rating they have provided for HD stocks is “Market Perform” according to the report published on April 01st, 2024.
Mizuho gave a rating of “Buy” to HD, setting the target price at $415 in the report published on March 19th of the current year.
HD Trading at -0.62% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought HD to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -15.29% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 1.81%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 2.24%, as shares surge +0.39% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +0.99% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, HD fell by -4.19%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +3.16% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $340.87. In addition, Home Depot, Inc. saw -2.99% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at HD starting from Carey Matt, who sale 56,008 shares at the price of $345.18 back on May 16 ’24. After this action, Carey Matt now owns 33,325 shares of Home Depot, Inc., valued at $19,332,587 using the latest closing price.
Siddiqui Fahim, the EVP and CIO of Home Depot, Inc., sale 3,000 shares at $343.79 during a trade that took place back on May 16 ’24, which means that Siddiqui Fahim is holding 8,155 shares at $1,031,370 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for HD
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.14 for the present operating margin
- 0.33 for the gross margin
The net margin for Home Depot, Inc. stands at 0.1. The total capital return value is set at 0.39. Equity return is now at value 1362.97, with 19.11 for asset returns.
Based on Home Depot, Inc. (HD), the company’s capital structure generated 0.96 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.51. The debt to equity ratio resting at 22.5. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 10.86.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 24.94 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 1.91. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 2.5. The receivables turnover for the company is 36.99for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 1.92. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.34.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Home Depot, Inc. (HD) has had a mixed performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
