Home Depot, Inc (NYSE: HD) has experienced a rise in its stock price by 2.33 compared to its previous closing price of 358.15. However, the company has seen a gain of 0.75% in its stock price over the last five trading days. fool.com reported 2025-03-30 that Higher interest rates over the past couple of years, unsurprisingly, have impacted the housing market and any adjacent industries. Home Depot (HD -1.34%) has been negatively affected by this.
Is It Worth Investing in Home Depot, Inc (NYSE: HD) Right Now?
Home Depot, Inc (NYSE: HD) has a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.57x that is above its average ratio. Additionally, the 36-month beta value for HD is 1.10. There are mixed opinions on the stock, with 22 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 5 rating it as “overweight,” 13 rating it as “hold,” and 1 rating it as “sell.”
The public float for HD is 993.39M and currently, short sellers hold a 0.96% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of HD on April 01, 2025 was 3.49M shares.
HD’s Market Performance
The stock of Home Depot, Inc (HD) has seen a 0.75% increase in the past week, with a -7.59% drop in the past month, and a -7.25% fall in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.07%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 2.38% for HD. The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 0.81% for HD’s stock, with a simple moving average of -4.86% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of HD
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for HD stocks, with HSBC Securities repeating the rating for HD by listing it as a “Hold.” The predicted price for HD in the upcoming period, according to HSBC Securities is $410 based on the research report published on February 26, 2025 of the current year 2025.
Telsey Advisory Group, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see HD reach a price target of $455, previously predicting the price at $360. The rating they have provided for HD stocks is “Outperform” according to the report published on November 08th, 2024.
Bernstein gave a rating of “Mkt Perform” to HD, setting the target price at $451 in the report published on October 22nd of the previous year.
HD Trading at -5.82% 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 -16.59% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 2.38%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 2.07%, as shares sank -5.95% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -10.47% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, HD rose by +0.75%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +9.17% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $363.54. In addition, Home Depot, Inc saw -5.78% 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 BRENNEMAN GREGORY D, who purchase 2,884 shares at the price of $346.66 back on Mar 14 ’25. After this action, BRENNEMAN GREGORY D now owns 1,442 shares of Home Depot, Inc, valued at $999,767 using the latest closing price.
Bastek William D, the EVP, Merchandising of Home Depot, Inc, sale 2,969 shares at $416.61 during a trade that took place back on Nov 22 ’24, which means that Bastek William D is holding 21,514 shares at $1,236,915 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for HD
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.13 for the present operating margin
- 0.33 for the gross margin
The net margin for Home Depot, Inc stands at 0.09. The total capital return value is set at 0.32. Equity return is now at value 385.37, with 17.15 for asset returns.
Based on Home Depot, Inc (HD), the company’s capital structure generated 0.68 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 1.43. The debt to equity ratio resting at 2.08. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 9.27.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 25.49 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 0.49. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 2.36. The receivables turnover for the company is 32.53for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 1.66. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.11.
Conclusion
In conclusion, Home Depot, Inc (HD) has seen bad performance in recent times. Analysts have a bullish opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others rating it 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.
