Barking Up the Right Tree: The Dogs of the Dow From 2024 to 2025
This week, we cover a strategy that focuses exclusively on purchasing blue-chip companies when they become undervalued relative to each other.
Tudor Pop
Stock Evaluator: The Home Depot, Inc. (HD)
3,023 followersThe Home Depot, Inc. HD
$344.30
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2.02%
August 19, 2026 4:00:02 PM
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Volume: 4,968,489
After Hours: $120.37
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Volume: 72,713
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| Consumer Discretionary | Specialty Retail |
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COMPANY SUMMARY
The Home Depot, Inc. operates as a home improvement retailer in the United States and internationally. It sells various building materials, home improvement products, lawn and garden products, and décor products, as well as facilities maintenance, repair, and operations products. The company also offers installation services for flooring, water heaters, baths, garage doors, cabinets, cabinet makeovers, countertops, sheds, furnaces and central air systems, windows, and window coverings. In addition, it provides tool and equipment rental services. The company serves consumers, such as do-it-yourself homeowners and do-it-for-me customers; and professional renovators/remodelers, general contractors, homebuilders, maintenance professionals, handymen, property managers, building service contractors and specialty tradespeople, such as electricians, landscapers, insulation installers, plumbers, painters, pool contractors, roofers, and wallboard and ceiling installers. It sells its products through websites and its mobile applications, including homedepot.com; homedepot.ca and homedepot.com.mx; blinds.com, justblinds.com, and americanblinds.com for custom window coverings; constructionresourcesusa.com or design-oriented surfaces, appliances, and architectural specialty products; thecompanystore.com, an online site for textiles and décor products; hdsupply.com for maintenance, repair, and operations products and related services; and srsdistribution.com, heritagelandscapesupplygroup.com, heritagepoolsupplygroup.com, and gms.com for roofing and building materials, landscape, and pool products; and The Home Depot stores. The Home Depot, Inc. was incorporated in 1978 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
Commentary & Analysis
How to Analyze Corporate Earnings in Five Steps
Earnings reports provide a snapshot of business performance, but they are most valuable when viewed as part of a longer-term trend.
Charles Rotblut
Why Home Depot Inc’s (HD) Stock Is Down 4.06%
As of Monday, April 01, Home Depot Inc’s HD share price has dipped by 4.06%, which has investors questioning if this is right time to buy.Cynthia McLaughlin
What You Need to Know About Home Depot Inc's Q4 Earnings
Home Depot Inc's fiscal Q4 earnings report was released on Tuesday, February 20. Let's dive in to see if (HD) missed or beat analyst's expectations.Grace Malone
What You Need to Know About Home Depot Inc's Q3 Earnings
Home Depot Inc's fiscal Q3 earnings report was released on Tuesday, November 14. Let's dive in to see if (HD) missed or beat analyst's expectations.Grace Malone
Financial Summary
| Share Statistics | HD | Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
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| Market Cap (Mil) | $333,525.6 | $892.4 | 99% |
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| Shares Out (Mil) | 996.0 | 44.0 | 94% |
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| Institutional Ownership | 99.9% | 74.8% | 96% |
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| Float (Mil) | 995.4 | 33.7 | 91% |
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| Beta | 0.96 | 1.07 | 58% |
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| Avg Daily Volume (000s) | 3,966 | 255 | 90% |
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| Price Change (52-week) |
(17.9%) | 68.4% | 31% |
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| Growth | HD | Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
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| Sales (5yr) | 4.5% | 6.4% | 34% |
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| Net Income (5yr) | 1.9% | 8.1% | 42% |
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| EPS (5yr) | 3.6% | 13.1% | 36 |
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| Dividends (5yr) | 8.5% | 0.0% | 99% |
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| Cash Flow (5yr) | (15.4%) | (16.2%) | 49% |
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| Estimates | Qtrly | Current Fiscal Year |
Next Fiscal Year |
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| # of Estimates | 30 | 34 | 34 | |
| Current EPS | $3.851 | $15.016 | $16.050 | |
| Month Ago EPS | $3.956 | $14.955 | $16.092 | |
| # Rev Up | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| # Rev Down | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Three Months Ago EPS | $3.958 | $14.971 | $16.119 | |
| Year/Year Chg | 16.7% | 5.5% | 22.7% | |
| Financials | HD | Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
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| Sales (TTM) (Mil) | $166,592 | $1,814 | 99% |
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| Net Income (TTM) (Mil) | $14,012 | $30 | 99% |
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| EPS (TTM) | $14.104 | $0.500 | 96% |
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| Operating Cash Flow (TTM) (Mil) | $18,032 | $100 | 99% |
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| Net Cash Flow (TTM) (Mil) | $232 | $2 | 85% |
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| Long-Term Debt (Q1) (Mil) | $53,566 | $429 | 98% |
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| Enterprise Value (Q1) (Mil) | $373,309 | $1,841 | 99% |
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| Valuation | HD | Industry Median |
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| P/B | 24.03 | 1.67 | 96% |
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| P/E | 23.8 | 18.9 | 60% |
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| Dividend Yield | 2.8% | 0.0% | 83% |
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| PEG (5yr hist) | 6.6 | 1.0 | 91% |
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| Ratios | HD | Industry Median |
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| Gross Margin | 33.2% | 39.0% | 40% |
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| Net Margin | 8.4% | 1.8% | 58% |
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| ROA | 13.5% | 2.6% | 92% |
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| ROE | 128.4% | 10.3% | 97% |
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| Liabilities to Assets | 87.1% | 68.4% | 81% |
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| F-Score | 4 | 5 | 34% |
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Passing Stock Screens
As of 8/20/2026, from a list of 60 stock screening strategies,
FACTOR STRATEGY
Dogs of the Dow Screen
Factors: Yield, Value
Identifying contrarian plays among the Dow Jones industrial stocks.
| Performance Since Inception: | 4.3% |
| +/- S&P 500: | -3.2 |
