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Home Depot (HD) Outpaces Stock Market Gains: What You Should Know
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Home Depot (HD - Free Report) closed at $277.75 in the latest trading session, marking a +0.79% move from the prior day. The stock outpaced the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.77%. At the same time, the Dow lost 0.08%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq gained 2.01%.
Coming into today, shares of the home-improvement retailer had lost 5.09% in the past month. In that same time, the Retail-Wholesale sector lost 3.99%, while the S&P 500 gained 2.11%.
Investors will be hoping for strength from HD as it approaches its next earnings release, which is expected to be November 17, 2020. The company is expected to report EPS of $3.05, up 20.55% from the prior-year quarter. Meanwhile, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenue is projecting net sales of $31.67 billion, up 16.33% from the year-ago period.
For the full year, our Zacks Consensus Estimates are projecting earnings of $11.50 per share and revenue of $126.37 billion, which would represent changes of +12.2% and +14.64%, respectively, from the prior year.
Investors should also note any recent changes to analyst estimates for HD. These recent revisions tend to reflect the evolving nature of short-term business trends. As a result, we can interpret positive estimate revisions as a good sign for the company's business outlook.
Based on our research, we believe these estimate revisions are directly related to near-team stock moves. We developed the Zacks Rank to capitalize on this phenomenon. Our system takes these estimate changes into account and delivers a clear, actionable rating model.
Ranging from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), the Zacks Rank system has a proven, outside-audited track record of outperformance, with #1 stocks returning an average of +25% annually since 1988. The Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has moved 1.19% higher within the past month. HD is currently a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).
Digging into valuation, HD currently has a Forward P/E ratio of 23.97. For comparison, its industry has an average Forward P/E of 15.98, which means HD is trading at a premium to the group.
Meanwhile, HD's PEG ratio is currently 2.11. The PEG ratio is similar to the widely-used P/E ratio, but this metric also takes the company's expected earnings growth rate into account. The Building Products - Retail was holding an average PEG ratio of 1.12 at yesterday's closing price.
The Building Products - Retail industry is part of the Retail-Wholesale sector. This group has a Zacks Industry Rank of 76, putting it in the top 30% of all 250+ industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our industry groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
Be sure to follow all of these stock-moving metrics, and many more, on Zacks.com.
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Home Depot (HD) Outpaces Stock Market Gains: What You Should Know
Home Depot (HD - Free Report) closed at $277.75 in the latest trading session, marking a +0.79% move from the prior day. The stock outpaced the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.77%. At the same time, the Dow lost 0.08%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq gained 2.01%.
Coming into today, shares of the home-improvement retailer had lost 5.09% in the past month. In that same time, the Retail-Wholesale sector lost 3.99%, while the S&P 500 gained 2.11%.
Investors will be hoping for strength from HD as it approaches its next earnings release, which is expected to be November 17, 2020. The company is expected to report EPS of $3.05, up 20.55% from the prior-year quarter. Meanwhile, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenue is projecting net sales of $31.67 billion, up 16.33% from the year-ago period.
For the full year, our Zacks Consensus Estimates are projecting earnings of $11.50 per share and revenue of $126.37 billion, which would represent changes of +12.2% and +14.64%, respectively, from the prior year.
Investors should also note any recent changes to analyst estimates for HD. These recent revisions tend to reflect the evolving nature of short-term business trends. As a result, we can interpret positive estimate revisions as a good sign for the company's business outlook.
Based on our research, we believe these estimate revisions are directly related to near-team stock moves. We developed the Zacks Rank to capitalize on this phenomenon. Our system takes these estimate changes into account and delivers a clear, actionable rating model.
Ranging from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), the Zacks Rank system has a proven, outside-audited track record of outperformance, with #1 stocks returning an average of +25% annually since 1988. The Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has moved 1.19% higher within the past month. HD is currently a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).
Digging into valuation, HD currently has a Forward P/E ratio of 23.97. For comparison, its industry has an average Forward P/E of 15.98, which means HD is trading at a premium to the group.
Meanwhile, HD's PEG ratio is currently 2.11. The PEG ratio is similar to the widely-used P/E ratio, but this metric also takes the company's expected earnings growth rate into account. The Building Products - Retail was holding an average PEG ratio of 1.12 at yesterday's closing price.
The Building Products - Retail industry is part of the Retail-Wholesale sector. This group has a Zacks Industry Rank of 76, putting it in the top 30% of all 250+ industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our industry groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
Be sure to follow all of these stock-moving metrics, and many more, on Zacks.com.