$22.88

0.07 (0.31%)

7/6/2009 4:00 PM

The Home Depot, Inc. (HD)

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The Company is a home improvement retailer,which operates in two reportable segments, Retail and HD Supply.

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3070 Outperforms

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756 Outperforms

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Ticker Tags

Business Week 50 (49), Dividend (195), Home Improvement (12), Georgia (19), Specialty Retail (136), Buffett Stock (45), Atlanta (25), Options Backdating (?) (99), Behemoth (33), Multinational Company (16), Consumer Discretionary (838), Dow (30), S&P 500 (452), Contractor friendly (1), Large Cap (347), Best CEOs 2006 (29)
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The Home Depot, Inc. At A Glance

Current Price:	$22.88
Last Trade Time:	7/6/2009 4:00 PM
Open:	$22.76
Previous Close:	$22.81
Daily Range:	$22.52 - $23.14
52-Week Range:	$17.05 - $30.74
Volume:	12,638,359
Market Cap:	$38.85B
P/E Ratio:	15.52
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3 The Home Depot, Inc. (HD)

Avatar TMFHighYield (51.26) Submitted: 8/19/08 9:20 AM

Chosen to be a part of the High Yield Portfolio strategy. Originally created by Fool UK's Stephen Bland (TMFPyad) in November 2000, the High-Yield Portfolio (HYP) strategy invests in a diversified group of 15 blue chip dividend-paying stocks with strong dividend cover, relatively low debt, and a his...More

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1 The Home Depot, Inc. (HD)

Avatar teufelhund05 (< 20) Submitted: 4/22/08 4:12 PM

Like with Lowe's, Home Depot will not do notably better until the housing market turns around. Like someone else said to my comment about Lowe's, when the housing market pick back up people will buy up properties and those in bad shape will have to be repaired. When this happens the contractors wi...More

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Recs 0 (HD) clanclan (< 20) Submitted: 6/30/09 1:12 PM : Start Price: $22.89 HD Score: 0.49 Market in diy home improvements should be more active now that money is unavailable to employ workers. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (HD) Brazos905 (< 20) Submitted: 6/20/09 10:20 AM : Start Price: $23.37 HD Score: -0.65 With new construction is severely lagging, one would think fixing up existing houses and upgrades (rather than buying up) would push HD shares higher. Fact is, most people are hunkered down trying to stash money away in case things get worse--a likely outcome. This will keep most retailers' business at a reduced level for, perhaps, years to come. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (HD) jlong8896 (40.83) Submitted: 6/17/09 5:31 PM : Start Price: $23.43 HD Score: -0.43 Housing market is near bottom,and repairs etc continue regardless. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (HD) jigar34 (33.65) Submitted: 6/17/09 5:23 PM : Start Price: $23.73 HD Score: -1.54 Good long term business and franchise to own. Current dividend yield is attractive and I am willing to trust the operational efficiency initiatives and customer service improvement initiatives the leadership team is working on at HD. And lastly, housing conditions will improve........ Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (HD) ruinas (< 20) Submitted: 6/12/09 12:33 PM : Start Price: $23.93 HD Score: -0.64 Retrenchment of market before end of month/quarter rally. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out.
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