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November 23, 2009 4:43 AM ET

The Home Depot, Inc. (HD:NYSE)

LAST $27.18 USD
CHANGE TODAY 0.00 0.00%
VOLUME 0.0
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Snapshot of The Home Depot, Inc. (HD)

OPEN
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PREVIOUS CLOSE
$27.18
DAY HIGH
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DAY LOW
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52 WEEK HIGH
09/18/09 - $28.44
52 WEEK LOW
03/9/09 - $17.49
MARKET CAP
46.3B
AVERAGE VOLUME 3 mo
17.6M
DILUTED EPS TTM
$1.41
SHARES OUTSTANDING
1.7B
EX-DATE
12/1/09
P/E TTM
19.3x
DIVIDEND
$0.90
DIVIDEND YIELD
3.31%
K = Thousands  M = Millions  B = Billions
BUSINESS EXCHANGE RELATED TOPICHome Depot

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HD Details

The Home Depot, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a home improvement retailer company. The company’s Home Depot stores sell building materials, home improvement supplies, and lawn and garden products to do-it-yourself customers, do-it-for-me (D-I-F-M) customers, home improvement contractors, tradespeople, and building maintenance professionals. Its stores also offer various installation services for D-I-F-M customers. These installation programs include products, such as carpeting, flooring, cabinets, countertops, and water heaters. In addition, the company provides professional installation of various products that are sold through its in-home sales programs, such as generators, and furnace and central air systems. As of February 1, 2009, it operated 2,233 retail stores in the United States, including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the territories of the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam; Canada; China; and Mexico. The Home Depot, Inc. was founded in 1978 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

209,300 Employees
Founded in 1978

HD Top Compensated Officers

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Key developments for The Home Depot, Inc. (HD)

The Home Depot, Inc. expected to Report Fiscal Year 2010 Results on February 22, 2010. This event was calculated by Capital IQ (Created on November 13, 2009).

The Home Depot, Inc. expected to Report Fiscal Year 2010 Results on February 22, 2010. This event was calculated by Capital IQ (Created on November 13, 2009).

Owens Corning and The Home Depot Inc. Expand Relationship with New Strategic Insulation Partnership

Owens Corning announced it has expanded its relationship with The Home Depot Inc. through a new strategic insulation partnership. Starting in January 2010, Owens Corning PINK Fiberglas(TM) insulation will be sold in more than 2,200 of The Home Depot's stores across North America.

Compact Power Partners with Home Depot on Large Equipment Rental Business

Compact Power has reached an agreement to operate Home Depot's large equipment rental business in about 250 south eastern U.S. Home Depot stores. Compact Power is purchasing Home Depot's large equipment-skid-steer loaders, small backhoes and other machines too large to fit inside Home Depot's tool rental departments-and will be adding new equipment to improve the breadth of those categories. The plan is for Compact Power to manage the large equipment fleet in 250 stores concentrated in the south eastern United States by the end of 2010. Home Depot Tool Rental will continue to manage and maintain the company's core fleet of construction demolition hammers, drills, paint sprayers, pressure washers, carpet cleaners, tile saws, garden equipment and other items.

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Price/Sales 0.7x
Price/Book 2.4x
Price/Cash Flow 11.4x
TEV/Sales 0.5x

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