What does the company do?
The Home Depot, Inc.is a home improvement retailer. The Home Depot stores sell an assortment of building materials, home improvement and lawn and garden products, and provide a number of services. The Home Depot stores average approximately 105,000 square feet of enclosed space, with approximately 24,000 additional square feet of outside garden area. During the fiscal year ended February 1, 2009 (fiscal 2008), the Company had 2,233 The Home Depot stores located throughout the United States, including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the territories of the United States Virgin Islands and Guam, Canada, China and Mexico. On January 26, 2009, the Company announced the closing of its EXPO, THD Design Center and Yardbirds stores.
How much does the company sell and earn?
Investors need to know how much stuff or services a company sells, and how much of that total it keeps as income (or profit) to grow its business or return to shareholders. The more of each, the better. In general, look for companies that sell and earn more than peers.
- Home Depot one-year sales: 66.21 Bil.
Difference from the average for the Home Improvement Stores group: 17.26% - Home Depot one-year income: 2.32 Bil.
Difference from the average for the Home Improvement Stores group: 15.14%| Sales & Income (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
|---|
| Sales | 66.21 Bil | 56.47 Bil | | Income | 2.32 Bil | 2.01 Bil |
How fast is the company growing?
- Home Depot one-year sales growth: -9.00%.
Difference from the average for the Home Improvement Stores group: -4.10 pct. pts. - Home Depot one-year income growth: 0.20%.
| Sales & Income Growth (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
|---|
| Sales Growth | -9.00% | -4.90% | | Income Growth | 0.20% | -5.90% |
How profitable is the company?
Investors prefer companies that increase profit margins -- the percentage of sales that they keep -- every year. This is accomplished either by lowering expenses or raising prices. Look for companies that consistently find ways to squeeze more profits out of sales than their peers.
- Home Depot one-year net profit margin: 3.5%
Difference from the company's 5-year average net profit margin: -2.4 pct. pts.
Difference from the average for the Home Improvement Stores group: 0.0 pct. pts.
| Net profit margins (%) |
|---|
| Company | 3.5% | | Company 5-Yr Avg. | 5.9% | | Industry | 3.5% |
How is the company's financial health?
The debt/equity ratio shows how much a firm has borrowed as a percentage of its stock equity. The lower, the better.
- Home Depot debt/equity ratio: 0.54.
Difference from the average for the Home Improvement Stores group: 25.58%.
| | Company | Industry |
|---|
| Debt/equity ratio | 0.54 | 0.43 |
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