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The Home Depot, Inc. operates as a home improvement retailer primarily in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The Home Depot stores offer building materials, home improvement supplies and lawn and garden products that are sold to do-it-yourself customers, do-it-for-me customers, home improvement contractors, tradespeople and building maintenance professionals. The company also operates EXPO Design Center stores that provide products and services primarily related to design and renovation projects. As of February 3, 2008, it operated 2,234 stores comprising 1,950 The Home Depot stores, 34 EXPO stores, 5 Yardbirds stores, and 2 THD Design Center stores in the United States, as well as 165, 66, and 12 The Home Depot stores in Canada, Mexico, and China. The company was founded in 1978 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.
Analysts'
Recommendation: | Hold |
| 30 Days Ago: | Hold |
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| Analysts' Target: | $32 |
| Analysts' Targets |
| Rochdale Securities | $30 |
| Buy |
Monday, July 21, 2008
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| Lehman Brothers | $34 |
| Equalweight |
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
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| Dividend Information |
| Dividend Yield: | 3.20 % |
| Dividend Yield 5yr Avg: | 1.40 % |
| Dividend Rate: | $ 0.90 % |
| Dividend Payout Ratio: | 47.00 % |
| Dividend Payout Ratio 5yr Avg: | 21.00 % |
| Dividend Growth Rate 3yr Avg: | 32.73 % |
| Dividend Growth Rate 5yr Avg: | 31.91 % |
| Dividend AllStar™ Ranking: | |
| Consecutive Div. Increases: | 20 years |
| Dividend Payment Type: | Cash |
| Dividend Declaration Date: | Aug-21-2008 |
| Dividend Ex Date: | Sep-02-2008 |
| Dividend Record Date: | Sep-04-2008 |
| Dividend Pay Date: | Sep-18-2008 |
| Dividend Amount: | 0.2250 |
| Dividend Payments: | Last 12 months payments: 4 |
| | 198 |
$27.94 (09/03/08)
