Company Analysis

Home Depot, Inc. (HD)

NYSE: HD · Retail-Lumber & Other Building Materials Dealers · Atlanta, GA · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade5.9
◀ Past 6.5● Present 6.1▶ Future 5.2

The grade of Home Depot, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.9/10
◀ Past6.525% of the headline
● Present6.145% of the headline
▶ Future5.230% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.5/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.7/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 45% of this tense · 77th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Home Depot, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
5.5/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+6.3% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 33% of this tense · 55th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Home Depot, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $95 billion in fiscal 2017 to $165 billion in fiscal 2026, up 6.3% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 3% from fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span6.3%top 50% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 50% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 32% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak3.0%top 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
5.5/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 1.0% a year. 61% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 10 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 55th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-02-01, Home Depot, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 1.0% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 61% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 10 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 41% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.1/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.2/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 110%: 110¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 88%: owes 88¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 52nd percentile among 11 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-02-01, Home Depot, Inc. earned about 110 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 52 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 88 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 0.2% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 14% of its family
  • return on equitytop 5% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 23% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 23% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
7.4/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 26% of 11 in its family; net margin 8.6%.

weight 33% of this tense · 74th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Home Depot, Inc.'s standing among 11 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $165 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 5% by size; a net margin of 8.6% ranks in the top 23%; revenue growth of 1.5% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 50% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$164.7Btop 5% of its family
  • net margin8.6%top 23% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth1.5%top 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
6.1/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 39% of 9 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2022.

weight 22% of this tense · 61st percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Home Depot, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Decker, Edward P. (Chair, President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2022-03-24, 4.6 years (bottom 39% of its family); the 24 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.3 years (top 28%); 4 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 24 people in charge now (top 28%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge4 in three years among 24 peopletop 28% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.3 yearstop 28% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record4.6 yearsbottom 39% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.2/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.4/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 44% of 11 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 44th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Home Depot, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $1.4 billion against debt of $46 billion leaves -42.8% of its assets as net cash, bottom 14% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 7.7% of revenue (top 32%); a gross margin of 33.3% (top 50%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-42.8%bottom 14% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue7.7%top 32% of its family
  • gross margin33.3%top 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
6.4/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 36% of 11 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 64th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Home Depot, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 1.5% a year over the last three filed years against 6.3% over all 10, slowing (top 32% of its family); the newest year grew 3.3% (top 32%); capital spending grew 5.6% a year (top 45%) (its annual reports). Home Depot, Inc. reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2026: Primary at $152 billion (92%), All Other at $13 billion (8%); 1 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-4.8 points a yeartop 32% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth3.3%top 32% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending5.6%top 45% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
4.1/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 41% of 11 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 41st percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Home Depot, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $165 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 2.6% above the $161 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 50% of its family); net income of $14 billion against a prior three-year average of $16 billion (bottom 41%); a net margin of 8.6% against 10% before (bottom 32%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace2.6%top 50% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-10%bottom 41% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-1.4 pointsbottom 32% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton HD · research, not advice