Piper Sandler Sticks to Its Buy Rating for Home Depot (HD)

Piper Sandler analyst Peter Keith maintained a Buy rating on Home Depot (HD – Research Report) today and set a price target of $400.00. The company’s shares closed yesterday at $362.05.

Keith covers the Consumer Cyclical sector, focusing on stocks such as Wayfair, Lowe’s, and Floor & Decor Holdings. According to TipRanks, Keith has an average return of 11.2% and a 53.64% success rate on recommended stocks.

In addition to Piper Sandler, Home Depot also received a Buy from Guggenheim’s Steven Forbes in a report issued on April 5. However, on the same day, Loop Capital Markets maintained a Hold rating on Home Depot (NYSE: HD).

HD market cap is currently $358.8B and has a P/E ratio of 23.96.

Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 76 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders selling their shares of HD in relation to earlier this year. Most recently, in February 2024, Teresa Wynn Roseborough, the EVP, Gen. Counsel & Corp. Sec of HD sold 19,367.00 shares for a total of $7,034,675.41.

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Home Depot (HD) Company Description:

Home Depot, Inc. is a home improvement retailer, which sells building materials, home decor, flooring, appliances, lawn and garden products, tools and other merchandise. It also offers installation services as well as tool and equipment rental. The company was founded by Bernard Marcus, Arthur M. Blank, Kenneth Gerald Langone and Pat Farrah on June 29, 1978 and is headquartered at Atlanta, GA.