The Home Depot Inc
- Industry
- Retail
- Exchange
- US
- Country
- USA
- IPO date
- Sep 22, 1981
- Employees
- 470,000
- Website
- www.homedepot.com
Composite valuation range · conservative $200–$230 / fair $270–$320 / optimistic $360–$410. At $336.09, Between the fair and optimistic ranges.
At publication $313.07 (May 25, 2026)
Data from EODHD, shown in the reporting currency; for reference only, not investment advice.
The Home Depot, Inc. operates as a home improvement retailer in the United States and internationally. It sells various building materials, home improvement products, lawn and garden products, and décor products, as well as facilities maintenance, repair, and operations products. The company also offers installation services for flooring, water heaters, baths, garage doors, cabinets, cabinet makeovers, countertops, sheds, furnaces and central air systems, windows, and window coverings. In addition, it provides tool and equipment rental services. The company serves consumers, such as do-it-yourself homeowners and do-it-for-me customers; and professional renovators/remodelers, general contractors, homebuilders, maintenance professionals, handymen, property managers, building service contractors and specialty tradespeople, such as electricians, landscapers, insulation installers, plumbers, painters, pool contractors, roofers, and wallboard and ceiling installers. It sells its products through websites and its mobile applications, including homedepot.com; homedepot.ca and homedepot.com.mx; blinds.com, justblinds.com, and americanblinds.com for custom window coverings; constructionresourcesusa.com or design-oriented surfaces, appliances, and architectural specialty products; thecompanystore.com, an online site for textiles and décor products; hdsupply.com for maintenance, repair, and operations products and related services; and srsdistribution.com, heritagelandscapesupplygroup.com, heritagepoolsupplygroup.com, and gms.com for roofing and building materials, landscape, and pool products; and The Home Depot stores. The Home Depot, Inc. was incorporated in 1978 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
History
The Home Depot, Inc. was incorporated in 1978 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, and went public on September 22, 1981. The company has paid a quarterly cash dividend since 1987. More recently it expanded its professional-distribution capabilities through acquisitions, with the SRS transaction valued at about $18.028 billion and the GMS transaction at about $5.081 billion; following the SRS purchase it suspended share repurchases beginning in March 2024 to prioritize debt reduction.
Industry position
The Home Depot describes itself as the world's largest home improvement retailer by net sales as of fiscal 2025, operating 2,359 retail stores, more than 500 distribution and fulfillment centers and warehouses, and over 1,250 professional outlets through its SRS network, with roughly 470,000 employees. In fiscal 2025 it reported net sales of $164.68 billion and operating income of $20.89 billion. Compared with its closest rival Lowe's, its revenue was about 1.9 times and operating income about 2 times as large.