Home Depot stock holds steady as insider sale and dividend highlight valuation
Published on 09/13/2026 at 14:18 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS
Home Depot, Inc. stock (ISIN US4370761029) traded around USD 305.95 on the New York Stock Exchange as of September 11, 2026, a level that implies a market capitalization of about USD 308.03 billion and leaves the shares well below their recent 52-week high but above the 52-week low.
Insider sale and dividend signal draw attention
According to GuruFocus on September 12, 2026, senior vice president of finance and chief accounting officer Kimberly Scardino sold 675 Home Depot shares at USD 305.95 each, for total proceeds of USD 206,516, a transaction that highlights how sensitive the company’s equity value is to single-digit price moves.
The same overview notes that at the time of the transaction the stock price of USD 305.95 translated into an approximate market capitalization of USD 308.03 billion, underscoring that each 1 percent move in the share price shifts equity value by roughly USD 3.08 billion for the home improvement retailer.
As Seeking Alpha reported on September 11, 2026, Home Depot is set to pay a quarterly dividend of USD 2.33 per share on September 17, 2026, which corresponds to an annualized payout of USD 9.32 per share and, at a share price near USD 309, a dividend yield of about 3 percent.
Recent earnings and guidance frame the valuation
Home Depot’s current valuation is anchored in solid recent operating performance. The company reported fiscal second-quarter earnings per share of USD 4.92, beating analysts’ expectations of USD 4.73 per share, and revenue of USD 47.86 billion, ahead of the USD 47.27 billion consensus estimate, according to Stocktwits News in a report on September 12, 2026.
In the same report, Stocktwits News notes that Home Depot reaffirmed its fiscal 2026 guidance, including total sales growth of 2.5 to 4.5 percent and an operating margin between 12.4 and 12.6 percent, which gives investors a numeric framework for expected profitability over the current year.
The guidance sits against a backdrop of relatively modest same-store sales trends: after a decline of 1.8 percent in fiscal 2024 and a 0.3 percent increase in fiscal 2025, Home Depot now expects comparable sales to rise by about 1 percent at the midpoint in the current fiscal year, according to an analysis on The Motley Fool dated September 13, 2026.
Even in this difficult macro environment, Home Depot posted an operating margin of 14.3 percent in its fiscal 2026 second quarter ended August 2, 2026, and generated USD 9.7 billion in free cash flow over the past six months, giving it ample resources to support the dividend policy, according to The Motley Fool.
Analyst targets and price range give upside context
According to MarketBeat on September 11, 2026, the consensus rating on Home Depot is Moderate Buy, with an average analyst price target of USD 375.18 per share, implying about 21.5 percent upside from a current price around USD 308.86.
Price data compiled by Business Insider indicate that on September 11, 2026, Home Depot shares closed at USD 308.75 on their primary listing, modestly below the opening price of USD 308.99, corresponding to a fractional daily decline of 0.08 percent.
As of September 11, 2026, Home Depot’s reference price near USD 305.95 on the New York Stock Exchange stands comfortably above a 52-week low of USD 289.10 but well below the 52-week high of USD 426.75, according to figures summarized by Business Insider, illustrating both downside support and potential recovery room if fundamentals and sentiment improve.
Stock price level and investor perspective
Home Depot stock’s closing level of USD 308.75 on the New York Stock Exchange as of September 11, 2026, places it roughly 27.6 percent below the 52-week high of USD 426.75 and about 6.8 percent above the 52-week low of USD 289.10, giving investors a sense of the current position within its recent trading range as they weigh the insider sale, robust cash generation and reaffirmed guidance.
Home Depot stock facts
- Company: The Home Depot, Inc.
- ISIN: US4370761029
- Ticker: HD
- Trading venue: NYSE
- Price (as of September 11, 2026, 03:58 PM): 308.75 USD
- Market capitalization: 308.03 billion USD (as of September 11, 2026)
- Sector / Industry: Consumer Discretionary / Home Improvement Retail
- Index membership: S&P 500
- Next earnings date: September 17, 2026
