Home Depot (HD) Competitors $367.85 -0.44 (-0.12%) Closing price 05/30/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$367.60 -0.25 (-0.07%) As of 05/30/2025 07:58 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock HD vs. LOW, BLDR, FND, JCTC, WMT, COST, BABA, MCD, BKNG, and PDDShould you be buying Home Depot stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Home Depot include Lowe's Companies (LOW), Builders FirstSource (BLDR), Floor & Decor (FND), Jewett-Cameron Trading (JCTC), Walmart (WMT), Costco Wholesale (COST), Alibaba Group (BABA), McDonald's (MCD), Booking (BKNG), and PDD (PDD). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector. Home Depot vs. Lowe's Companies Builders FirstSource Floor & Decor Jewett-Cameron Trading Walmart Costco Wholesale Alibaba Group McDonald's Booking PDD Lowe's Companies (NYSE:LOW) and Home Depot (NYSE:HD) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk. Do analysts rate LOW or HD? Lowe's Companies currently has a consensus price target of $271.12, indicating a potential upside of 20.19%. Home Depot has a consensus price target of $426.77, indicating a potential upside of 16.02%. Given Lowe's Companies' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Lowe's Companies is more favorable than Home Depot.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Lowe's Companies 1 Sell rating(s) 9 Hold rating(s) 16 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.58Home Depot 0 Sell rating(s) 7 Hold rating(s) 21 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.79 Which has more volatility & risk, LOW or HD? Lowe's Companies has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Home Depot has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Is LOW or HD more profitable? Home Depot has a net margin of 9.45% compared to Lowe's Companies' net margin of 8.19%. Home Depot's return on equity of 452.60% beat Lowe's Companies' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Lowe's Companies8.19% -47.55% 15.28% Home Depot 9.45%452.60%16.91% Does the MarketBeat Community favor LOW or HD? Home Depot received 316 more outperform votes than Lowe's Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.41% of users gave Home Depot an outperform vote while only 69.43% of users gave Lowe's Companies an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformLowe's CompaniesOutperform Votes152269.43% Underperform Votes67030.57% Home DepotOutperform Votes183871.41% Underperform Votes73628.59% Which has better valuation & earnings, LOW or HD? Home Depot has higher revenue and earnings than Lowe's Companies. Lowe's Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Home Depot, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioLowe's Companies$83.24B1.52$7.73B$12.0718.69Home Depot$162.95B2.24$15.14B$14.7424.96 Does the media prefer LOW or HD? In the previous week, Home Depot had 36 more articles in the media than Lowe's Companies. MarketBeat recorded 99 mentions for Home Depot and 63 mentions for Lowe's Companies. Home Depot's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Lowe's Companies' score of 1.09 indicating that Home Depot is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Lowe's Companies 46 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 6 Neutral mention(s) 5 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Home Depot 81 Very Positive mention(s) 6 Positive mention(s) 9 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do insiders and institutionals believe in LOW or HD? 74.1% of Lowe's Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.9% of Home Depot shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Lowe's Companies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Home Depot shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Is LOW or HD a better dividend stock? Lowe's Companies pays an annual dividend of $4.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Home Depot pays an annual dividend of $9.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Lowe's Companies pays out 38.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Home Depot pays out 62.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Lowe's Companies has increased its dividend for 53 consecutive years and Home Depot has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years. SummaryHome Depot beats Lowe's Companies on 17 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Home Depot News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for HD and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart HD vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricHome DepotLumber & other building materials IndustryRetail SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$365.65B$73.57B$24.98B$19.48BDividend Yield2.54%2.42%169.93%3.90%P/E Ratio24.9915.5724.5634.81Price / Sales2.241.014.4339.19Price / Cash21.2714.5319.4117.51Price / Book350.3371.696.154.74Net Income$15.14B$3.54B$784.05M$1.02B7 Day Performance1.29%0.58%1.45%1.30%1 Month Performance2.06%0.90%7.86%5.06%1 Year Performance9.81%-18.84%11.50%5.24% Home Depot Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)HDHome Depot4.6948 of 5 stars$367.85-0.1%$426.77+16.0%+11.7%$365.65B$162.95B24.99490,600Trending NewsInsider TradeLOWLowe's Companies4.6709 of 5 stars$221.08-1.2%$271.52+22.8%+4.7%$123.74B$83.67B18.44340,000Positive NewsDividend IncreaseAnalyst ForecastBLDRBuilders FirstSource4.9228 of 5 stars$108.16-1.5%$167.58+54.9%-32.8%$11.95B$16.17B11.9429,000Positive NewsInsider TradeFNDFloor & Decor4.3185 of 5 stars$73.38-1.0%$93.56+27.5%-37.4%$7.90B$4.52B38.6212,000Positive NewsJCTCJewett-Cameron TradingN/A$3.74-2.9%N/AN/A$13.16M$47.43M-10.6968WMTWalmart4.4122 of 5 stars$96.49+0.6%$104.94+8.8%+51.9%$772.00B$685.09B40.042,300,000Trending NewsCOSTCostco Wholesale4.143 of 5 stars$1,008.50-0.9%$1,024.03+1.5%+28.6%$447.45B$264.09B59.22304,000Trending NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionBABAAlibaba Group4.5813 of 5 stars$120.71-0.6%$154.21+27.8%+43.0%$287.99B$996.35B17.44254,900Trending NewsMCDMcDonald's4.2936 of 5 stars$314.65+0.1%$325.91+3.6%+24.4%$224.99B$25.71B27.63150,000Trending NewsBKNGBooking3.9192 of 5 stars$5,332.80-0.2%$5,299.29-0.6%+46.5%$173.53B$24.09B30.8224,300Positive NewsPDDPDD4.7306 of 5 stars$119.24-0.5%$162.00+35.9%-36.4%$166.00B$393.84B11.6412,992Trending NewsAnalyst ForecastOptions Volume Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Lowe's Companies Alternatives Builders FirstSource Alternatives Floor & Decor Alternatives Jewett-Cameron Trading Alternatives Walmart Alternatives Costco Wholesale Alternatives Alibaba Group Alternatives McDonald's Alternatives Booking Alternatives PDD Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:HD) was last updated on 5/31/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMarket Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stockstock Market Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stocks The market is in freefall—and Trump's new tarif...American Alternative | SponsoredWhite House to reset Social Security?Elon Musk's parting DOGE gift looks set to shock America... 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