home depot

"If you build it, they will come." They prophesy has come true as a multi-story warehouse building built in Seattle by commercial real-estate giant Prologis (NYSE: PLD) has its first tenants: Amazon and Home Depot. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) will take almost 500,000 square feet of space and...

A commitment in late 2017 to invest over $1 billion into its supply chain network is allowing The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) to expand into same- and next-day delivery while bolstering its standing as a favored company among carriers and drivers. That distinction for the Atlanta-based home improvement...

Benzinga has examined prospects for many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Bullish calls included aerospace and automotive giants. Bearish calls included retailers and an EV maker. The markets were a bit of a roller-coaster this past week as trade concerns continued to loom over the...

Sales at Home Depot Inc (NYSE: HD) were dampened by the wet start to the year, but sell-side analysts disagreed Wednesday on whether broader economic issues will affect the big box retailer’s bottom line in the long run.  The Analysts UBS analyst Michael Lasser maintained a Buy...

This weekend's Barron's cover story examines stocks that will benefit from increasing spending by millennials. Other featured articles focus on what suppliers say about Apple and possible outcomes to a bidding war. Also, the prospects for an off-price retailer and a highly anticipated IPO...

Renewed hopes for progress in trade talks with China helped set a positive tone early Tuesday after Monday’s move higher. However, investors will have to wait to see if anything concrete lies behind this confidence.  Overseas markets appeared to share some of the optimism, as European...

Benzinga has featured looks at many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Bullish calls included a Detroit automaker and a video streaming giant. Bearish calls included a social media and financial giants. December has been brutal for stock investors, with major U.S. indexes down 6...

Benzinga has featured looks at many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Bullish calls included leaders in entertainment, tobacco and video games. Bearish calls included a Detroit automaker and big box retailer. Last week began with a mystery that could have geopolitical implications and...

Insider buying can be an encouraging signal for potential investors. Three specialty retailers saw notable insider buys this past week. Two top-level executives continued to build up stakes in their companies as well. Conventional wisdom says that insiders and 10-percent owners really...

The big retailers are scheduled to begin to post their quarterly results this coming week. Two leading big-box store operators are among the first to step into the earnings spotlight. Analysts have somewhat high expectations for the top and bottom line results from both of them. While...

Benzinga has featured a look at many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Some recent posts took a look back at the past year. Many others were forward focused, including forecasts for the top tech darling. The end of the year is nearly upon us. As it does every week, Benzinga...

The do-it-yourself home improvement sector has benefited from the multiyear improvement in the housing sector. But the key question moving forward is which is the better holding: Dow component Home Depot Inc (NYSE: HD) or its smaller rival Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW)? The Analyst...

Benzinga has featured a look at many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Some of those calls focused on retail and on internet-related stocks. Other calls featured a slew of smaller oil companies worth a look now. It was a bit of a roller-coaster this past week, with all the...

Despite a solid earnings report this week from Home Depot Inc (NYSE: HD), shares have failed to deliver any meaningful gains as investor fears of the Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) effect proliferates nearly every retailer. Despite these fears, it may be short sighted to place those trepidations...

More of the big retailers are on deck to report their most recent quarterly results this week. Wall Street is braced for mixed results from the troubled sector again this week. Yet two leading specialty retailers could buck the trend of low expectations. The big-box stores and the major...