Home Improvement Stocks Worth Watching – November 12th

Home Depot, Lowe’s Companies, and Masco are the three Home Improvement stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Home improvement stocks are shares of companies that sell products or services used to renovate, repair, or maintain homes, such as hardware retailers, building-material manufacturers, and remodeling businesses. Their performance may be influenced by housing activity, consumer spending, and demand for home renovations. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Home Improvement stocks within the last several days.

Home Depot (HD)

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, bath, garage doors, cabinets, cabinet makeovers, countertops, sheds, furnaces and central air systems, and windows.

Home Depot stock traded down $3.14 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $348.17. 2,244,326 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 4,472,778. Home Depot has a 1 year low of $277.15 and a 1 year high of $397.63. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.64, a current ratio of 1.08 and a quick ratio of 0.31. The firm has a market cap of $347.36 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.35, a P/E/G ratio of 2.50 and a beta of 0.93. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $310.98 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $333.61.

Lowe’s Companies (LOW)

Lowe’s Companies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a home improvement retailer in the United States. The company offers a line of products for construction, maintenance, repair, remodeling, and decorating. It also provides home improvement products, such as appliances, seasonal and outdoor living, lawn and garden, lumber, kitchens and bath, tools, paint, millwork, hardware, flooring, rough plumbing, building materials, décor, and electrical.

NYSE:LOW traded down $3.93 on Thursday, reaching $227.67. The stock had a trading volume of 2,138,852 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,996,744. The company has a 50-day moving average of $198.83 and a 200 day moving average of $224.47. The stock has a market cap of $127.73 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.24, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.94 and a beta of 0.81. Lowe’s Companies has a 12-month low of $178.45 and a 12-month high of $293.06.

Masco (MAS)

Masco Corporation designs, manufactures, and distributes home improvement and building products in North America, Europe, and internationally. The company's Plumbing Products segment offers faucets, showerheads, handheld showers, valves, bath hardware and accessories, bathing units, shower bases and enclosures, sinks, toilets, acrylic tubs, shower trays, spas, exercise pools, and fitness systems; brass, copper, and composite plumbing system components; connected water products; thermoplastic solutions, extruded plastic profiles, specialized fabrications, and PEX tubing products; and other non-decorative plumbing products.

Shares of Masco stock traded down $0.41 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $84.50. 1,082,691 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,568,157. Masco has a twelve month low of $58.16 and a twelve month high of $87.86. The company has a market cap of $16.29 billion, a PE ratio of 18.29, a PEG ratio of 1.88 and a beta of 1.21. The company has a quick ratio of 1.20, a current ratio of 1.83 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 109.07. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $73.11 and a 200-day simple moving average of $71.46.