Dow Today: Home Depot (HD) Leads The Day Higher, Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) Lags
The
Dow Jones Industrial Average
(
^DJI
) is trading down three points at 12,946 as of Tuesday, Feb 21, 2012, 9:35 a.m. ET. During this time, 37 million shares of the 30 Dow components have changed hands vs. an average daily trading volume of 818.6 million. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,842 issues advancing vs. 885 declining with 167 unchanged.
The Dow component leading the way higher looks to be
(NYSE:
), which is sporting a 95-cent gain (+2%) bringing the stock to $47.66. Volume for Home Depot currently sits at two million shares traded vs. an average daily trading volume of 10.7 million shares.
Home Depot has a market cap of $69.31 billion and is part of the
sector and
industry. Shares are up 11.1% year to date as of Friday's close. The stock's dividend yield sits at 2.5%.
The Home Depot Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a home improvement retailer. The company's stores sell a range of building materials, home improvement products, and lawn and garden products to do-it-yourself, do-it-for-me (D-I-F-M), and professional customers. The company has a P/E ratio of 20, above the average retail industry P/E ratio of 19.4 and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.
TheStreet Ratings rates Home Depot as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, notable return on equity, solid stock price performance, impressive record of earnings per share growth and good cash flow from operations. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally poor debt management on most measures that we evaluated.
- You can view the full Home Depot Ratings Report.
Holding back the Dow today is
(NYSE:
), which is lagging the broader Dow index with a $2.31 decline (-3.7%) bringing the stock to $60.17. This single loss is lowering the Dow Jones Industrial Average by 17.48 points or roughly accounting for 582.7% of the Dow's overall loss. Volume for Wal-Mart Stores currently sits at 2.1 million shares traded vs. an average daily trading volume of 9.5 million shares.
- See our dividend calendar or top-yielding stocks list.
Wal-Mart Stores has a market cap of $210.24 billion and is part of the
sector and
industry. Shares are up 4.6% year to date as of Friday's close. The stock's dividend yield sits at 2.3%.
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. operates retail stores in various formats worldwide. The company's Walmart U.S. The company has a P/E ratio of 14.1, above the average retail industry P/E ratio of 13.1 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.
TheStreet Ratings rates Wal-Mart Stores as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, notable return on equity, solid stock price performance, good cash flow from operations and growth in earnings per share. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins.
- You can view the full Wal-Mart Stores Ratings Report.
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