Are Insiders Selling Their Positions in The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD)?

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25 May, 2017

Homrich & Berg now owns 79,870 shares of the home improvement retailer's stock worth $10,278,000 after buying an additional 14,748 shares during the period. Analysts, on average, were expecting $1.58 per share, and the company reported EPS of $1.60 - amounting to a positive surprise of 1.34%. Nepsis Capital Management Inc who had been investing in Southern Co for a number of months, seems to be bullish on the $50.43B market cap company. The stock declined 0.26% or $0.41 reaching $154.42 on the news. About 11.13 million shares traded. It has underperformed by 48.30% the S&P500. During the same period previous year, the company earned $1.44 EPS. The institutional investor held 66,170 shares of the consumer services company at the end of 2016Q4, valued at $8.87M, down from 96,433 at the end of the previous reported quarter. Stifel Nicolaus reissued a "buy" rating and issued a $178.00 price target (up previously from $165.00) on shares of Home Depot in a research note on Wednesday, May 17th. The Peak Asset Management Llc holds 4,624 shares with $620,000 value, up from 2,309 last quarter. New Jersey Better Educational Savings Trust sold 4,000 shares as Home Depot Inc (HD)'s stock rose 9.30%. It has outperformed by 1.95% the S&P500.

The Home Depot, Inc (The Home Depot) is a home improvement retailer. Compass Point maintained Patriot National Inc (NYSE:PN) on Friday, February 26 with "Buy" rating. Therefore 0 are positive. The Home Depot Inc. had 49 analyst reports since August 19, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. As per Wednesday, August 19, the company rating was downgraded by Vetr. The firm has a market capitalization of $185.49 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.17 and a beta of 1.09.

Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD), after opening at $154.70, closed at $155.00 by scoring 0.11%. Credit Suisse initiated the stock with "Underperform" rating in Wednesday, January 25 report. S&P Research has "Hold" rating and $130 target. Argus Research maintained the shares of HD in report on Wednesday, November 18 with "Buy" rating. The firm has "Hold" rating given on Monday, August 17 by Cantor Fitzgerald. They issued a "market perform" rating and a $141.00 price target on the stock.

Investors sentiment decreased to 0.8 in Q4 2016. Its down 0.05, from 0.85 in 2016Q3. It dived, as 84 investors sold HD shares while 664 reduced holdings. 121 funds opened positions while 478 raised stakes. 838.20 million shares or 0.09% more from 837.48 million shares in 2016Q3 were reported. Moreover, Vanguard Group Inc Inc has 0.58% invested in Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD). Estabrook Cap owns 30,193 shares for 0% of their portfolio. Earnings per share are calculated by dividing a company's net income by its number of shares outstanding. Atlas Browninc has 5,259 shares for 0.28% of their portfolio. Carderock Capital Mgmt holds 14,339 shares. Milestone Group Inc has invested 0.05% of its portfolio in Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD). Budros Ruhlin And Roe has 0.09% invested in Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD). Badgley Phelps And Bell Inc has invested 1.09% in Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD). Timessquare Capital Mngmt Lc reported 56,745 shares stake. Alexandria Capital stated it has 0.02% of its portfolio in Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD). Bank of The West now owns 29,796 shares of the home improvement retailer's stock valued at $3,835,000 after buying an additional 8,893 shares during the period. Summit Securities Ltd Liability Com holds 1,600 shares. Reliant Investment Management Ltd Liability Corp holds 2.68% of its portfolio in Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) for 24,500 shares.

Returns and Valuations for The Home Depot, Inc. First Amer Natl Bank holds 0.27% of its portfolio in Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) for 23,884 shares. More interesting news about Southern Co (NYSE:SO) were released by: Reuters.com and their article: "Southern Co to manage construction of Georgia nuclear plant" published on May 13, 2017 as well as Fool.com's news article titled: "Southern Co: The Bear Case From a Bull" with publication date: April 28, 2017. It also upped Allstate Corp (NYSE:ALL) stake by 265,400 shares and now owns 774,400 shares.

Since November 16, 2016, it had 1 buying transaction, and 3 selling transactions for $32.15 million activity. Also, EVP Ann Marie Campbell sold 7,000 shares of Home Depot stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 17th.

Among 22 analysts covering The Home Depot Inc. Menear Craig A sold 140,372 shares worth $20.26M.

Investors sentiment decreased to 0.61 in Q4 2016. Its down 0.69, from 1.55 in 2016Q3. Winslow Evans And Crocker reported 29,550 shares. 14 funds opened positions while 37 raised stakes.

The Home Depot, Inc (The Home Depot) is a home improvement retailer. Parasol Investment Mngmt Limited Liability invested in 0.05% or 350 shares. Blackrock Institutional Tru Na holds 766,269 shares. Farmers stated it has 16,909 shares or 0.78% of all its holdings. Insiders own 0.26% of the company's stock. Legacy Ptnrs Incorporated has 3,955 shares for 0.32% of their portfolio.

AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) traded at a yearly high level of $43.89 during the last trading session. (NASDAQ:AVID) or 44,000 shares. Hartford Inv reported 321,877 shares. Arrow Financial holds 0.65% or 19,475 shares. The New York-based Citigroup has invested 0% in Avid Technology, Inc. 33,574 were reported by Livingston Gp Asset Management (Operating As Southport Management). LEONI had 215 analyst reports since July 16, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The firm owned 758 shares of the home improvement retailer's stock after buying an additional 3 shares during the period. Warburg Research upgraded LEONI AG (ETR:LEO) on Wednesday, September 23 to "Buy" rating. (NASDAQ:AVID) has "Hold" rating given on Thursday, November 10 by BWS Financial.

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