Top Home Improvement Stocks Worth Watching – November 4th

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 home renovation, repair, maintenance, building, or improvement products and services. For stock market investors, these stocks provide exposure to consumer spending on housing and remodeling, and may include retailers, manufacturers, distributors, and home-services providers. 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.

NYSE:HD traded up $20.17 on Wednesday, hitting $353.83. 4,666,313 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 4,453,367. Home Depot has a fifty-two week low of $277.15 and a fifty-two week high of $397.63. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $308.48 and a 200-day moving average of $334.51. The company has a current ratio of 1.08, a quick ratio of 0.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.64. The stock has a market cap of $353.01 billion, a PE ratio of 24.74, a PEG ratio of 2.43 and a beta of 0.93.

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.

Shares of NYSE:LOW traded up $15.19 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $228.56. 2,801,639 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,980,503. Lowe’s Companies has a twelve month low of $178.45 and a twelve month high of $293.06. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $196.19 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $225.84. The company has a market cap of $128.24 billion, a PE ratio of 19.31, a P/E/G ratio of 1.83 and a beta of 0.81.

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.

NYSE MAS traded up $5.05 on Wednesday, reaching $87.23. The company had a trading volume of 1,192,080 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,573,998. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $71.64 and a 200-day moving average of $71.01. The firm has a market capitalization of $16.82 billion, a PE ratio of 18.89, a P/E/G ratio of 1.85 and a beta of 1.21. Masco has a 1 year low of $58.16 and a 1 year high of $87.86. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 109.07, a current ratio of 1.83 and a quick ratio of 1.20.