The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD)

give 'em 5 years, and HD will make wine out of water

sector is out of favour now, but the orange box parking lots are always full!

It is only a matter of time before consumer sentiment turns around as well as the housing market. I suspect the new CEO will prove to be a considerable improvement over the old one.

HD is a value right now and might become even cheaper. Basically HD owns around 75% of its stores that is a major cost savings, and a strong asset. Second, HD has a lot of stores and dosn't need to spend much money on store opening it has actually been closing a few locations to help alleviate store canabolism. Finally, HD has had many great investor and insides make large purchases in the last year, which means the average investor has some protection. I see the company aggressivly repurchasing their own stock over the next few years, and when the construction/ housing situation is over they HD will thriving again.

Housing will be back, as will home fixing

Home Depot may benefit from rough weather this Spring and early Summer in the Midwest because its torando season and theres gonna be alot of houses destroyed from this season and well home depot is a really good place for that

Gotta love the Deep if you're a home owner. With the housing market the way it is, people will probably be willing to stay in the same house for a longer time, which means they'll likely be doing some extra home improvements to make it feel new and updated. I'm liking the low P/E of this, the recent downturn, and of course having Morningstar fair value this company at $42, granting it a 5 star status doesn't hurt.

This is a short term loss long term gain stock. The company has had some bad times with CEOs but the good thing is that the numbers do not look that bad. They owe because they have spent so much on making the stores better so they can make higher profits when the market turns around. This stock is cheap right now and might get cheaper Im adding it now because its on my mind but I think it will double in about a year.

inflation issue

The great American stabilizer, as consistent as the sunrise.

Somebody has to supply the rebuilding of America. I pick The Home Depot

Home Depot has gotten beat up as of late due to the CEO debocale and reduced hoem building supplies, however as people are not buying new homes they will start to repair and fix up their current homes. This will stableize Hd's sales and allow the compeny to be more competive in the market and drive quality and sales up. It is still my first choice when I need home repair supplies.

This one was not necessarily a tough one to pick, but I thought twice about it because of the slow economy and status of the housing market.... I figured that America will continue to go to Home Depot to purchase whatever they need to fix up their homes. As you all know now is not the best of times to sell a house, but it may be a "good" time to fix things around your home in hopes that the housing market will eventually go up again with a new President in the office.

I know that in my case my wife and I are going to see how the market is around that time and sell if it's good. If not, maybe we will keep the house with all of the fixings, rent it out, and buy a new one. Flipping houses is in!

Lowes will continue to keep HD on its toes, but HD will hold.

I'm hoping Home Improvement replaces Home Replacement in todays economy. I'm hoping people pick Home Depot over Lowes.

Watch the HD parking lots. I know, that sounds like a weak approach however as home sales continue to run dry, interest rates increase and people begin feeling better about the economy, home improvement swill boom. I expect to see this trend beginning 6 months out and peaking near the end of 2009. I've been watching HD parking lots for about 8 years and earlier this year I decided to take the plunge and bought. I'll keep purchasing until the price hits about $48 then sit back and wait.

I'm probably making this call too early, we're not doing this with real money (yet)

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2008-05-23 2008-05-28 17:58:51 HOME DEPOT INC HD BATCHELDER DAVID H director 546,100 $26.56 $1.45044E7

Have you been to your local Home Depot store lately? The housing market may be in crisis, but the stores are still packed. People may not be buying as much, but the truth remains that Home Depot is the leader in home improvement. The housing crisis will not last forever, and Home Depot is well positioned to take advantage of the recovery.

Severely beaten down. Looks like a good time to pick this up.