<div id="readability-page-1"><ul><li>Kroger: This Must-Own Staples Stock Thrives in Every Market</li></ul><p>Walmart, Home Depot, Lowe's Companies, Target, Compass, Wayfair,  and Fifth Third Bancorp are the seven Home Improvement stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Home improvement stocks are shares of publicly traded companies whose business is supplying products and services for home renovation, repair and remodeling. They include retailers (for example, Home Depot and Lowe’s), tool and hardware manufacturers, and building-material suppliers, and their performance typically tracks housing‐market activity and consumer spending on home maintenance. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Home Improvement stocks within the last several days.</p><h2>Walmart (WMT)</h2><p>Walmart Inc. engages in the operation of retail, wholesale, other units, and eCommerce worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Walmart U.S., Walmart International, and Sam's Club. It operates supercenters, supermarkets, hypermarkets, warehouse clubs, cash and carry stores, and discount stores under Walmart and Walmart Neighborhood Market brands; membership-only warehouse clubs; ecommerce websites, such as walmart.com.mx, walmart.ca, flipkart.com, PhonePe and other sites; and mobile commerce applications.</p><ul><li>S&amp;P 500 and Nasdaq-100 Flashed Death Crosses—Should You Worry?</li></ul><p>WMT traded down $0.65 during trading on Friday, reaching $96.78. 13,689,204 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 17,824,984. Walmart has a 52 week low of $59.44 and a 52 week high of $105.30. The company has a current ratio of 0.82, a quick ratio of 0.23 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.40. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $90.66 and a 200 day moving average of $91.91. The stock has a market cap of $774.33 billion, a P/E ratio of 40.16, a PEG ratio of 4.42 and a beta of 0.70. </p><p>Read Our Latest Research Report on WMT</p><h2>Home Depot (HD)</h2><ul><li>Amazon's Earnings Could Fuel a Rapid Breakout </li></ul><p>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.</p><p>Shares of HD stock traded down $2.31 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $362.55. The stock had a trading volume of 1,970,748 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,440,915. The firm has a market capitalization of $360.39 billion, a PE ratio of 24.63, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.03 and a beta of 1.05. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $358.23 and a 200-day simple moving average of $388.83. Home Depot has a twelve month low of $323.77 and a twelve month high of $439.37. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.65, a current ratio of 1.13 and a quick ratio of 0.31. </p><p>Read Our Latest Research Report on HD</p><h2>Lowe's Companies (LOW)</h2><p>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.</p><p>LOW stock traded down $2.31 on Friday, reaching $222.17. The company's stock had a trading volume of 2,053,748 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,494,708. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $225.26 and a two-hundred day moving average of $247.19. The company has a market capitalization of $124.35 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.53, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.96 and a beta of 1.00. Lowe's Companies has a 52 week low of $206.39 and a 52 week high of $287.01. </p><p>Read Our Latest Research Report on LOW</p><h2>Target (TGT)</h2><p>Target Corporation operates as a general merchandise retailer in the United States. The company offers apparel for women, men, boys, girls, toddlers, and infants and newborns, as well as jewelry, accessories, and shoes; and beauty and personal care, baby gear, cleaning, paper products, and pet supplies.</p><p>Shares of TGT traded down $0.54 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $96.39. The stock had a trading volume of 4,612,895 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,791,680. Target has a 52 week low of $87.35 and a 52 week high of $167.40. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.99, a current ratio of 0.94 and a quick ratio of 0.25. The firm's 50 day moving average price is $99.88 and its 200-day moving average price is $123.80. The company has a market capitalization of $43.80 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.22, a P/E/G ratio of 1.94 and a beta of 1.27. </p><p>Read Our Latest Research Report on TGT</p><h2>Compass (COMP)</h2><p>Compass, Inc. provides real estate brokerage services in the United States. It operates a cloud-based platform that provides an integrated suite of software for customer relationship management, marketing, client service, operations, and other functionality in the real estate industry. The company offers mobile apps that allow agents to manage their business anytime and anywhere, as well as designs consumer-grade user interfaces, automated and simplified workflows for agent-client interactions, and insight-rich dashboards and reports.</p><p>Shares of COMP traded down $1.48 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $6.25. The stock had a trading volume of 30,808,359 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,440,979. Compass has a fifty-two week low of $3.34 and a fifty-two week high of $10.25. The firm has a market cap of $3.24 billion, a P/E ratio of -20.16 and a beta of 2.80. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $8.17 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $7.34. </p><p>Read Our Latest Research Report on COMP</p><h2>Wayfair (W)</h2><p>Wayfair Inc. provides e-commerce business in the United States and internationally. The company offers approximately thirty million products for the home sector. It offers online selections of furniture, décor, housewares, and home improvement products through its sites consisting of Wayfair, Joss &amp; Main, AllModern, Birch Lane, Perigold, and Wayfair Professional.</p><p>NYSE W traded down $0.91 during trading on Friday, reaching $32.72. 5,804,053 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 4,664,576. Wayfair has a fifty-two week low of $20.41 and a fifty-two week high of $76.18. The company's fifty day simple moving average is $30.64 and its 200-day simple moving average is $40.18. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.15 billion, a PE ratio of -8.14 and a beta of 2.93. </p><p>Read Our Latest Research Report on W</p><h2>Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB)</h2><p>Fifth Third Bancorp operates as the bank holding company for Fifth Third Bank, National Association that engages in the provision of a range of financial products and services in the United States. It operates through three segments: Commercial Banking, Consumer and Small Business Banking, and Wealth and Asset Management.</p><p>FITB traded up $0.17 on Friday, hitting $37.43. The company had a trading volume of 4,425,064 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,467,254. Fifth Third Bancorp has a 1-year low of $32.25 and a 1-year high of $49.07. The stock has a market cap of $24.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.92, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.42 and a beta of 0.89. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82, a current ratio of 0.80 and a quick ratio of 0.80. 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<p>MarketBeat's stock screener tool highlights seven home improvement stocks to watch: Walmart, Home Depot, Lowe's Companies, Target, Compass, Wayfair, and Fifth Third Bancorp. These companies are involved in supplying products and services for home renovation and repair, with performance linked to housing market activity and consumer spending. Recent trading volumes indicate significant interest in these stocks, with notable price movements observed in Walmart, Home Depot, and Lowe's Companies.</p>

Promising Home Improvement Stocks To Add to Your Watchlist - May 10th