<div id="readability-page-1"><ul><li>What Dollar Tree’s Surge and Home Depot’s Slide Say About Consumer Health</li></ul><p>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 manufacture, distribute, or provide products and services for renovating, repairing, and maintaining residential properties — including retailers, building-material suppliers, appliance and tool makers, and home-service providers. Investors watch these stocks as a gauge of consumer spending and housing activity because their revenues are sensitive to housing market trends, interest rates, seasonality, and do-it-yourself versus professional remodeling demand. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Home Improvement stocks within the last several days.</p><h2>Home Depot (HD)</h2><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><ul><li>Holiday Spending to Hit $1 Trillion—Time to Buy This Retail ETF?</li></ul><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><ul><li>MarketBeat Week in Review – 11/17 - 11/21</li></ul><p>Read Our Latest Research Report on LOW</p><h2>Masco (MAS)</h2><p>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.</p><p>Read Our Latest Research Report on MAS</p><h2>Read More</h2><ul><li>MarketBeat's Top Five Stocks to Own in December 2025</li><li>Chewy Stock Just Flashed a Major Buy Signal for 2026</li><li>Broadcom Slips Post-Earnings Even as AI Demand Goes Parabolic</li><li>Qualcomm Just Got Called an AI Loser—So Why Is It Rallying?</li><li>2 Small-Cap Biotechs That Could Reward Patient Investors</li><li>Santa Claus May Be Coming Early for Palantir Investors</li></ul><p><em>This instant news alert was generated by narrative science technology and financial data from MarketBeat in order to provide readers with the fastest reporting and unbiased coverage. Please send any questions or comments about this story to contact@marketbeat.com.</em></p><h2>Should You Invest $1,000 in Home Depot Right Now?</h2><p>Before you consider Home Depot, you'll want to hear this.</p><p>MarketBeat keeps track of Wall Street's top-rated and best performing research analysts and the stocks they recommend to their clients on a daily basis. MarketBeat has identified the five stocks that top analysts are quietly whispering to their clients to buy now before the broader market catches on... and Home Depot wasn't on the list.</p><p>While Home Depot currently has a Moderate Buy rating among analysts, top-rated analysts believe these five stocks are better buys.</p><p>View The Five Stocks Here</p>                  </div>

<p>MarketBeat highlights Home Depot, Lowe's, and Masco as key home improvement stocks to watch. These stocks are indicators of consumer spending and housing activity, sensitive to market trends and interest rates. Despite Home Depot's moderate buy rating, analysts suggest other stocks may offer better investment opportunities. Investors should consider these stocks for insights into consumer health and housing market dynamics.</p>

Best Home Improvement Stocks To Follow Today - December 12th