<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, Masco, Medallion Financial,  and Jewett-Cameron Trading are the five Home Improvement stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Home improvement stocks are shares of companies that make, supply, sell or install products and services used to repair, renovate or maintain residential properties — including retailers, manufacturers of tools and building materials, and specialty contractors. Investors treat them as a cyclical subsector tied to housing activity, consumer confidence, interest rates and seasonal trends, which can make their revenues and stock prices sensitive to changes in the broader economy. 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>Medallion Financial (MFIN)</h2><p>Medallion Financial Corp., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a specialty finance company in the United States. It operates in four segments: Recreation Lending, Home Improvement Lending, Commercial Lending, and Taxi Medallion Lending. The company offers loans that finance consumer purchases of recreational vehicles, boats, and other consumer recreational equipment; consumer financing for window, siding, and roof replacement, swimming pool installations, and other home improvement projects; senior and subordinated loans for the purchase of equipment and related assets necessary to open a new business, or purchase or improvement of an existing business; and taxi medallion loans to individuals and small to mid-size businesses.</p><p>Read Our Latest Research Report on MFIN</p><h2>Jewett-Cameron Trading (JCTC)</h2><p>Jewett-Cameron Trading Company Ltd. is a supplier of `Value-added` building materials to major home improvement center chains in the western United States.  The Company concentrates on the residential repair and remodeling segment of the building materials industry.</p><p>Read Our Latest Research Report on JCTC</p><h2>Further Reading</h2><ul><li>MarketBeat's Top Five Stocks to Own in December 2025</li><li>Higher Beef Prices Are Here: Best Steakhouse Stocks for 2026</li><li>AI Runs on Power—And Constellation Energy Controls the Switch</li><li>3 Insider Moves You Shouldn’t Ignore Heading Into 2026</li><li>3 AI Names With Big Buybacks: GEV, PSTG, and LSCC Signal Confidence</li><li>Western Digital’s Nasdaq-100 Entry Caps Its AI-Driven Comeback</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>

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<p>MarketBeat's stock screener tool highlights Home Depot, Lowe's Companies, Masco, Medallion Financial, and Jewett-Cameron Trading as the top five Home Improvement stocks to watch. These companies are involved in the home improvement sector, which is sensitive to housing activity, consumer confidence, interest rates, and seasonal trends. They had the highest dollar trading volume recently. Home Depot and Lowe's are major retailers, Masco manufactures home improvement products, Medallion Financial offers home improvement loans, and Jewett-Cameron supplies building materials.</p>

Promising Home Improvement Stocks To Research - December 16th