Home Improvement Retail: The Home Depot, Inc. owns the largest revenue base; Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. has the fastest current growth.
The industry itself · before any single company
How has Home Improvement Retail moved against S&P 500?
The line below covers 5.2 years. Over the most recent two of them this industry is 40% behind S&P 500. Earnings across its companies fell 1% on average over the last four reported quarters.
TURNING · ahead 3w⚠Price down, no fundamental support2 of 4 companies ahead of S&P 500 by 5% or more over three months
Home Improvement Retail, equal-weighted, based at 200S&P 500, same base, same starttrailing 12-month earnings per share risingfalling
Strength anatomyBroad but lateHow much of the industry is participating, how recently, and whether the movers score well.
Together2 of 4 stocks moving
Fresh0 crossed in the last 4 weeks
Backed by scoresmovers score +3 vs the industry average
Down the cap ladder — bar is now, tick is four weeks ago
Large0/10
Mid1/20
Small1/10
Participation is not spreading downward this month; the larger companies are still carrying most of it.
Both lines start at 200 in the same week, so the distance between them is the whole story: the industry line is an equal-weighted index of its 4 companies. The bars underneath are trailing 12-month earnings per share, one bar per reported quarter, each member rebased to 100 at the start and the industry taking the median — so a price line pulling away from flat bars is a re-rating, not earnings. A bar turns red when that figure is lower than the quarter before. Rules are fixed and applied identically everywhere on this site: ahead by 5% or more over three months, or behind by 20% or more over a year while earnings grew 20% or more. Hover any point to read both values and the gap. This is a description of what the numbers did, not advice.
Sector relative strength · before individual stocks
Is Home Improvement Retail outperforming S&P 500?
Home Improvement Retail has underperformed S&P 500 by 19.2% over the last 52 weeks. Over 13 weeks the gap is a lead of 4.6%. 0 of 3 covered companies currently beat the S&P 500 on Mansfield relative strength, so leadership inside the sector is selective. The Home Depot, Inc. is the strongest against the sector itself at -3.2%.
+4.6%Sector vs S&P 500 · 13 weeks
-19.2%Sector vs S&P 500 · 52 weeks
0/3Stocks leading S&P 500
0/3Stocks leading sector
Sector metric: — as of latest available · unclassified · direction unavailable.
The central tension: the companies with the most scale are not necessarily the companies creating the most change.
Start with scale. Then earnings trajectory. Then business quality. Only after those three agree should price leadership carry much weight.
Bottom line
Home Improvement Retail has underperformed S&P 500 by 19.2% over 52 weeks and 4.6% over 13 weeks. 0 of 3 covered companies beat the S&P 500 on Mansfield relative strength, while 0 of 3 beat the sector itself. The Home Depot, Inc. leads with revenue of $166,592 million, based on 4 of 4 comparable companies through Jun 2026.
Is the Home Improvement Retail sector outperforming S&P 500?
Home Improvement Retail has underperformed S&P 500 by 19.2% over 52 weeks and 4.6% over 13 weeks. 0 of 3 covered companies beat the S&P 500 on Mansfield relative strength, while 0 of 3 beat the sector itself.
Which Home Improvement Retail company is largest by revenue?
The Home Depot, Inc. leads with revenue of $166,592 million, based on 4 of 4 comparable companies through Jun 2026.
Which Home Improvement Retail company is growing fastest?
Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. has the fastest current revenue growth at 6.2%, across 4 of 4 comparable companies.
Which Home Improvement Retail company has the strongest 4-Factor Sector Score?
Lowe's Companies, Inc. ranks first at 32.6/100 with 77.5% evidence confidence. The score prioritizes research; it is not a buy recommendation.
Which Home Improvement Retail company reports the most CAPEX?
The Home Depot, Inc. reports the largest latest CAPEX at $844 million, with 4 of 4 companies comparable.
Which Home Improvement Retail company has the least gross debt?
Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. has the lowest comparable gross debt at $219 million. The Home Depot, Inc. has the highest at $63,157 million.
Which Home Improvement Retail company has the lowest comparable PEG?
Lowe's Companies, Inc. has the lowest comparable Guarded PEG at 1.07, among 2 of 4 companies that pass the metric’s comparability rules.
How much history does this Home Improvement Retail comparison include?
The page compares up to 20 reported quarters per company for fundamentals, CAPEX, debt and valuation, ending Jun 2026. Missing observations remain blank rather than being estimated.
How is the 4-Factor Sector Score calculated?
The four visible contributions add directly: growth and earnings up to 35 points, capital efficiency up to 25, valuation up to 20, and relative strength up to 20. Missing or stale evidence moves only the affected contribution toward neutral.
Companies
4
complete canonical membership
Combined market value
$472.4B
The Home Depot, Inc.
Revenue growing
4/4
positive TTM year-on-year growth
Beating S&P 500
0/3
positive Mansfield relative strength
Global company selection
00 · research priority, made explicit
4-Factor Sector Score
An additive sector-relative research score. The four displayed point contributions always equal the total: Growth & earnings (35), Capital efficiency (25), Valuation (20), and Relative strength (20). Missing or stale evidence is absorbed inside the affected factor, never applied as a hidden adjustment.
Lowe's Companies, Inc. has the strongest current balance of earnings trajectory, business quality, valuation and price confirmation, with 77.5% evidence confidence.
Lowe's Companies, Inc. looks inexpensive relative to peers or its own history, but its earnings trajectory has not yet earned the valuation signal.
Missing observations are not scored as bad. Their missing weight lowers confidence and pulls the final score toward neutral. PEG is guarded: positive earnings, positive 5–60% three-year EPS growth, and a positive P/E are required.
Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
13.5/35Growth & earnings
Revenue 6.2% · PAT 0% · OPM change 0.4 pp
83% evidence
9.1/25Capital efficiency
ROCE 1% · debt/equity 0.71×
80% evidence
10.0/20Valuation
P/E 17.6× · PEG —
0% evidence
10.0/20Relative strength
RS sector — · RS bench — · 1Y 32.4%
0% evidence
01 · compare level, then change
Revenue Scale & Growth Durability
The Home Depot, Inc. has the highest Revenue among the 4 Home Improvement Retail companies compared here, at $166,592 million. Lowe's Companies, Inc. is next at $88,435 million. Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. has the highest Revenue growth at 6.2%, so level and change sit with different companies. 4 of 4 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Jun 2026.
What the numbers say: The Home Depot, Inc. is the scale leader at $166,592 million, 88.4% ahead of Lowe's Companies, Inc.. Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc.'s growth is 6.2% from a $766 million base, with 19 reported observations in the 20-quarter window. Treat the growth leader as an acceleration candidate, not as equally proven scale.
LeaderThe Home Depot, Inc. · $166,592 million
Gap88.4% versus #2 · Lowe's Companies, Inc.
Persistence7/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage4/4 companies · 78 observations
Investor read: The Home Depot, Inc. is the scale benchmark; Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. is the acceleration watch. Promote the challenger only if growth persists and converts into margin and returns.
This conclusion weakens if: The Home Depot, Inc.'s growth falls below Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc.'s for two consecutive comparable reports while operating margin also compresses.
Revenue is compared on a common reported-currency basis. Growth is year-on-year, so seasonality does not masquerade as progress.
Revenuelargest
1The Home Depot, Inc. HD$166.6B
2Lowe's Companies, Inc. LOW$88.4B
3Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. FND$4.7B
4Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. HVT-A$766M
Revenue growthfastest growers
1Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. HVT-A6.2%
2Lowe's Companies, Inc. LOW6.2%
3Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. FND3.5%
4The Home Depot, Inc. HD2.2%
Revenue · company comparison
4/4 level · 4/4 change
Solid lines show level; dotted lines show change when “Both” is selected. Missing reports break the line rather than being invented.
All-company data · latest reported quarter
Each figure is the company’s latest single reported quarter. The rankings above use trailing-twelve-month or current-market values, so a company can legitimately show a different number in each.
The Home Depot, Inc. has the highest OPM among the 4 Home Improvement Retail companies compared here, at 11.9%. Lowe's Companies, Inc. is next at 11.1%. Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. has the highest Margin change at +0.4 percentage points, so level and change sit with different companies. 4 of 4 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Jun 2026.
What the numbers say: The Home Depot, Inc. leads opm at 11.9%; Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. leads margin change at +0.4 percentage points.
LeaderThe Home Depot, Inc. · 11.9%
Gap7.2% versus #2 · Lowe's Companies, Inc.
Persistence0/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage4/4 companies · 78 observations
Investor read: The Home Depot, Inc. sets the level benchmark; use the change leader as an inflection watch only after another comparable report confirms it.
This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current margin change signal.
Operating margin compares operating profit with revenue. Improvement is measured in percentage points, not percentage growth.
OPMhighest
1The Home Depot, Inc. HD12%
2Lowe's Companies, Inc. LOW11%
3Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. FND4.5%
4Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. HVT-A2.6%
Margin changefastest expanders
1Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. HVT-A+0.4 pp
2Lowe's Companies, Inc. LOW−0.8 pp
3Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. FND−1.0 pp
4The Home Depot, Inc. HD−1.0 pp
Operating margin · company comparison
4/4 level · 4/4 change
Solid lines show level; dotted lines show change when “Both” is selected. Missing reports break the line rather than being invented.
All-company data · latest reported quarter
Each figure is the company’s latest single reported quarter. The rankings above use trailing-twelve-month or current-market values, so a company can legitimately show a different number in each.
The Home Depot, Inc. has the highest Net profit among the 4 Home Improvement Retail companies compared here, at $14,012 million. Lowe's Companies, Inc. is next at $6,642 million. Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. has the highest Profit growth at 0%, so level and change sit with different companies. Its Net profit series carries 20 reported observations across the 20-quarter window.
What the numbers say: The Home Depot, Inc. leads with $14,012 million of TTM profit, 111% above Lowe's Companies, Inc.. Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. shows 0% growth from a $21 million profit base. Compare the size of the base and persistence before ranking acceleration above profit scale.
LeaderThe Home Depot, Inc. · $14,012 million
Gap111% versus #2 · Lowe's Companies, Inc.
Persistence1/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage4/4 companies · 78 observations
Investor read: The Home Depot, Inc. sets the level benchmark; use the change leader as an inflection watch only after another comparable report confirms it.
This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current profit growth signal.
Net profit is the residual after operating costs, interest and tax. Growth off a loss or near-zero base is excluded from the fastest-grower rank.
Net profitlargest
1The Home Depot, Inc. HD$14.0B
2Lowe's Companies, Inc. LOW$6.6B
3Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. FND$199M
4Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. HVT-A$21M
Profit growthfastest growers
1Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. HVT-A0.0%
2Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. FND-2.9%
3Lowe's Companies, Inc. LOW-2.9%
4The Home Depot, Inc. HD-4.3%
Net profit · company comparison
4/4 level · 4/4 change
Solid lines show level; dotted lines show change when “Both” is selected. Missing reports break the line rather than being invented.
All-company data · latest reported quarter
Each figure is the company’s latest single reported quarter. The rankings above use trailing-twelve-month or current-market values, so a company can legitimately show a different number in each.
The Home Depot, Inc. has the highest CAPEX among the 4 Home Improvement Retail companies compared here, at $844 million. Lowe's Companies, Inc. is next at $521 million. Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. has the highest CAPEX intensity at 5.5%, so level and change sit with different companies. Its CAPEX series carries 20 reported observations across the 20-quarter window.
What the numbers say: The Home Depot, Inc. reports $844 million of CAPEX; Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. has the highest covered intensity at 5.5%. Coverage is only 4 of 4 companies and 78 reported observations, so this is partial evidence—not a complete sector rank.
LeaderThe Home Depot, Inc. · $844 million
Gap62% versus #2 · Lowe's Companies, Inc.
Persistence8/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage4/4 companies · 78 observations
Investor read: Use the CAPEX rank as a diligence queue. Verify commissioning, utilization, cash conversion and post-investment ROCE before treating spend as value creation.
This conclusion weakens if: CAPEX rises without higher utilization, operating cash flow or incremental returns.
CAPEX is cash spent on property, plant, equipment and other reported capital assets. CAPEX intensity divides that spend by revenue; high intensity is a reinvestment signal, not proof that the reinvestment will earn attractive returns.
CAPEXlargest spenders
1The Home Depot, Inc. HD$844M
2Lowe's Companies, Inc. LOW$521M
3Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. FND$63M
4Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. HVT-A$7M
CAPEX intensityhighest reinvestment intensity
1Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. FND5.5%
2Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. HVT-A3.7%
3Lowe's Companies, Inc. LOW2.3%
4The Home Depot, Inc. HD2.0%
Capital expenditure · company comparison
4/4 level · 4/4 change
Solid lines show level; dotted lines show change when “Both” is selected. Missing reports break the line rather than being invented.
All-company data · latest reported quarter
Each figure is the company’s latest single reported quarter. The rankings above use trailing-twelve-month or current-market values, so a company can legitimately show a different number in each.
Capacity base is net fixed assets plus capital work in progress, straight off the reported balance sheet. It is not cash spent, so it answers a narrower question than CAPEX — but it is reported for companies whose cash-flow CAPEX is not published, which is why it leads here. Missing years remain blank; annual values are never relabelled as quarters.
Full annual capacity base, operating cash flow, CAPEX and free cash flow history
Capacity base · net fixed assets + CWIP · fiscal-year history
Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. has the lowest Gross debt among the 4 Home Improvement Retail companies compared here, at $219 million. Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. is next at $2,007 million. The same company also holds the lowest Net debt, at $105 million. 4 of 4 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Mar 2026.
What the numbers say: Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. has the clearest covered balance-sheet capacity with $105 million and gross debt of $219 million. Absolute debt alone does not identify the strongest balance sheet because company scale differs; net debt and debt-to-equity carry more information.
LeaderHaverty Furniture Companies, Inc. · $219 million
Gap89.1% versus #2 · Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc.
Persistence0/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage4/4 companies · 78 observations
Investor read: Prioritize net-cash capacity and leverage relative to operating scale, not the smallest absolute rupee debt.
This conclusion weakens if: Net debt rises faster than revenue and profit for two consecutive reported periods.
Gross debt shows contractual borrowings. Net debt subtracts reported cash; a negative value means net cash. Lower debt can create capacity, but should be read against the scale and capital intensity of the business.
Gross debtlowest gross debt
1Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. HVT-A$219M
2Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. FND$2.0B
3Lowe's Companies, Inc. LOW$42.5B
4The Home Depot, Inc. HD$63.2B
Net debtlowest net debt
1Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. HVT-A$105M
2Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. FND$1.7B
3Lowe's Companies, Inc. LOW$41.3B
4The Home Depot, Inc. HD$61.6B
Debt and balance-sheet capacity · company comparison
4/4 level · 4/4 change
Solid lines show level; dotted lines show change when “Both” is selected. Missing reports break the line rather than being invented.
All-company data · latest reported quarter
Each figure is the company’s latest single reported quarter. The rankings above use trailing-twelve-month or current-market values, so a company can legitimately show a different number in each.
Lowe's Companies, Inc. has the highest ROCE among the 4 Home Improvement Retail companies compared here, at 8.9%. The Home Depot, Inc. is next at 7.1%. Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. has the highest ROCE change at +0.2 percentage points, so level and change sit with different companies. 4 of 4 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Jun 2026.
What the numbers say: Lowe's Companies, Inc. leads ROCE at 8.9%, 1.8 percentage points above The Home Depot, Inc.. Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. has the strongest latest improvement at +0.2 percentage points. Read the leader beside the density of its reported history: a sparse high return is a candidate; a repeated high return is evidence of durability.
LeaderLowe's Companies, Inc. · 8.9%
Gap25.4% versus #2 · The Home Depot, Inc.
Persistence3/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage4/4 companies · 76 observations
Investor read: Lowe's Companies, Inc. sets the level benchmark; use the change leader as an inflection watch only after another comparable report confirms it.
This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current roce change signal.
ROCE asks how much operating return the business earns on the capital employed. Direction matters, but a single exceptional year should not be mistaken for durability.
ROCEhighest
1Lowe's Companies, Inc. LOW8.9%
2The Home Depot, Inc. HD7.1%
3Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. FND1.3%
4Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. HVT-A1.0%
ROCE changefastest improvers
1Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. HVT-A+0.2 pp
2Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. FND−0.4 pp
3The Home Depot, Inc. HD−1.3 pp
4Lowe's Companies, Inc. LOW−1.3 pp
Return on capital · company comparison
4/4 level · 4/4 change
Solid lines show level; dotted lines show change when “Both” is selected. Missing reports break the line rather than being invented.
All-company data · latest reported quarter
Each figure is the company’s latest single reported quarter. The rankings above use trailing-twelve-month or current-market values, so a company can legitimately show a different number in each.
Lowe's Companies, Inc. has the lowest Guarded PEG among the 4 Home Improvement Retail companies compared here, at 1.07×. Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. is next at 3.89×. Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. has the lowest P/E at 17.6×, so level and change sit with different companies. 2 of 4 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Jun 2026.
What the numbers say: Lowe's Companies, Inc. has the lowest comparable Guarded PEG at 1.07×, 72.5% below Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc.. Only 2 of 4 companies pass the guard, so no broad “cheapest stock” conclusion is defensible unless the current multiple, own-history position and growth durability agree.
LeaderLowe's Companies, Inc. · 1.07×
Gap72.5% versus #2 · Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc.
Persistence0/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage2/4 companies · 5 observations
Investor read: Treat valuation as permission to investigate, never as a standalone reason to buy.
This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current p/e signal.
PEG is shown only when earnings are positive and three-year EPS growth is between 5% and 60%. It is recomputed consistently as the trailing P/E divided by that growth rate — reported earnings, never an expected-earnings multiple. On Indian companies it is shown only where the two data sources reconciled. A missing PEG is more honest than a low-base fiction.
Guarded PEGlowest PEG
1Lowe's Companies, Inc. LOW1.1
2Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. FND3.9
P/Elowest P/E
1Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. HVT-A17.6
2Lowe's Companies, Inc. LOW19.7
3The Home Depot, Inc. HD23.0
4Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. FND28.6
Valuation · company comparison
2/4 level · 4/4 change
Solid lines show level; dotted lines show change when “Both” is selected. Missing reports break the line rather than being invented.
All-company data · latest reported quarter
Each figure is the company’s latest single reported quarter. The rankings above use trailing-twelve-month or current-market values, so a company can legitimately show a different number in each.
Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. has the lowest EV/EBITDA among the 4 Home Improvement Retail companies compared here, at 9.52×. Lowe's Companies, Inc. is next at 13.7×. The same company also holds the lowest P/BV, at 1.11×. 4 of 4 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Mar 2026. Its EV/EBITDA series carries 19 reported observations across the 20-quarter window.
What the numbers say: Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. leads both ev/ebitda at 9.52× and p/bv at 1.11×.
LeaderHaverty Furniture Companies, Inc. · 9.52×
Gap30.5% versus #2 · Lowe's Companies, Inc.
Persistence0/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage4/4 companies · 76 observations
Investor read: Treat valuation as permission to investigate, never as a standalone reason to buy.
This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current p/bv signal.
EV/EBITDA includes debt in enterprise value and is useful across different capital structures. P/BV prices the company against its own book. Both are market multiples on reported figures, not intrinsic-value estimates and not forecasts.
EV/EBITDAlowest EV/EBITDA
1Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. HVT-A9.5
2Lowe's Companies, Inc. LOW13.7
3Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. FND14.8
4The Home Depot, Inc. HD15.4
P/BVlowest P/BV
1Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. HVT-A1.1
2Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. FND2.3
3The Home Depot, Inc. HD23.3
Enterprise and book valuation · company comparison
4/4 level · 3/4 change
Solid lines show level; dotted lines show change when “Both” is selected. Missing reports break the line rather than being invented.
All-company data · latest reported quarter
Each figure is the company’s latest single reported quarter. The rankings above use trailing-twelve-month or current-market values, so a company can legitimately show a different number in each.
Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. has the strongest one-year price move in Home Improvement Retail at +32.4%. The Home Depot, Inc. leads on Mansfield relative strength against the S&P 500 at -11.3%. 0 of 3 covered companies are above zero on that measure. Every line covers 314 weekly closes through 2026-07-28.
Every price line is indexed to 100 over the chosen window. Mansfield relative strength compares a price ratio with its own 52-week average; zero separates leadership from lagging.
Price and relative strength
Price is rebased to 100 inside the selected window. Pair ratio rebases each selected company against one chosen denominator.
Before the conclusion · check the blind spots
What can make this comparison misleading?
This Home Improvement Retail comparison names 5 specific ways its own evidence can mislead, all listed below. All 4 companies here report on comparable dates, so no rank carries a stale marker. 1 of the 8 ranked sections has fewer than three usable current readings. A high growth rate can still be a low-base artefact.
Keep these limits visible
A high growth rate can be a low-base artefact. The page keeps level and change separate for that reason.
A high ROCE can be temporary or flattered by a small capital base. Read it beside margin, cash conversion and reinvestment.
The 4-Factor Sector Score ranks research priority, not portfolio action. Management quality, catalysts and risks need equally fresh evidence before capital is deployed.
An “all companies” line chart preserves completeness, but rank changes should be checked against reporting dates before drawing a conclusion.
Thin comparisons: Valuation have fewer than three usable current readings.
10 · the complete set
Which companies are included?
All 4 companies in the canonical Home Improvement Retail membership are listed below, largest market value first — nothing is silently dropped, even where a company reports too little to rank. The charts above default to a selective view; this register is the complete set, with each company's own latest reporting date beside it.
AHEAD means the company is beating the index by 5% or more over three months. LAGGING, FUNDAMENTALS UP means it is 20% or more behind over a year while its trailing twelve-month earnings grew 20% or more. Both rules are fixed and applied the same way in every sector.
This comparison is built from the reported filings of 4 Home Improvement Retail companies, normalized to a common $ scale and a shared quarter axis of up to 20 quarters each. Fundamentals run through Jun 2026 and market data through 2026-07-28. A second data feed fills gaps only after identity and scale reconciliation, and missing observations are never interpolated.
FundamentalsThrough Jun 2026 · up to 20 quarters per company
Market dataThrough 2026-07-28 · weekly price and relative-strength history
Derived metricsGrowth, changes, CAPEX intensity, net debt, guarded PEG and P/BV÷ROE are calculated only when their inputs are comparable.
Score confidenceMissing and stale evidence reduces confidence and pulls the 0–100 research-priority score toward neutral.
These 17 answers restate the Home Improvement Retail comparison above in question form. Every one is computed from the same 4 companies and the same reported filings as the rankings and charts, current through Jun 2026. Price and relative-strength answers run through 2026-07-28. Nothing here is estimated, and none of it is a recommendation.
Which Home Improvement Retail company is the biggest?
The Home Depot, Inc. is the largest, with trailing-twelve-month revenue of $166,592 million, ahead of Lowe's Companies, Inc. at $88,435 million. That covers 4 of 4 companies with comparable reporting through Jun 2026.
Which Home Improvement Retail company is growing fastest?
Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. has the fastest revenue growth at 6.2% year on year, across 4 of 4 comparable companies. Fast growth off a small base is not the same as proven scale — check whether the rate holds across several quarters on the chart above before treating it as a trend.
Which Home Improvement Retail company has the best profit margins?
The Home Depot, Inc. has the highest operating margin at 11.9%, from 4 of 4 comparable companies. Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. shows the biggest recent improvement, at +0.4 percentage points. A high margin matters most when it is holding or rising, not when it is peaking.
Which Home Improvement Retail company makes the most profit?
The Home Depot, Inc. earns the most, at $14,012 million of trailing-twelve-month net profit, from 4 of 4 comparable companies. Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. has the fastest profit growth at 0%, though growth off a small or recovering profit base overstates how much has actually changed.
Which Home Improvement Retail company earns the highest return on capital?
Lowe's Companies, Inc. leads on return on capital employed at 8.9%, across 4 of 4 companies. Read it beside the length of its reported history: a high return that repeats for years is evidence of a durable business, while a single high reading can be a small capital base or one good year.
Which Home Improvement Retail stock is the cheapest?
On guarded PEG — where a LOWER number is cheaper — Lowe's Companies, Inc. screens cheapest at 1.07×. Only 2 of 4 companies pass the comparability guard, so this is not a sector-wide "cheapest stock" verdict. Cheap on a multiple is a reason to investigate, never a reason to buy on its own.
Which Home Improvement Retail company has the strongest balance sheet?
Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. carries the lowest comparable gross debt at $219 million, from 4 of 4 companies. Absolute rupee debt alone does not settle it, because company scale differs — net debt and debt-to-equity in the chart above carry more information, and a very low-debt balance sheet can also mean under-investment.
Which Home Improvement Retail company is investing most in new capacity?
The Home Depot, Inc. reports the largest capital spending at $844 million, across 4 of 4 companies. Spending consumes cash before it earns anything, so treat the ranking as a diligence queue: check commissioning, utilisation and the return earned on the completed assets before reading spend as value creation.
Is the Home Improvement Retail sector beating the market?
Home Improvement Retail has underperformed S&P 500 by 19.2% over the last 52 weeks and 4.6% over 13 weeks, measured on an equal-weight index of its current members. Inside the sector, 0 of 3 covered companies are beating the market on their own. Sector strength does not transfer evenly to every stock in it.
Which Home Improvement Retail stock has the strongest price momentum?
The Home Depot, Inc. has the strongest relative strength against S&P 500. Relative strength answers last, after growth, quality and valuation: price can move well before the fundamentals confirm it, and sometimes without them confirming at all.
Which Home Improvement Retail company scores highest for research priority?
Lowe's Companies, Inc. scores 32.6 out of 100 with 77.5% evidence confidence, from 9.5 points on growth and earnings, 9.9 on capital efficiency, 13.2 on valuation and 0 on relative strength. This ranks what deserves work next. It is not a buy recommendation, and management quality, catalysts and risk still need separate research.
How many Home Improvement Retail companies does this comparison cover, and over what period?
It compares 4 listed companies over up to 20 reported quarters of fundamentals and 5 fiscal years of capital allocation, ending Jun 2026, plus weekly price and relative-strength history. Membership is the full sector list — nothing is dropped for having thin data.
What is the total market cap of the Home Improvement Retail sector?
The 4 Home Improvement Retail companies on this page carry $472,410 million of combined market value. The Home Depot, Inc. is the largest at $343,477 million, about 73% of the sector's total on its own. Market value moves with price, so this reading is dated 2026-07-28.
How is the Home Improvement Retail sector performing?
0 of the 3 covered Home Improvement Retail companies are beating S&P 500 on Mansfield relative strength. The sector itself is 19.2% behind S&P 500 over 52 weeks on an equal-weight index of its current members. Readings are as of 2026-07-28.
How many Home Improvement Retail stocks are listed in the US?
This comparison covers 4 listed Home Improvement Retail companies in the US, each above the size floor the site applies. The full ranked list is on this page, with reported fundamentals through Jun 2026. Membership is the full industry list — nothing is dropped for having thin data.
Why are some values on this page blank?
A blank means that company did not report a comparable figure for that period, so nothing is shown. Missing observations are never interpolated, carried forward, or replaced with a similar-looking accounting line, and a company with missing evidence has its research score pulled toward neutral rather than being scored as bad.
Is this investment advice?
No. Every figure here is a deterministic calculation from reported company filings and market data, published for research. It contains no recommendation to buy or sell any security, does not account for your circumstances, and is not a substitute for advice from a licensed adviser.