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: years. Then if you really want Home Depot, put it back in. The stock hasn't done very well in the past. : Maybe it'll do well after the short term, but I'd put my moeny elsewhere, let it grow, and then put some back into the Depot. 5 yr growth
 The outlook looks good despite the ailing US economy since their industry is somewhat resistant to recession. Plus, expansion into the European market should be beneficial. Home Depot has a distinctive competency over their competitors due to the efficient use of their EDI system (DataDirect), POS technology, SequeLink, among other things. If you want to look at it from the financial standpoint, they are much stronger than Lowes and all others in the industry. A 5.64% profit margin increase over the last five years..
Net income growth around 30.63% over the last five years.
Sales growth has been around 25% over the last five years.
Very rarely will you see negative cash flow from operating activities. It's pointless for me to keep going on and talking about their current ratio, leverage, liquidity, profitability, yada yada yada. Like any stock, it's in for the long haul. 95% of the time, if you leave money in a stock for ~ 15-20 years, you will see profits.
Later,
Phuong
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