Home Depot (HD) Tops Q2 EPS by 4c, Beats on Revenues; Boosts EPS Growth Guidance

Home Depot (HD) Declares $0.89 Quarterly Dividend; 2.4% Yield

Home Depot (NYSE: HD) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.89 per share, or $3.56 annualized.

The dividend will be payable on September 14, 2017, to stockholders of record on August 31, 2017, with an ex-dividend date of August 29, 2017.

The annual yield on the dividend is 2.4... More

Maverick Capital's 13F Shows New Stakes in Dow (DOW), MGM (MGM), Molson (TAP) (more...)

Maverick Capital released its 13F for the quarter ended June, 2017. Below is a summary:

New Stakes
ADVANCE AUTO PARTS, Inc. (NYSE: AAP) new 18,870 share position
Align Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALGN) new 16,140 share position
Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) new 4,150 share position
AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS (NYSE: AEO) new 272,722 share position
Authorize.Net Holdings (NYSE: ANET) new 15,960 share position
Bard (C.R.) Inc. (NYSE: BCR) new 7,620 share position
BARNES & NOBLE, Inc. (NYSE:... More

Home Depot (HD) August 155 straddle priced for movement of 3.2% into Q2

Home Depot (HD) August 155 straddle priced for movement of 3.2% into Q2

Home Depot (HD) 30-day call option implied volatility of 20 compares to volatility of 16 from a month ago into Q2

Home Depot (NYSE: HD) 30-day call option implied volatility of 20 compares to volatility of 16 from a month ago into Q2

Home Depot (HD) IV up into Q2 call and outlook

Home Depot (NYSE: HD) August call option implied volatility is at 40, September is at 22; compared to its 52-week range of 12 to 26 into hosting Q3 earnings call on August 15.

JANA Partners 13F Shows New Stakes in Blue Apron (APRN), First Data (FDC), Molina (MOH), Zimmer Biomet (ZBH) (more..)

Barry Rosenstein's JANA Partners released its 13F for the quarter ended June, 2017. Below is a summary.

New Stakes
Altice (NYSE: ATUS) new 200,000 share position
Anadarko Petroleum Corp (NYSE: APC) (CALL) new 100,000 share position
Blue Apron (NYSE: APRN) new 600,000 share position
CDK GLOBAL (NASDAQ: CDK) new 751,357 share position
DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC) new 1,437,239 share position
EQT Corporation (NYSE: EQT) new 8,136,500 share position *
EQT Corporation (NYSE:... More

Home Depot (HD) 2Q Preview - Longbow

Longbow Research analyst, David MacGregor, reiterated his Buy rating on Home Depot (NYSE: HD) and expects slightly above-consensus comps as home center fundamentals continue to experience a strong macro environment.

The analyst expects to see 5 key points:

1) Generally in-line comp... More

Home Depot (HD) August option implied volatility increases into EPS

Home Depot (NYSE: HD) August call option implied volatility is at 19, September is at 19; compared to its 52-week range of 12 to 26 into hosting Q3 earnings call on August 15.