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What If You Had Invested in Home Depot 10 Years Ago?
The Home Depot, Inc. (HD) with real monthly prices, dividends reinvested, through November 2026.
HD $349.94 ▼ -1.55% last close, Nov 05, 2026
If you had invested $1,000 in HD in November 2016, today it would be worth
$3,433
Same $1,000 in the S&P 500 (SPY): $3,895
If you had put $500 a month into HD since November 2016, your $60,500 would be worth today
$96,126
Same plan in the S&P 500 (SPY): $128,888
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HD returns by period
| Period | Total return | Per year | $1,000 became | SPY per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 03, 2026 | $2.3300 | +0.0% | ||
| Jun 04, 2026 | $2.3300 | +0.0% | ||
| Mar 12, 2026 | $2.3300 | +1.3% | ||
| Dec 04, 2025 | $2.3000 | +0.0% | ||
| Sep 04, 2025 | $2.3000 | +0.0% | ||
| Jun 05, 2025 | $2.3000 | +0.0% | ||
| Mar 13, 2025 | $2.3000 | +2.2% | ||
| Nov 27, 2024 | $2.2500 | +0.0% | ||
| Aug 29, 2024 | $2.2500 | +0.0% | ||
| May 30, 2024 | $2.2500 | +0.0% | ||
| Mar 06, 2024 | $2.2500 | +7.7% | ||
| Nov 29, 2023 | $2.0900 | — |
HD year by year
Best full year: 1991 (+162.3%). Worst: 2002 (-52.6%).
| Year | HD | SPY | What happened |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | +3.9% | +8.3% | |
| 2025 | -9.3% | +17.7% | |
| 2024 | +15.0% | +24.9% | |
| 2023 | +12.8% | +26.2% | |
| 2022 | -22.0% | -18.2% | |
| 2021 | +59.5% | +28.7% | |
| 2020 | +24.5% | +18.3% | Homeowners stuck at home spent heavily on projects, and sales jumped. |
| 2019 | +30.6% | +31.2% | |
| 2018 | -7.3% | -4.6% | |
| 2017 | +44.6% | +21.7% | |
| 2016 | +3.5% | +12.0% | |
| 2015 | +28.5% | +1.2% | |
| 2014 | +30.2% | +13.5% | |
| 2013 | +35.9% | +32.3% | |
| 2012 | +50.3% | +16.0% | |
| 2011 | +23.5% | +1.9% | |
| 2010 | +25.0% | +15.1% | |
| 2009 | +30.6% | +26.4% | |
| 2008 | -11.4% | -36.8% | The global financial crisis. Bank failures and a deep recession made this one of the worst years for stocks since the 1930s. The housing collapse hit Home Depot directly. |
| 2007 | -31.1% | +5.1% |
HD: all at once or every month?
Take $12,000: all of it on day one, or $1,000 a month for a year. Across every starting month since 1985 (491 of them), the lump sum was ahead after 12 months in 362 (74%). The lump sum usually won, but roughly one start in 4 favored spreading it out. The best case for monthly investing was a start in April 2002, when it finished the year 62% ahead.
Worst drop
HD's worst fall in this history was -69.2%, a loss of more than half, from December 1999 to January 2003. Getting back to the old high took until August 2012: 115 months from the bottom and 12.7 years from the peak. $1,000 invested at that peak shrank to about $308 at the low.
Home Depot dividends
HD paid $9.29 per share over the last 12 months, quarterly. At $349.94 that is 2.65%, a moderate yield. From 2020 to 2025 the yearly payout grew +8.9% a year, well ahead of inflation. The yearly total did not fall once in the last ten years. Amounts are adjusted for splits.
| Year | Dividends / share | Change | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $9.20 | +2.2% | 2.67% |
| 2024 | $9.00 | +7.7% | 2.31% |
| 2023 | $8.36 | +10.0% | 2.41% |
| 2022 | $7.60 | +15.2% | 2.41% |
| 2021 | $6.60 | +10.0% | 1.59% |
| 2020 | $6.00 | +10.3% | 2.26% |
| 2019 | $5.44 | +32.0% | 2.49% |
| 2018 | $4.12 | +15.7% | 2.40% |
| 2017 | $3.56 | +29.0% | 1.88% |
| 2016 | $2.76 | +16.9% | 2.06% |
Yield = each year’s dividends divided by the price at the end of the year.
HD dividend history: last 12 payments
| Ex-dividend date | Amount | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 03, 2026 | $2.3300 | +0.0% |
| Jun 04, 2026 | $2.3300 | +0.0% |
| Mar 12, 2026 | $2.3300 | +1.3% |
| Dec 04, 2025 | $2.3000 | +0.0% |
| Sep 04, 2025 | $2.3000 | +0.0% |
| Jun 05, 2025 | $2.3000 | +0.0% |
| Mar 13, 2025 | $2.3000 | +2.2% |
| Nov 27, 2024 | $2.2500 | +0.0% |
| Aug 29, 2024 | $2.2500 | +0.0% |
| May 30, 2024 | $2.2500 | +0.0% |
| Mar 06, 2024 | $2.2500 | +7.7% |
| Nov 29, 2023 | $2.0900 | — |
Stock splits
- January 1982: 1.5-for-1
- May 1982: 1.25-for-1
- December 1982: 2-for-1
- June 1983: 2-for-1
- September 1987: 1.5-for-1
- July 1989: 1.5-for-1
- July 1990: 1.5-for-1
- June 1991: 1.5-for-1
- July 1992: 1.5-for-1
- April 1993: 1.33333-for-1
- July 1997: 1.5-for-1
- July 1998: 2-for-1
- December 1999: 1.5-for-1
One share bought before 1982 is 341.719 shares today.
About Home Depot
| Company | The Home Depot, Inc. |
| Listed | 1981 (Nasdaq; NYSE since 1984) |
| Sector | Consumer discretionary (home improvement) |
| Dividend | Paid quarterly |
Home Depot is the largest home improvement retailer in the U.S., selling to both do-it-yourself homeowners and professional contractors.
Its business is tied to the housing market. The stock fell hard in the 2007 to 2009 housing crash, then boomed through the 2010s and the pandemic, when people spent on their homes. Higher mortgage rates since 2022 have slowed it.
Questions about HD
How much would $10,000 invested in HD 20 years ago be worth today?
About $152,540 with dividends reinvested, invested at the November 2006 close: 1425.4% in total, or 14.6% a year.
When does HD pay dividends?
In the last 12 months the payments went out in March, June, September and December, $9.29 per share in total.
Did HD beat the S&P 500?
Yes. Over the last 20 years it was ahead by 4.0 percentage points a year: +14.6% a year for HD against +10.6% for SPY, dividends reinvested. It also fell harder at its worst (-69.2% against -50.8% for SPY over the same history).