Home Depot, Inc. - Financial and Strategic Analysis Review

Home Depot, Inc. - Financial and Strategic Analysis Review

Home Depot, Inc. - Financial and Strategic Analysis Review

Summary

The Home Depot (Home Depot) is one of the world's largest home improvement specialty retailers with stores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, 10 Canadian provinces, Mexico and China. It operates The Home Depot stores through its subsidiaries. The company's stores sell building materials, home improvement supplies and, lawn and garden products and also provides other services. Its products are sold to do-it-yourself customers, do-it-for-me customers and professional customers. It also operates EXPO Design Center stores, which offer products and services principally related to design and renovation projects.

Global Markets Direct, the leading business information provider, presents an in-depth business, strategic and financial analysis of Home Depot, Inc.. The report provides a comprehensive insight into the company, including business structure and operations, executive biographies and key competitors. The hallmark of the report is the detailed strategic analysis and Global Markets Direct’s views on the company.

Scope

The company’s strengths and weaknesses and areas of development or decline are analyzed. Financial, strategic and operational factors are considered.
The opportunities open to the company are considered and its growth potential assessed. Competitive or technological threats are highlighted.
The report contains critical company information – business structure and operations, the company history, major products and services, key competitors, key employees and executive biographies, different locations and important subsidiaries.
It provides detailed financial ratios for the past five years as well as interim ratios for the last four quarters.
Financial ratios include profitability, margins and returns, liquidity and leverage, financial position and efficiency ratios.

Reasons to buy

A quick “one-stop-shop” to understand the company.
Enhance business/sales activities by understanding customers’ businesses better.
Get detailed information and financial & strategic analysis on companies operating in your industry.
Identify prospective partners and suppliers – with key data on their businesses and locations.
Capitalize on competitors’ weaknesses and target the market opportunities available to them.
Compare your company’s financial trends with those of your peers / competitors.
Scout for potential acquisition targets, with detailed insight into the companies’ strategic, financial and operational performance.

Table of Contents
Key Information 1
Key Ratios 1
Share Data 1
Performance Chart 1
Table of Contents 2
List of Tables 3
List of Figures 3
Key Facts 4
Company Overview 4
Major Products and Services 5
Overview 5
History 5
SWOT Analysis Overview 7
Overview 7
Home Depot, Inc. - Strengths 7
Wide Customer Groups 7
Diversified Portfolio of Stores, Products and Services 7
Strong Foothold in the Retailing Industry 7
Home Depot, Inc. - Weaknesses 7
Legal Proceedings 7
Dependence on Third Party Suppliers 7
Weak Financial Performance 8
Home Depot, Inc. - Opportunities 8
Growing Furniture Industry in China 8
Rising Online Retail Spending 8
Global Sourcing Merchandise Program 8
Home Depot, Inc. - Threats 8
Highly Competitive Market 8
Litigation Climate 8
Rise in Raw Material Prices 9
Key Competitors 9
Key Employees 9
Key Employee Biographies 10
Company Statement 11
Locations And Subsidiaries 13
Head Office 13
Other Locations & Subsidiaries 13
Financial Ratios 14
Capital Market Ratios 14
Annual Ratios 15
Interim Ratios 16
Ratio Charts 17
Appendix 18
Methodology 18
Ratio Definitions 18
About Global Markets Direct 21
Contact Us 21
Disclaimer 21
List of Tables
Home Depot, Inc., Key Facts 1
Home Depot, Inc., Key Ratios 1
Home Depot, Inc., Share Data 1
Home Depot, Inc., Key Facts 4
Major Products and Services 5
Home Depot, Inc., History 5
Home Depot, Inc., Key Employee Biographies 10
Currency Codes 18
Capital Market Ratios 18
Equity Ratios 19
Profitability Ratios 19
Cost Ratios 20
Liquidity Ratios 20
Leverage Ratios 20
Efficiency Ratios 21
List of Figures 3
Home Depot, Inc., Performance Chart (2004 - 2008) 1
Home Depot, Inc., Ratio Charts 17