Stock Report: Home Depot Inc. (HD) Report Updated: May 20, 2013 | Print This Page

The Home Depot, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a home improvement retailer. The company’s stores sell building materials, and home improvement and lawn and garden products to do-it-yourself, do-it-for-me (at D-I-F-M), and professional customers. It also offers installation services for D-I-F-M customers. The company’s installation programs include products, such as carpeting, flooring, cabinets, countertops, and water heaters. In addition, it provides installation services for products sold through its in-home sales programs, including roofing and siding products, windows, furnaces, and central air systems. The company serves home owners, professional remodelers, general contractors, repairmen, small business owners, and tradesmen. As of September 13, 2012, it operated 2,249 retail stores in the 50 states of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, 10 Canadian provinces, and Mexico. The company also sells its products its Website, homedepot.com. The Home Depot, Inc. was founded in 1978 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.