Dividend Report Card: Home Depot

The Dividend Report Card wasn't designed as a buy or sell signal but rather as a tool to gauge the health of a company's dividend. For a full explanation of each category, click here for a tutorial. Today's pupil is Home Depot (NYSE: HD) , which posts a 2.7% yield. When we looked at Home Depot last quarter, it scored a very respectable grade of "B" (3.8 out of 5). Let's see how it did this time around.... Read more