The Home Depot Incorporated (HD): Case Study
The Home Depot Incorporated (HD)
Q: What does The Home Depot Inc. do?
A:
The Home Depot, Inc. operates as a home improvement retailer. It operates The Home Depot stores that sell various building materials, home improvement products, and lawn and garden products, as well as provide installation, home maintenance, and professional service programs to do-it-yourself, do-it-for-me, and professional customers. The company offers installation programs that include flooring, cabinets, countertops, water heaters, and sheds; and professional installation in various categories sold through its in-home sales programs, such as roofing, siding, windows, kitchen and bath refacing, furnaces, and central air systems, as well as act as a contractor to provide …show more content…
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) named The Home Depot a 2015 WaterSense Sustained Excellence award winner. The Home Depot was honored for the third consecutive year for its commitment to water efficiency and education. By offering rebates and consumer education through in-store and online channels about WaterSense products and programs, EPA partners like The Home Depot helped consumers save 346 billion gallons of water in 2014 alone. "With drought being such a prevalent issue in the western half of our nation, educating our associates and customers about water conservation is the right thing to do," says Ron Jarvis, vice president of environmental for The Home Depot. "We plan to continue helping our customers save water and money as we continue to expand our WaterSense offerings and education." With the help of The Home Depot, WaterSense also has helped reduce the amount of energy needed to heat, pump and treat water by 146 billion kilowatt hours, enough energy to supply a year's worth of power to more than 13.3 million homes. This like the saving of energy and the reduction helps improve the company’s public image and may help to bring in more customers, which could result in an increase in stock …show more content…
Well then the sky opened up, and we experienced the fourth most snow in the history of this area, and guess what? It was freezing. My dad went out and cleared our driveway several times during the storm. My brother shoveled some of our neighbors’ driveways for money, which is, by definition, a small seasonal business. But the question is where do we get the materials to make our homes in the excellent condition that I observe every spring? The Home Depot, of course (and Lowe’s but we’ll ignore them for now). Winter is the time for home improvement companies, and despite the snow the Home Depot did continue to be “the biggest home retailer in the world.” In the span of a year Home Depot has increased it’s gross profit, which is the money a company has earned not including any expenses or taxes save for the cost acquisition, from 7.1 billion dollars to 7.5 billion dollars. That is a decent increase and shows that the Home Depot continues to improve in the art of gaining capital. The net income also shows improvement increasing from 1.3 billion dollars to 1.7 billion dollars. On the other hand, the Home Depot did loose 1.5 billion dollars of cash on hand. But wait; there is a valid reason. Home Depot has spent an extra 100 million dollars on paying dividends to investors, which clearly shows their commitment to their investors. In addition, Home Depot has spent an additional 600 million
Q: What does The Home Depot Inc. do?
A:
The Home Depot, Inc. operates as a home improvement retailer. It operates The Home Depot stores that sell various building materials, home improvement products, and lawn and garden products, as well as provide installation, home maintenance, and professional service programs to do-it-yourself, do-it-for-me, and professional customers. The company offers installation programs that include flooring, cabinets, countertops, water heaters, and sheds; and professional installation in various categories sold through its in-home sales programs, such as roofing, siding, windows, kitchen and bath refacing, furnaces, and central air systems, as well as act as a contractor to provide …show more content…
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) named The Home Depot a 2015 WaterSense Sustained Excellence award winner. The Home Depot was honored for the third consecutive year for its commitment to water efficiency and education. By offering rebates and consumer education through in-store and online channels about WaterSense products and programs, EPA partners like The Home Depot helped consumers save 346 billion gallons of water in 2014 alone. "With drought being such a prevalent issue in the western half of our nation, educating our associates and customers about water conservation is the right thing to do," says Ron Jarvis, vice president of environmental for The Home Depot. "We plan to continue helping our customers save water and money as we continue to expand our WaterSense offerings and education." With the help of The Home Depot, WaterSense also has helped reduce the amount of energy needed to heat, pump and treat water by 146 billion kilowatt hours, enough energy to supply a year's worth of power to more than 13.3 million homes. This like the saving of energy and the reduction helps improve the company’s public image and may help to bring in more customers, which could result in an increase in stock …show more content…
Well then the sky opened up, and we experienced the fourth most snow in the history of this area, and guess what? It was freezing. My dad went out and cleared our driveway several times during the storm. My brother shoveled some of our neighbors’ driveways for money, which is, by definition, a small seasonal business. But the question is where do we get the materials to make our homes in the excellent condition that I observe every spring? The Home Depot, of course (and Lowe’s but we’ll ignore them for now). Winter is the time for home improvement companies, and despite the snow the Home Depot did continue to be “the biggest home retailer in the world.” In the span of a year Home Depot has increased it’s gross profit, which is the money a company has earned not including any expenses or taxes save for the cost acquisition, from 7.1 billion dollars to 7.5 billion dollars. That is a decent increase and shows that the Home Depot continues to improve in the art of gaining capital. The net income also shows improvement increasing from 1.3 billion dollars to 1.7 billion dollars. On the other hand, the Home Depot did loose 1.5 billion dollars of cash on hand. But wait; there is a valid reason. Home Depot has spent an extra 100 million dollars on paying dividends to investors, which clearly shows their commitment to their investors. In addition, Home Depot has spent an additional 600 million