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Best Home Improvement Stocks to Buy Now (2025)
Top home improvement stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best home improvement stocks to buy now. Learn More.

Industry: Home Improvement Retail
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Home Improvement is Zen Rated D and is the 88th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries
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Ticker
Company
Market Cap
Dividend Yield
Payout Ratio
Last Dividend
Annual Dividend
Dividend Percentile
Dividend Dropped Count (L10Y)
Ex-dividend Date
Div. Payment Date
HVT
HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES INC
$294.07M7.05%102.40%$0.3200$1.2889%7
LOW
LOWES COMPANIES INC
$125.13B1.03%37.10%$1.1500$2.3021%0
HD
HOME DEPOT INC
$358.34B1.89%60.50%$2.3000$6.8040%0
ARHS
ARHAUS INC
$1.10BN/A102.00%N/AN/AN/AN/A
TTSH
TILE SHOP HOLDINGS INC
$253.21MN/A0.00%$0.6500N/AN/A0
FND
FLOOR & DECOR HOLDINGS INC
$7.67BN/A0.00%N/AN/AN/AN/A
KIRK
KIRKLAND's INC
$18.23MN/A0.00%$1.5000N/AN/A0
LIVE
LIVE VENTURES INC
$35.44MN/A0.00%N/AN/AN/AN/A

Home Improvement Stocks FAQ

What are the best home improvement stocks to buy right now in May 2025?

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best home improvement stocks to buy right now are:

1. Haverty Furniture Companies (NYSE:HVT)


Haverty Furniture Companies (NYSE:HVT) is the #1 top home improvement stock out of 8 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Haverty Furniture Companies (NYSE:HVT) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: D, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Haverty Furniture Companies (NYSE:HVT) has a Due Diligence Score of 41, which is 9 points higher than the home improvement industry average of 32.

HVT passed 14 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Haverty Furniture Companies has seen its stock lose -41.04% over the past year, underperforming other home improvement stocks by -34 percentage points.

2. Lowes Companies (NYSE:LOW)


Lowes Companies (NYSE:LOW) is the #2 top home improvement stock out of 8 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Lowes Companies (NYSE:LOW) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Lowes Companies (NYSE:LOW) has a Due Diligence Score of 25, which is -7 points lower than the home improvement industry average of 32.

LOW passed 10 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Lowes Companies has seen its stock lose -1.94% over the past year, overperforming other home improvement stocks by 5 percentage points.

Lowes Companies has an average 1 year price target of $281.13, an upside of 25.75% from Lowes Companies's current stock price of $223.56.

Lowes Companies stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 16 analysts covering Lowes Companies, 37.5% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 25% have issued a Buy, 37.5% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Home Depot (NYSE:HD)


Home Depot (NYSE:HD) is the #3 top home improvement stock out of 8 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Home Depot (NYSE:HD) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Home Depot (NYSE:HD) has a Due Diligence Score of 48, which is 16 points higher than the home improvement industry average of 32.

HD passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Home Depot has seen its stock return 7.86% over the past year, overperforming other home improvement stocks by 15 percentage points.

Home Depot has an average 1 year price target of $433.87, an upside of 20.35% from Home Depot's current stock price of $360.49.

Home Depot stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 15 analysts covering Home Depot, 53.33% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 33.33% have issued a Buy, 13.33% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

What are the home improvement stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 2 home improvement stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 2 home improvement stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Haverty Furniture Companies (NYSE:HVT)


Haverty Furniture Companies (NYSE:HVT) has an annual dividend yield of 7.05%, which is 4 percentage points higher than the home improvement industry average of 3.32%. Haverty Furniture Companies's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% seven times in the last 10 years. Haverty Furniture Companies's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Haverty Furniture Companies's dividend payout ratio of 102.4% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Home Depot (NYSE:HD)


Home Depot (NYSE:HD) has an annual dividend yield of 1.89%, which is -1 percentage points lower than the home improvement industry average of 3.32%. Home Depot's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Home Depot's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Home Depot's dividend payout ratio of 60.5% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are home improvement stocks up?

Home improvement stocks were up 0.1% in the last day, and up 1.8% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why home improvement stocks are up.

What are the most undervalued home improvement stocks?

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued home improvement stocks right now are:

1. Haverty Furniture Companies (NYSE:HVT)


Haverty Furniture Companies (NYSE:HVT) is the most undervalued home improvement stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Haverty Furniture Companies has a valuation score of 43, which is 13 points higher than the home improvement industry average of 30. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Haverty Furniture Companies's stock has dropped -41.04% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the home improvement industry by -34 percentage points.

2. Arhaus (NASDAQ:ARHS)


Arhaus (NASDAQ:ARHS) is the second most undervalued home improvement stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Arhaus has a valuation score of 71, which is 41 points higher than the home improvement industry average of 30. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Arhaus's stock has dropped -37.91% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the home improvement industry by -31 percentage points.

3. Lowes Companies (NYSE:LOW)


Lowes Companies (NYSE:LOW) is the third most undervalued home improvement stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Lowes Companies has a valuation score of 29, which is -1 points higher than the home improvement industry average of 30. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Lowes Companies's stock has dropped -1.94% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the home improvement industry by 5 percentage points.

Are home improvement stocks a good buy now?

50% of home improvement stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect home improvement stocks to rise by 24.33% over the next year.

0% of home improvement stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 0% of home improvement stocks are rated B (Buy), 85.71% are rated C (Hold), 0% are rated D (Sell), and 14.29% are rated F (Strong Sell).

What is the average p/e ratio of the home improvement retail industry?

The average P/E ratio of the home improvement retail industry is 22.84x.
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