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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.

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:

Live Ventures (NASDAQ:LIVE) is the #1 top home improvement stock out of 8 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Live Ventures (NASDAQ:LIVE) is: Value: A, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Live Ventures (NASDAQ:LIVE) has a Due Diligence Score of 16, which is -16 points lower than the home improvement industry average of 32. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates LIVE as a "B".

LIVE passed 5 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Live Ventures has seen its stock return 1.43% over the past year, underperforming other home improvement stocks by -2 percentage points.

Arhaus (NASDAQ:ARHS) 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 Arhaus (NASDAQ:ARHS) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: D, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Arhaus (NASDAQ:ARHS) has a Due Diligence Score of 56, which is 24 points higher than the home improvement industry average of 32.

ARHS passed 18 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Arhaus has seen its stock lose -10.77% over the past year, underperforming other home improvement stocks by -14 percentage points.

Arhaus has an average 1 year price target of $11.58, an upside of 5.11% from Arhaus's current stock price of $11.02.

Arhaus stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 6 analysts covering Arhaus, 33.33% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 66.67% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Lowes Companies (NYSE:LOW) 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 Lowes Companies (NYSE:LOW) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: C.

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

LOW passed 14 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Lowes Companies has seen its stock return 6.02% over the past year, overperforming other home improvement stocks by 3 percentage points.

Lowes Companies has an average 1 year price target of $283.77, an upside of 4.29% from Lowes Companies's current stock price of $272.09.

Lowes Companies stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 17 analysts covering Lowes Companies, 47.06% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 23.53% have issued a Buy, 29.41% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 3 home improvement stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 home improvement stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Haverty Furniture Companies (NYSE:HVT) has an annual dividend yield of 5.53%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the home improvement industry average of 2.99%. 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 105.8% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Home Depot (NYSE:HD) has an annual dividend yield of 2.16%, which is -1 percentage points lower than the home improvement industry average of 2.99%. 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 61.7% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Lowes Companies (NYSE:LOW) has an annual dividend yield of 1.29%, which is -2 percentage points lower than the home improvement industry average of 2.99%. Lowes Companies's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Lowes Companies's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Lowes Companies's dividend payout ratio of 38.1% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Home improvement stocks were up 0.27% in the last day, and up 0.48% over the last week.

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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:

Live Ventures (NASDAQ:LIVE) is the most undervalued home improvement stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Live Ventures has a valuation score of 14, which is -16 points higher than the home improvement industry average of 30. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates LIVE a Valuation Rating of "A".

Live Ventures's stock has gained 1.43% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the home improvement industry by -2 percentage points.

Haverty Furniture Companies (NYSE:HVT) 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.

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 -12.14% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the home improvement industry by -15 percentage points.

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 gained 6.02% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the home improvement industry by 3 percentage points.

75% of home improvement stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect home improvement stocks to rise by 3.33% over the next year.

0% of home improvement stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 12.5% of home improvement stocks are rated B (Buy), 62.5% are rated C (Hold), 12.5% are rated D (Sell), and 12.5% are rated F (Strong Sell).