The Home Depot (LIM:HD) Debt-to-EBITDA : (As of Jul. 2026)

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LIM:HD The Home Depot Inc LIM:HD
68 GF Score
Price $305.60
GF Value $374.08
Valuation Modestly Undervalued
! 4 Warning Signs
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What is The Home Depot Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

The Home Depot's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2026 was $10,461 Mil. The Home Depot's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2026 was $52,106 Mil. The Home Depot's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2026 was $32,020 Mil. The Home Depot's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2026 was 1.95.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for The Home Depot's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

LIM:HD' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.53   Med: 1.96   Max: 2.6
Current: 2.46

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of The Home Depot was 2.60. The lowest was 1.53. And the median was 1.96.

LIM:HD's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
54.22% of 913 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 2.23 vs LIM:HD: 2.46

The Home Depot  (LIM:HD) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


The Home Depot Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms


The Home Depot Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for The Home Depot's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

The Home Depot Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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LIM:HD vs LOW, FND, HVT: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the Home Improvement Retail subindustry, The Home Depot's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


The Home Depot Debt-to-EBITDA vs Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, The Home Depot's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where The Home Depot's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.


LIM:HD
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The Home Depot Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

The Home Depot's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2026 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(10849 + 54501) / 25135
=2.60

The Home Depot's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2026 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(10461 + 52106) / 32020
=1.95

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Jul. 2026) EBITDA data.

Is The Home Depot (LIM:HD) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, The Home Depot stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of $305.60 is trading 18.3% below its estimated GF Value™ of $374.08. GuruFocus considers The Home Depot to be Modestly Undervalued.

Key valuation signals for LIM:HD:

  • Debt-to-EBITDA:
  • GF Value™: $374.08 vs. price of $305.60 (18.3% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 68/100 with 4 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the LIM:HD stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


The Home Depot Business Description

Address 2455 Paces Ferry Road, Atlanta, GA, USA, 30339
Home Depot is the world's largest home improvement specialty retailer, operating 2,361 warehouse-format stores offering more than 30,000 products in store and 1 million products online in the US, Canada, and Mexico. Its stores offer building materials, home improvement products, lawn and garden products, and decor products and provide various services, including home improvement installation services and tool and equipment rentals. The acquisition of Interline Brands in 2015 allowed Home Depot to enter the MRO business, which has been expanded through the tie-up with HD Supply (2020). The 2024 tie-up with SRS will help grow professional demand in roofing, pool, and landscaping projects, while the 2025 purchase of GMS will lift building product sales through 1,250 distribution locations.
68GF Score

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