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Non-Tech : Home Depot (HD)

HD 362.30

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Nov 14 9:30 AM EST

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To: Carter Patterson who wrote (177)	5/29/1998 10:05:00 AM
From: Byelow	Read Replies (1) of 1169

Carter: Yours is a very reasonable question and one I recently faced in making the decision whether to purchase LOW or HD. You may wish to consider some of the due diligence work I found and that is posted at message #45 on the LOW board: <<Some info on the quantitative side rather than the subjective side that may help you and others in your evaluation of LOW & HD. I just received my new S&P reports dated 3/28/98 on LOW & HD. Some cogent points you may want to consider. LOW HD Value of $10,000 invested 5 years ago: $60,348 $19,998 Est FY Ending 1/31/99 EPS $2.40 $2.00 Act FY Ending 1/31/98 EPS $2.05 $1.55 Act FY Ending 1/31/97 EPS $1.74 $1.29 Act FY Ending 1/31/96 EPS $1.41 $1.03 Act FY Ending 1/31/95 EPS $1.44 $0.88 Tangible Book Value per Share $14.50 $9.20 Dividends Paid Since: 1961 1987 Dividend Rate per Share 0.22 0.20 Shares Outstanding (Millions) 174.9 731.5 Market Cap (Billions) $12.4 $48.5 LOW is about 25% the size of HD but has outearned HD for every year in the past 5. LOW pays more dividend and it's tangible book value is 57.6% more than HD for every share. The last five years the LOW investment has appreciated over 300% greater than the equivalent investment in HD. Sometimes bigger isn't better! You make your own choice!>> Also have a look at a chart for YTD: quicken.excite.com As an investor I'm interested in making the most return for my hard earned bucks and that's Pepsi, not Coke, right now. This may change and then I'll jump on the Coke bandwagon. I learned a long time ago to love women and buy stocks and not to mix up the two. This isn't meant to incite a flame war on the HD board, but just to say that reasonable people can reach different conclusions about two stocks based on their investment goals. Here's hoping that we may all pick winners everytime! Byelow

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