We have been following the Halloween efforts of home improvement giant Home Depot (HD) for the last few weeks now. That is a development that is scary enough in its own right; Halloween preparation in July is almost as unsettling as Christmas in September. But Home Depot plans to accommodate the Halloween enthusiast with a special sale ahead of Labor Day. The move gave Home Depot little help, and shares slipped fractionally in Thursday afternoon’s trading.
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If you ever looked at your front yard and believed fervently that the only thing it was missing was giant monsters, then Home Depot has a sale for you. In fact, some elements of the 2025 Halloween collection will be marked down by up to half off for the Labor Day sale.
Sadly, Skelly will not be on that list. Nor will any of the Skelly spin-offs, pets or otherwise. However, Galli-Crow and Worricrow will be, as will the Levitating Reaper and the 3.5-foot animated Chucky. Normally, Home Depot stages sales on its Halloween décor after Halloween, assuming any of it survives. But this year, Home Depot is priming the pump with early sales to try and get units out the door and cash in its collective pocket.
One Last Pick for Lee Corso
Meanwhile, Home Depot is also offering a special tribute to Lee Corso, retiring broadcaster and connection to “College GameDay Built by The Home Depot.” Corso handled broadcasting duties for 38 years, reports note, and Home Depot will be celebrating with a special logo.
The logo, which will be seen just one time, will say “College GameDay Built by The Home Depot and Lee Corso.” Senior vice president and chief marketing officer Molly Battin noted “Lee embodies everything that makes college football so special: tradition, personality and a love for the game.”
Is Home Depot a Good Long-Term Buy?
Turning to Wall Street, analysts have a Strong Buy consensus rating on HD stock based on 19 Buys and six Holds assigned in the past three months, as indicated by the graphic below. After an 11.22% rally in its share price over the past year, the average HD price target of $445.73 per share implies 9.72% upside potential.
