Home Depot Same-Store Sales Fall Again. Where Is the Stock Headed?

Where the stock heads likely depends on the level of home remodeling activity.Home Depot (HD 0.43%) saw its same-store sales (or comps) fall once again, as the home improvement retailer deals with a difficult home remodeling market and a more cautious consumer. It was the sixth straight quarter in which the company saw its comparable-store sales fall.Comps are a good indication of the strength of a retailer's business because they show how its individual stores are performing versus one year ago. Despite th ...