Things are not great at home improvement giant Home Depot ($HD) these days, and not without reason. The fact that government ...

While investors often focus on growth stories in tech or energy, Home Depot has been funneling extraordinary amounts of cash back to its shareholders year after year.

If you'd put $1,000 into Home Depot stock 20 years ago, today it would be worth more than $15,000 – good for an annualized total return of 14.6%. The same amount invested in an S&P 500 ETF would ...