Is The Home Depot Stock Halal?
The Home Depot, Inc. · HD · NYSE
The Home Depot, Inc. (HD) passes our AAOIFI-based screen. Its core business is permissible, and (data as of 2026-05-03) interest-bearing debt is 14.8% of market cap and cash plus interest-bearing securities 0.5% — both inside the 30% AAOIFI thresholds. Ratios move with the share price, so check the data-as-of date; any incidental interest income should be purified.
Financial data as of 2026-05-03 · Screening basis: AAOIFI · Last reviewed 2026-06-15
Our Analysis
Home Depot is a clean case for halal investors. Its business is straightforward retail — selling building materials, tools, appliances, and home-improvement goods to consumers and trade professionals through its big-box stores and website. Retailing permissible goods raises no business-activity concern, so the qualitative screen passes without complication.
The financial ratios are comfortably inside AAOIFI limits. Home Depot carries moderate interest-bearing debt relative to its market capitalization (well under the 30% threshold), holds very little excess interest-bearing cash, and earns only a tiny amount of interest income — about 0.1% of revenue on our screen, far below the 5% limit. One detail worth knowing: Home Depot's consumer and professional credit-card programs are issued and financed by third-party banks, not on Home Depot's own balance sheet, so they do not turn the retailer into a conventional lender. This is why Zoya, Musaffa, and Muslim Xchange all classify the stock as compliant.
The practical takeaway: Home Depot passes both screens cleanly today. As always, a pass is dated — ratios move with the share price and new filings — so check the data-as-of date on this page, and purify the small proportional share of any dividends attributable to incidental interest income.
Business Activity Screen
The Home Depot is the largest home-improvement retailer in the United States, selling building materials, tools, appliances, and home-improvement products to DIY consumers, professional contractors, and tradespeople through big-box stores and online. Retailing permissible goods is a permissible business activity.
Core home-improvement retail revenue raises no business-screen issues. The one review point is a small amount of interest income — roughly 0.1% of revenue on our screen, far below the 5% AAOIFI threshold; the standard treatment is to purify the proportional share of dividends attributable to it. Home Depot's consumer and pro credit-card programs are issued and financed by third-party banks rather than on Home Depot's own balance sheet, so they do not make the company a conventional lender. No alcohol, gambling, tobacco, or interest-based lending lines are disclosed.
Financial Ratio Screen
| Screen | Value | AAOIFI limit | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interest-bearing debt / market cap | 14.8% | < 30% | Pass |
| Cash + interest-bearing securities / market cap | 0.5% | < 30% | Pass |
| Impermissible income / total revenueInterest income $141.0M on $164.68B total revenue (The Home Depot, Inc. FY2025 (fiscal year ended 2026-02-01, Form 10-K)) = 0.1% — under AAOIFI's 5% limit. | 0.1% | < 5% | Pass |
Spot market cap at research date (consider trailing average for borderline names). Data as of 2026-05-03 · thresholds per AAOIFI Shariah standards.
This verdict uses the AAOIFI standard — the most widely used and, at a 30% debt limit, the most conservative mainstream Shariah standard. Interest-bearing debt and interest-bearing securities each stay under 30% of market cap, and impermissible income under 5% of revenue. Other standards (Dow Jones Islamic, S&P Shariah, MSCI Islamic, FTSE Yasaar) use ~33% limits or screen against total assets, so a borderline company can be rated differently by each. How we screen & why screeners disagree →
How The Home Depot screens across Shariah standards
The standards disagree on this company. It passes some Shariah screens and fails others — which is exactly why you may see a different answer in different apps. Our headline verdict uses AAOIFI, the strictest and most widely cited mainstream standard.
| Standard | Debt | Cash & interest securities | Limit / basis | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAOIFI (our standard) | 14.8% | 0.5% | < 30% of market cap | Pass |
| Dow Jones Islamic / S&P Shariah thresholdDow Jones and S&P apply this limit against a trailing 24–36-month average market cap; shown here on the same point-in-time market cap for comparison. | 14.8% | 0.5% | < 33% of market cap | Pass |
| MSCI Islamic / FTSE Yasaar basisTotal-assets denominator. MSCI/FTSE also apply entry/exit buffers and a receivables screen we do not reproduce. | 44.8% | 1.5% | < 33.33% of total assets | Fail |
HalalWallet computation reproducing each standard's threshold and denominator from public filings (balance sheet as of 2026-05-03) — not the providers' licensed index determinations, which can differ. Debt is interest-bearing borrowings (operating leases excluded). The impermissible-income screen (< 5% of revenue) is common to all of these standards and is shown in the ratio table above. Dow Jones and S&P apply their limit against a trailing 24–36-month average market cap; MSCI and FTSE add entry/exit buffers and a receivables screen. Full methodology →
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Scholars' & Screeners' Positions
Published positions, cited as stated. Screeners can reach different conclusions on the same company because of ratio timing and methodology differences — we report the disagreement rather than flatten it.
Zoya
Classifies HD as Shariah-compliant under its AAOIFI-based methodology, reviewed at least quarterly.
Source →Musaffa
Classified HALAL as of March 2026 based on AAOIFI business-activity and financial-ratio screens (report source: 2025 Annual Report).
Source →Muslim Xchange
Rates HD Shariah Compliant (as of February 2026), screening against AAOIFI, S&P Shariah, Dow Jones Islamic, FTSE Shariah, and MSCI standards.
Source →
Purification
Even Shariah-compliant companies typically earn a small amount of incidental interest on corporate cash. The standard practice is to purify: donate the proportion of your dividends (and, per some scholars, capital gains) attributable to impermissible income. Our purification calculator automates the math from your holding and the company's disclosed figures.
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A pass today isn't a pass forever — ratios drift across thresholds between filings. A halal screener monitors holdings continuously.
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Reviewed by: HalalWallet Editorial Team
Last reviewed: 2026-06-01
- HD latest quarterly filing (balance sheet 2026-05-03)
- AAOIFI Shariah Standards
- The Home Depot, Inc. 10-K filings (SEC EDGAR)
- Zoya — HD Shariah compliance status (compliant)
- Musaffa — HD Shariah status (HALAL, Mar 2026)
- Muslim Xchange — HD Shariah Compliant (Feb 2026)
- HalalWallet Methodology
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