Analysis: James A. Himes's sell of HD (The Home Depot, Inc.)
Assessment: Low signal
Routine, zero-lag sale of Home Depot that was part of a broader three-stock portfolio liquidation with no committee or policy connection.
- Member: James A. Himes
- Party / state: Democratic-CT
- Chamber: House
- Transaction: Sell
- Amount: $15,001 - $50,000
- Ticker: HD
- Company: The Home Depot, Inc.
- Trade date: 2026-07-20
- Disclosure date: 2026-07-20
- Disclosure lag: 0 days
Executive summary
This research record documents Rep. James A. Himes’ 2026-07-20 sale of Home Depot (HD) for $15,001–$50,000, filed the same day, alongside same-day sales of BAC and XOM. SEC EDGAR context available in this environment includes two Home Depot 8-K filings in May 2026 (including Q1 fiscal 2026 results and reaffirmed guidance) and indicates no Form 4 insider transactions in the 2026-06-20 to 2026-08-19 window. Congressional, Federal Register, Regulations.gov, USAspending, and news searches could not be executed due to lack of live web access in this environment.
Within the user-provided trading history dataset, Rep. Himes has 5 total reported trades across 5 tickers over 2016–2026, and all recorded transactions are sales (no purchases captured), including the analyzed HD sale. The HD trade is the only HD transaction in the dataset and occurs as part of a same-day set of three sales (HD, BAC, XOM), with HD and XOM in the $15,001–$50,000 range and BAC in the $1,001–$15,000 range. Issuer-side primary-source context available here is limited to SEC EDGAR: Home Depot filed an 8-K on 2026-05-19 (Items 2.02 and 9.01) with an earnings release describing first quarter fiscal 2026 results and stating the company 'reaffirms its fiscal 2026 guidance,' and filed an 8-K on 2026-05-26 (Items 5.03, 5.07, 9.01) related to shareholder meeting amendments and voting matters. The deterministic EDGAR enrichment also reports no Form 4 insider transactions in the specified insider window (2026-06-20 to 2026-08-19).
Timeline
- 2016-11-29 — James A. Himes reported a sale of CSCO ($50,001-$100,000) (owner: self).
- 2017-08-22 — James A. Himes reported a sale of INTC ($50,001-$100,000) (owner: self).
- 2026-05-19 — Home Depot filed Form 8-K (Items 2.02, 9.01) reporting results of operations/financial condition; includes Exhibit 99.1 earnings release announcing Q1 fiscal 2026 results and stating the company 'reaffirms its fiscal 2026 guidance.'
- 2026-05-21 — Home Depot held 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (event date); later filed 8-K related to amendments and voting matters.
- 2026-05-26 — Home Depot filed Form 8-K (Items 5.03, 5.07, 9.01) regarding amendments to certificate of incorporation/bylaws and voting matters from the May 21, 2026 annual meeting.
- 2026-07-20 — James A. Himes sold HD ($15,001-$50,000) (owner: self).
- 2026-07-20 — Same-day portfolio activity: James A. Himes sold BAC ($1,001-$15,000) and sold XOM ($15,001-$50,000) (owner: self).
- 2026-07-20 — The HD sale was disclosed/filed on the same date as the transaction (0-day lag).
Independent analysis of public financial disclosures. Not financial or investment advice.