5 Dow Stocks That Make Money Close to Home: AT&T Inc. (T), Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ)

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Building promise
Finally, The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD) rounds our group of five stocks, having earned between 11% and 12% of its revenue from outside the U.S. in its most recently reported fiscal year. The home-improvement retailer has a significant presence in Canada, where it has become one of the top players in its space, standing up to competitors such as Canada’s RONA as well as U.S. archrival Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE:LOW), which entered the Canadian market about five years ago.

Among these five companies, Home Depot arguably has the biggest prospects to go international. Plenty of big-box retailers in other segments have found success taking their U.S. business models and adapting them for international use, and given Home Depot’s huge bull run in its stock over the past year, it clearly has capacity to expand. Although the retailer recently gave up on its efforts in China and despite some failures in Chile and Argentina, the Mexican market has a lot of potential for Home Depot, especially as Mexico’s economic trends have improved in recent years.

The article 5 Dow Stocks That Make Money Close to Home originally appeared on Fool.com and is written by Dan Caplinger.

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