Certainly selling stock gives them cash infusions but it dilutes the stock. They can and have been doing joint checks from contractors to ECOB and the suppliers. That is not a good way to do business though.
How long will contractors put up with that? Will HD go for that deal? Probably not. HD is used to paying with long terms to suppliers of 45 or 60 days and they have claims often, tying up A/R for longer periods. Challenges mount.