Home Depot beats Wall Street’s expectations, even as sales decline
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Home Depot beat fourth-quarter earnings expectations after missing estimates the prior three quarters.
Home Depot on Tuesday posted a roughly 4% quarterly sales decline, as a sluggish real estate market and selective spending by homeowners continued to weigh on home improvement demand.
The company also stuck by the current fiscal year forecast that it shared in December at an investor day. It said it expects full-year total sales growth to range between about 2.5% and 4.5% and adjusted earnings per share to be between roughly flat and up 4% from $14.69 in the prior fiscal year. It expects full-year comparable sales growth, which takes out one-time factors like store openings and closures, to range from flat to up 2%.
Despite the fourth-quarter sales decline, Home Depot topped Wall Street's revenue and earnings expectations for that period.
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