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Home Depot and Lowe’s: Cold Weather Against Hurricane Rebuilding

Posted: May 20, 2013 at 2:23 pm

The country’s two largest home improvement chains, The Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD) and Lowe’s Companies Inc. (NYSE: LOW) report earnings tomorrow and Wednesday, respectively. The late season wintry weather ...
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Home Depot Tops Estimate, but Forecast Does Not

Posted: February 26, 2013 at 7:30 am

The Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD) reported fourth-quarter 2012 adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.67 and $18.2 billion in revenues before markets opened this morning. In the same ...
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Not Much to Crow About at Lowe’s

Posted: February 25, 2013 at 7:15 am

Lowe’s Companies Inc. (NYSE: LOW) reported fourth-quarter diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.26 and $11.05 billion in revenues before markets opened this morning. In the same period a year ...
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Seasonal Hires to Top 80,000 at Home Depot (HD, LOW)

Posted: February 6, 2013 at 7:15 am

The country’s largest home improvement store, The Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD), announced this morning that it has begun hiring the first of more than 80,000 seasonal employees to staff ...
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Home Depot Raises Forecast on Solid Earnings Beat

Posted: November 13, 2012 at 7:28 am

The Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD) reported third-quarter adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.74 and $18.1 billion in revenues before markets opened this morning. In the same period ...
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Lowe’s Sales, Earnings, Forecast Fall (LOW, HD)

Posted: August 20, 2012 at 7:37 am

Lowe’s Companies Inc. (NYSE: LOW) reported second-quarter earnings per share (EPS) of $0.64 and $14.25 billion in sales before markets opened this morning. In the same period a year ago, ...
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Sales, Earnings Rise at Home Depot, So Does Forecast (HD)

Posted: August 14, 2012 at 7:29 am

The Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD) reported second-quarter earnings per share (EPS) of $1.01 and $20.57 billion in revenues before markets opened this morning. In the same period a year ...
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Home Depot Beats Lowe’s to Merger Punch

Posted: August 7, 2012 at 8:48 am

Home improvement giant Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD) announced this morning that it has reached a definitive merger agreement with U.S. Home Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: USHS). Home Depot will acquire ...
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Home Depot Disappoints as Home Sales Rise

Posted: May 15, 2012 at 7:40 am

The Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD) reported first quarter earnings this morning that were close to consensus estimates for both EPS and revenues, but just enough short to give investors ...
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Retail Earnings… Very Mixed & Puzzling Bag (WMT, HD, SKS, TJX, SPLS, JCP, URBN, LOW)

Posted: November 15, 2011 at 10:06 am

A number of retailers reported earnings this morning, and the results might be summarized as “mixed” at best. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT), Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD), Saks Inc. ...
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Homebuilder Profitable Again (DHI, PHM, LEN, TOL, KBH, HD, LOW)

Posted: November 11, 2011 at 10:05 am

The collapse of the US housing market has been among the most stubborn problems facing the US economy for the past four years. Construction jobs have vanished, home values have ...
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Home Depot Upstages Lowe’s When It Comes to Earnings (HD, LOW)

Posted: August 16, 2011 at 8:48 am

The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE: HD), like its competitor Lowe's Companies Inc. (NYSE: LOW), managed to beat EPS estimates by a bit, but, unlike its competitor, Home Depot also beat ...
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