Company Earnings Update 4 minutesRegister for Free AccessHome Depot (NYSE: HD) 4Q18 Results: Misses on Revenues and Comps, Guides Below Consensus, Housing Starts and Permits Down Coresight Research February 27, 2019 Executive Summary Home Depot reported 4Q18 EPS of $2.09, up 37.2% and beating the $2.16 consensus estimate (excluding a $0.16 charge.) Revenues were $26.49 billion, slightly below consensus. Comps were up 3.2%, missing the 4.5% consensus estimate. US comps were up 3.7%. The company guided for 2019 comp growth of 5.0% and sales growth of 3.3%, in line with consensus, and EPS of $10.03, below the $10.26 consensus estimate. Separately, the Commerce Department announced that December housing starts fell 11.2% year over year on a seasonally adjusted basis. Housing permits increased 0.3% year over year. Please Login to read the full report. Not a member? Register for a free user account. This document was generated for Other research you may be interested in: Analyst Corner: Constrained Consumers Could Soon “Get to the Goods” Again—Evolving In-Store Loss Prevention, with John HarmonAnalyst Corner: What’s Happening in China’s Economy? Analyzing Retail and Consumer Metrics with Madhav PitaliyaInnovator Profile: Nectar Social—Elevating Consumer Engagement Through Agentic Social CommerceHead-to-Head in Global Discount Grocery Retailing: Aldi vs. Lidl
