Home Depot 4Q Profit Rises
25 Fevereiro 2020 - 08:45AM
Dow Jones News
By Dave Sebastian
Home Depot Inc. posted higher profit for the fourth quarter as
same-store sales rose.
The home-improvement retailer on Tuesday posted net income of
$2.48 billion, or $2.28 a share, compared with $2.34 billion, or
$2.09 a share, in the comparable quarter last year. Analysts polled
by FactSet had expected $2.10 a share.
The Atlanta-based company said sales for the quarter ended Feb.
2 declined 2.7% to $25.78 billion. Analysts were expecting sales of
$25.76 billion. The company said an extra week of operations in the
comparable period in 2018 added $1.7 billion to sales.
Same-store sales were up 5.2% for the period, ahead of the 4.7%
analysts were looking for. U.S. same-store sales rose 5.3%.
The company on Tuesday also raised its quarterly dividend by 10%
to $1.50 a share, payable March 26 to shareholders as of March
12.
Write to Dave Sebastian at dave.sebastian@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
February 25, 2020 06:30 ET (11:30 GMT)
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