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Comparable sales grew 0.6% but fewer customer transactions offset a stronger average ticket

Retail names, including Walmart (WMT), Target (TGT), Lowe's (LOW), and Home Depot (HD), all reported quarterly earnings this week. Zacks Investment Management chief market strategist Brian Mulberry joins Yahoo Finance to share his thoughts on the earnings prints, how oil (CL=F, BZ=F) prices and Treasury yields (^FVX, ^TNX, ^TYX) factor in, and more.
I have been watching the housing market do something unusual for the better part of two years — stand completely still. Mortgage rates stay elevated. Existing homeowners won't sell. Buyers can't afford to buy. And yet Home Depot (HD), the retailer most directly wired to housing activity, keeps the ...
Shoppers continue to open their pocketbooks, boosting retailers like Walmart, even as inflation jumps to its highest level in three years.
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Mortgage rates continue to rise from spring levels, driven by the economic shocks from inflation, oil prices (CL=F, BZ=F), and the latest surge in Treasury yields (^TYX, ^TNX, ^FVX). Yahoo Finance Senior Housing Reporter Claire Boston examines the impact elevated mortgage rates are having on the US housing market, as well as diving into the details of the US House of Representatives' housing affordability bill.
Home-improvement retailers Lowe’s and Home Depot continue to face headwinds from the housing market. Both retailers reported that their most recent quarterly comparable sales were up less than 1% this week, missing analysts forecasts. Home Depot has a slight advantage in this environment as it tends to serve more professional clients that keep projects humming, a balance Lowe’s is working to remedy.
Home Depot (HD) is facing headwinds of stalled housing turnover and a weak cost and demand outlook,
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Lowe’s reported higher first-quarter sales boosted by growth in its online channel, even as a stagnant housing market continues to weigh on home improvement activity.
Lowe's stock was dropping after it beat earnings expectations but warned of a challenging housing market.
Home Depot reaffirms fiscal 2026 guidance as Pro demand, digital gains and distribution expansion helps offset pressure on big-ticket projects.
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The home improvement giant just delivered another steady quarter. Yet shares haven't been this cheap in more than two years.
Home improvement retail giant Home Depot (NYSE:HD) will be reporting earnings this Tuesday morning. Here’s what to expect.
The Home Depot Inc (HD) reports a 4.8% revenue increase despite challenges in margins and discretionary spending.

<body><p>STORY: Home Depot on Tuesday said Americans are scaling back on large home remodeling projects as they grapple with economic uncertainty and a subdued housing market.</p><p>:: Home Depot handout</p><p>The big box retailer kicked off a big week of corporate earnings results by beating both sales and profit estimates, but warned that its customers remain cautious.</p><p>U.S. consumer sentiment slumped to a record low in early May as the war in Iran fanned inflation pressures and strained household finances.</p><p>That's kept spending on home improvement projects muted amid elevated mortgage rates and high home prices.</p><p>:: Home Depot handout</p><p>Going forward, Home Depot expects both sales and profit to be in the range of flat to a small rise.</p><p>The company said elevated fuel costs are also pressuring the business through both transportation and input expenses, but noted that tariff refunds could help significantly.</p><p>Results from fellow U.S. retailers this week are likely to shed more light on the state of the consumer.</p><p>Rival Lowe's and big-box retailer Target are set to report on Wednesday, followed on Thursday by sector bellwether Walmart.</p></body>
Home Depot posted in-line results, but it's still struggling to grow.
Moby summary of The Home Depot, Inc.'s Q1 2026 earnings call
Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD, XETRA:HDI) reported first quarter fiscal 2026 results that topped Wall Street expectations for both earnings and revenue, while posting modest comparable sales growth. The home improvement retailer’s adjusted earnings per share (EPS) came in at $3.43, ahead of analyst...
Consumers are holding back on some more expensive home improvement projects as the Iran war drives up inflation, according to executives at Home Depot.
Home Depot (NYSE:HD) reported first-quarter fiscal 2026 results that were in line with management’s expectations, with modest comparable-sales growth despite continued pressure from housing affordability, higher interest rates and cautious consumer behavior around large projects. The home improveme
The home improvement retailer posted $41.8 billion in first-quarter sales and adjusted EPS of $3.43, topping Wall Street expectations
Home Depot (HD) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +0.88% and +0.67%, respectively, for the quarter ended April 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?
Home Depot reported lower fiscal first-quarter profit and Chief Financial Officer Richard McPhail said in an interview that homeowners are continuing to pull back on large home-improvement projects due to economic uncertainty.
Investing.com -- Home Depot Inc. (NYSE:HD) reported first-quarter results that exceeded analyst expectations, sending shares around 1% premarket following the announcement.
Home Depot got a lift in the first quarter from professionals and also homeowners stocking up on spring supplies. Profit fell from its first quarter last year, but the national home improvement retailer beat Wall Street expectations. "The underlying demand in our business was relatively similar to what we saw throughout fiscal 2025, despite greater consumer uncertainty and housing affordability pressure,” CEO Ted Decker said Tuesday.