Home Depot schedules Q1 results May 19

The Home Depot said on May 5 that it will hold its first-quarter earnings conference call on Tuesday, May 19, at 9 a.m. ET, with results due before the market opens that morning. The schedule, posted on the company’s investor relations site, sets up one of the next major retail earnings reports as investors look for signs of demand in home improvement and building products. Wall Street has also been resetting expectations ahead of the report after a round of target cuts this week. May 14 brought two of the latest revisions. MarketScreener’s analyst tracker showed Wells Fargo cutting its Home Depot target price to $375 from $420 while maintaining an Overweight rating, and Bernstein lowering its target to $365 from $390 while keeping a Market Perform rating. Truist also reduced its target to $394 from $424 on May 13, according to the same tracker. (ir.homedepot.com) ### When exactly will Home Depot report, and where will investors hear management? Tuesday, May 19 is the date Home Depot has given for its first-quarter fiscal 2026 release and conference call. The company said the call will begin at 9 a.m. ET and that a webcast will be available through its investor relations events page. It also said a replay will be posted beginning at about noon that day. (marketscreener.com) May 21 is the company’s next scheduled investor event after earnings. Home Depot’s events calendar lists its annual meeting of shareholders for Thursday, May 21, also at 9 a.m. ET. ### What are analysts changing ahead of the print? Wells Fargo and Bernstein both reduced their targets on May 14, according to MarketScreener’s compilation of analyst actions. (ir.homedepot.com) Wells Fargo’s new $375 target remains above Bernstein’s $365 target, and both updates came less than a week before earnings. (ir.homedepot.com) Benzinga, citing the latest analyst notes, reported that Wells Fargo analyst Zachary Fadem kept an Overweight rating while lowering his target and that Bernstein analyst Zhihan Ma reiterated Market Perform. Benzinga also said investors were watching macro-sensitive demand and housing turnover heading into the results. (marketscreener.com) ### What numbers did Home Depot last report? Feb. 24 was Home Depot’s last earnings report date. The company said fourth-quarter fiscal 2025 sales were $38.2 billion, down 3.8% from a year earlier, while comparable sales rose 0.4% and U.S. comparable sales rose 0.3%. Net earnings for the quarter were $2.6 billion, or $2.58 per diluted share, compared with $3.0 billion, or $3.02 per diluted share, a year earlier. (benzinga.com) Fiscal 2025 sales totaled $164.7 billion, up 3.2% from fiscal 2024, and fiscal 2025 net earnings were $14.2 billion, or $14.23 per diluted share, the company said. Chief Executive Ted Decker said at the time that fourth-quarter results were “largely in-line” with Home Depot’s expectations and cited “ongoing consumer uncertainty and pressure in housing.” (ir.homedepot.com) ### How far has the stock fallen into this report? Home Depot shares were trading at $301.64 on Friday morning, according to Yahoo Finance data surfaced by the market-data tool. That left the stock near its 52-week low of $299.27 and below its 52-week high of $426.75. The same data listed May 19, 2026, as the earnings date. (ir.homedepot.com) MarketScreener showed the stock closing at $304.35 on May 14 before the latest session, underscoring how far the shares have pulled back from last year’s highs even as most analysts still carry targets above the current price. ### What does the company look like going into the quarter? (finance.yahoo.com) At the end of fiscal 2025, Home Depot operated 2,359 retail stores and more than 1,250 SRS locations, and it employed more than 470,000 associates, the company said in its May 5 release. The investor documents page describes Home Depot as the world’s largest home improvement specialty retailer and says it generated $164.7 billion in fiscal 2025 sales. (marketscreener.com) August 18 is already listed as Home Depot’s planned date for second-quarter fiscal 2026 results, according to the company’s events calendar. Before that, investors will get the May 19 earnings release and webcast, followed by the May 21 annual shareholder meeting. (ir.homedepot.com 1) (ir.homedepot.com 2)