Home Depot earnings set for May 19

Home Depot is due to report first-quarter results before U.S. markets open on Tuesday, May 19, with a management conference call scheduled for 9 a.m. ET, the company said in a May 5 release. The Atlanta-based retailer goes into the report after giving fiscal 2026 guidance in February that called for modest sales growth and a decline in adjusted earnings per share. Yahoo Finance data as of May 15 showed Wall Street expects quarterly earnings of $3.42 a share on roughly $41.5 billion in revenue. The setup puts the focus on whether demand in home improvement and among professional contractors has changed since Home Depot last updated investors in February. ### What exactly is Home Depot scheduled to release on May 19? The Home Depot said it will hold its first-quarter earnings conference call on Tuesday, May 19, at 9 a.m. ET. The company’s investor relations calendar lists the event as its Q1 2026 earnings release, and the announcement said the call will follow the results. (ir.homedepot.com) Yahoo Finance’s analyst page for Home Depot lists the earnings call for May 19 at 9 a.m. EDT and shows consensus estimates for the quarter ended April 2026. Those estimates were for average revenue of $41.5 billion and average earnings per share of $3.42 from 30 analysts, compared with year-ago revenue of $39.86 billion and year-ago EPS of $3.56. (ir.homedepot.com) ### What did Home Depot tell investors the last time it reported earnings? On February 24, Home Depot reported fourth-quarter sales of $38.2 billion, down 3.8% from a year earlier, while adjusted diluted earnings per share were $2.72 versus $3.13 a year earlier. The company said the prior-year quarter had included a 14th week that added about $2.5 billion of sales and about $0.30 to adjusted diluted earnings per share. (finance.yahoo.com) Comparable sales for the fourth quarter rose 0.4%, with U.S. comparable sales up 0.3%, according to the earnings release. Ted Decker, Home Depot’s chair, president and chief executive, said in that February release that fourth-quarter results were “largely in-line with our expectations,” and said “ongoing consumer uncertainty and pressure in housing” affected the period. Decker also said that, adjusting for storms, “underlying demand was relatively stable throughout the year.” (ir.homedepot.com) ### What is Wall Street expecting this quarter? Yahoo Finance data showed the average analyst estimate for the April 2026 quarter at $3.42 per share, down from $3.56 a year earlier. The same page showed expected revenue of $41.5 billion, up about 4.1% from the year-earlier quarter’s $39.86 billion. The estimate trend on Yahoo Finance showed the current-quarter EPS consensus had been $3.62 ninety days earlier and moved down to $3.42 by May 15. (ir.homedepot.com) The current-quarter revenue estimate was listed at $41.5 billion, with a high estimate of $42.03 billion and a low estimate of $40.95 billion. ### What will investors listen for beyond the headline numbers? (finance.yahoo.com) Home Depot’s February guidance for fiscal 2026 called for total sales growth of about 2.8% and comparable sales growth of about 1.0%, according to the company’s fourth-quarter earnings release. The company also said it expected adjusted diluted earnings per share to decline about 2% from fiscal 2025. (finance.yahoo.com) Fiscal 2025 sales rose 3.2% to $164.7 billion, while adjusted earnings per diluted share fell 3.6% to $14.69, according to Home Depot’s 2025 annual report. The annual report said the company continued to invest in its “win with the Pro” strategy and highlighted expansion plans after building 37 new stores over the past three years. (ir.homedepot.com) ### How does the company describe the broader backdrop? Home Depot’s annual report said fiscal 2025 unfolded amid “elevated interest rates, pressured housing affordability, and general economic uncertainty.” The company said those conditions pressured housing and home improvement demand even as it kept investing in stores, supply chain and professional-customer capabilities. (ir.homedepot.com) In the same annual report, Home Depot said SRS completed the acquisition of GMS during fiscal 2025, adding another specialty distribution vertical to its business. That deal is part of the company’s push to expand offerings for professional customers, a segment investors have watched closely in recent quarters. (ir.homedepot.com) Thursday, May 21, is Home Depot’s next scheduled shareholder event after earnings, with the company’s annual meeting set for 9 a.m. ET in a virtual format, according to its investor relations calendar. Home Depot’s next scheduled quarterly earnings release is listed for August 18, 2026. (ir.homedepot.com 1) (ir.homedepot.com 2)