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Home Depot Inc · Q3 2024 earnings

Q3 2024 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Home Depot's Q3 2024 performance exceeded expectations despite macroeconomic uncertainty, with sales increasing by 6.6% and the company updating its fiscal year guidance.

Home Depot reported a 6.6% increase in sales to $40.2 billion for Q3 2024. While comparable sales decreased by 1.3%, the company's performance exceeded expectations due to better engagement across seasonal goods and hurricane demand. The company updated its fiscal 2024 guidance.

  • Total sales increased by 6.6% to $40.2 billion.
  • Comparable sales decreased by 1.3%.
  • Net earnings were $3.6 billion, or $3.67 per diluted share.
  • The company updated its fiscal 2024 guidance, projecting a total sales increase of approximately 4%.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$40.2B

Previous: $37.7B+6.6%
EPS (adj)

$3.67

Previous: $3.81-3.7%
Comparable Customer Transactions

-0.6%

No prior period
Comparable Average Ticket

-0.8%

No prior period
Customer Transactions

399.0M

No prior period
Average Ticket

$88.65

No prior period
Comparable Sales Growth

-1.3%

No prior period
Free Cash Flow

$3.65B

Previous: $3.81B-4.3%
Net Income

$3.6B

Previous: $3.81B-5.5%
Operating Income

$5.4B

Previous: $5.41B-0.1%
Gross Profit

$13.4B

Previous: $12.7B+5.4%
R&D Expense

$0.00

No prior period

Revenue & EPS history

Home Depot · Revenue · Quarterly

$40.2B

Q3 2024+6.6%vs Q3 2023
Beat estimate in 8 of 10 quarters(80%)
ActualEstimate

Forward guidance

The company updated its fiscal 2024 guidance, which includes 53 weeks of operating results. Total sales are expected to increase approximately 4%, with comparable sales declining approximately 2.5% for the 52-week period.

Tailwinds

  • Total sales to increase approximately 4% including SRS and the 53rd week
  • 53rd week projected to add approximately $2.3 billion to total sales
  • SRS expected to contribute approximately $6.4 billion in incremental sales
  • Gross margin of approximately 33.5%
  • Adjusted operating margin of approximately 13.8%

Headwinds

  • Comparable sales to decline approximately 2.5% for the 52-week period compared to fiscal 2023
  • Operating margin of approximately 13.5%
  • Tax rate of approximately 24%
  • Net interest expense of approximately $2.1 billion
  • 53-week diluted earnings-per-share to decline approximately 2% from $15.11 in fiscal 2023

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 19 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q3 2024

Historical avgQ3 2024

+0.4%

Avg return

Earnings day

+0.6%

Avg return

5 days after

+1.4%

Avg return

30 days after

64%

42 / 66 earnings

Positive

+6.4%

Q3 2021

Best reaction

-5.8%

Q3 2025

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026+0.9%
Q4 2025+3.7%+1.0%-12.9%
Q3 2025-5.8%-4.1%-0.8%
Q2 2025+2.7%+4.6%+5.8%
Q1 2025-0.6%-4.4%-8.5%
Q4 2024+2.8%+3.7%-5.1%
Q3 2024+0.5%-0.0%+1.5%
Q3 2023+0.0%+1.9%+9.3%
Q2 2024+2.8%+4.7%+8.3%
Q1 2024+2.3%+1.0%+2.0%
Q1 2023-1.4%+1.8%-2.3%
Q4 2023+0.8%-0.5%+7.7%
Q2 2023+0.9%-0.8%-0.1%
Q4 2022+0.4%+1.3%+2.3%
Q3 2022+2.6%+2.0%+6.7%
Q2 2022+3.5%+2.1%-13.7%
Q1 2022-3.7%-3.0%-7.6%
Q4 2021-4.2%-4.7%-9.0%
Q3 2021+6.4%+10.1%+7.7%
Q2 2021-4.0%-1.7%+0.4%
Q1 2021-1.7%-1.3%-5.3%
Q4 2020+2.5%+4.2%+11.7%
Q3 2020-3.5%-3.5%-2.0%
Q2 2020-1.9%-1.7%-2.9%
Q1 2020-2.9%-1.4%+1.6%
Q4 2019+5.7%+6.2%+14.9%
Q3 2019+2.1%+1.0%+1.1%
Q2 2019+1.5%+4.2%+5.1%
Q1 2019-0.2%-1.0%+8.6%
Q4 2018+1.4%+2.7%+7.6%
Q3 2018-2.5%-2.7%-5.4%
Q2 2018+0.5%+1.7%+6.6%
Q1 2018-1.6%-1.5%+5.5%
Q4 2017-3.5%-1.9%-0.6%
Q3 2017+0.9%+1.1%+10.3%
Q2 2017-0.1%+0.3%+6.7%
Q1 2017-0.6%-0.7%-0.3%
Q4 2016+0.2%-0.1%+1.8%
Q3 2016+2.3%+2.6%+5.6%
Q2 2016-0.2%-0.7%-4.9%
Q1 2016+1.4%+1.9%-2.4%
Q4 2015+0.7%
Q3 2015+1.6%
Q2 2015+3.0%
Q1 2015+1.1%
Q4 2014+0.2%
Q3 2014-0.7%
Q2 2014+1.0%
Q1 2014+0.3%
Q4 2013-0.2%
Q3 2013+0.4%
Q2 2013+1.3%
Q1 2013-0.5%
Q4 2012+0.0%
Q3 2012+1.6%
Q2 2012+0.4%
Q1 2012+1.4%
Q4 2011-0.5%
Q3 2011+5.1%
Q2 2011-3.6%
Q1 2011-2.2%
Q4 2010+2.2%
Q3 2010+5.9%
Q2 2010+4.1%
Q1 2010-5.1%
Q4 2009+1.3%

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