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Home Depot beats Street 4Q forecasts

Posted February 20, 2018 6:00 am

The Associated Press

ATLANTA (AP) - The Home Depot Inc. on Tuesday reported fiscal fourth-quarter net income of $1.78 billion.

On a per-share basis, the Atlanta-based company said it had profit of $1.52. Earnings, adjusted for pretax expenses, were $1.69 per share.

The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 14 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.62 per share.

The home-improvement retailer posted revenue of $23.88 billion in the period, also surpassing Street forecasts. Eleven analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $23.66 billion.

Home Depot shares have fallen slightly more than 1 percent since the beginning of the year, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index has increased 2 percent. The stock has climbed 31 percent in the last 12 months.

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FILE - In this July 13, 2015, file photo, Vicente Aguiar loads garage door trims into his pickup truck outside a Home Depot in Hialeah, Fla. Home Depot reports financial results Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File) The Associated Press

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