Home Depot Q4 sales jump 25%, but unclear consumer spending outlook

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Home Depot's Q4 sales jumped 25% to $32.3 billion, beating analyst estimates, but it said future consumer spending remained uncertain

However, the company's shares fell 1.5% in low-volume premarket trading, after Home Depot warned that it was unable to predict how consumer spending would evolve this year.

"If the demand environment during the back half of fiscal 2020 were to persist through fiscal 2021, it would imply flat to slightly positive comparable sales growth," Richard McPhail, the company's chief financial officer,Same-store sales jumped 24.5% in the fourth quarter ended January 31, beating analysts' average estimate of an 18.9% increase, according to IBES data from Refinitiv.Net earnings rose 16% to $2.9 billion.

Total sales for the 2020 fiscal year, meanwhile, rose 19.9% to $132.1 billion, for annual net earnings of $12.9 billion.LoadingBy clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our

 

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Waiting on the next stimulus to boost sales...

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