Home Depot Cuts Sales Outlook on Tariffs, Lumber Price Deflation - Investing.com

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Home Depot Inc (NYSE:). cut its revenue forecast on lumber price deflation and concern that President Donald Trump’s recently announced tariffs will hurt U.S. consumption.

• Same-store sales -- a key gauge of a retailer’s performance -- rose 3% in the second quarter, trailing the average 3.2% projection, according to Consensus Metrix. The company now sees 4% growth for the full year, down from a previous forecast for 5%.

Key Insights

• For years since the recession Home Depot has been riding the tide of rising home prices, since homeowners often spend more when they see their properties increasingly as an investment. But the overall home market has moderated from a few years ago, and now the 20% drop in the cost of lumber in the past year is adding to price pressure for Home Depot.
• Tariffs remain a question mark for consumer-facing companies, challenged with rising costs for some goods as the Trump administration gets set to launch more duties on imports from China.
• There’s about a two-quarter lag for orders, meaning the follow-through of slowing home building is still hitting companies like Home Depot that are closely tied to housing. Still, the company maintained its earnings per share forecast for the year.

Market Reaction

• Home Depot fell as much as 0.5% in premarket trading Tuesday ahead of the announcement. The stock had advanced 21% this year through Monday’s close, exceeding gains in the S&P 500 Index.

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2019-08-20 10:52:00Z
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