Home Depot Sales up 6.6%, Earnings Up 13.9% in Q2 YOY

Atlanta, GA, August 16, 2016—The Home Depot has reported sales of $26.5 billion for the second quarter of fiscal 2016, a 6.6% increase from the second quarter of fiscal 2015.

Net earnings for the second quarter of fiscal 2016 were $2.4 billion, or $1.97 per diluted share, compared with net earnings of $2.2 billion, or $1.73 per diluted share, in the same period of fiscal 2015. For the second quarter of fiscal 2016, diluted earnings per share increased 13.9% from the same period in the prior year.