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Home Depot slips on earnings miss, guidance cut

Comparable sales and EPS figures both came in lower than expected on Tuesday morning.

J. Edward Moreno

11/18/25 7:31AM

Home Depot fell after it reported earnings that missed Wall Street expectations and slashed its full-year guidance.

The company reported Q3 adjusted earnings per share of $3.74, less than the $3.84 analysts polled by FactSet were penciling in. The company also said it now expects its full-year adjusted earnings to decline by 5% year over year, compared to its previous forecast of a 2% decline.

It reported $41.4 billion in sales, more than the $41.1 billion the Street was expecting. However, the home renovation giant said its comparable sales hit 0.2%, lower than the 1.3% analysts predicted.

Home Depot is down about 3.5% in premarket trading, as of 7:25 a.m. ET. With today’s early drop, the company, which is often cited as an economic bellwether, has fallen about 12% for the year.

While the company blamed a lack of natural disasters for its underwhelming showing in Q3, CEO Ted Decker also noted that lower interest rates have yet to spur a rebound in consumer demand.

$HD missed earnings and guided down. They attributed it primarily to the lack of hurricanes in Q3 but said consumer demand has yet to improve despite the decline in interest rates:

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— Conor Sen (@conorsen.bsky.social) November 18, 2025 at 6:13 AM

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