Home Depot (HD) Q2 2026 (USD): adj. EPS 4.92 (exp. 4.73), Revenue 47.9bln (exp. 47.3bln)

HOME DEPOT Q2 SSS: * Q2 SSS: 1.7% (exp. 0.9%) * * US comparable sales +1.3% * 443.2mln customer transactions, average ticket of USD 92.50.

• CFO says results exceeded expectations, with broad-based demand as customers continued to engage in smaller projects.
• Says it continues to operate in a 'frozen' housing market

• Reaffirmed FY26 guidance and sees FY26 total sales growth between 2.5-4.5%, comparable sales growth between flat-2.0%, adj. operating margin between 12.8-13.0%, and adj. diluted EPS growth between flat-4.0% from 14.69 in FY25
• Guidance includes expected IEEPA tariff refunds partially offsetting unplanned fuel, energy and other product input costs
• Sees FY capex of 2.5% of sales.

A beat on both lines with comps running ahead of plan, and the reaffirmed guide is the part that carries the signal: in past reporting seasons this name has used confirmation of full-year ranges, rather than raises, to frame a quarter as execution within a known band, which has tended to cap the initial move relative to a genuine guidance change. The reference to a frozen housing market is the recurring macro caveat in this story; episodes where demand holds up on smaller-ticket projects while big-ticket, housing-linked categories lag have historically produced exactly this pattern of positive comps but cautious full-year framing. The disclosure that guidance embeds tariff refunds partially offsetting unplanned fuel and input costs is the new variable: it ties the range to a policy outcome rather than pure operations, and comparable cases have shown that quantifying or timing such refunds introduces a revisable assumption into consensus models. The peer read-through typically runs to the other big-box home improvement chain and to building-products suppliers, where the split between small-project demand and housing turnover is the tell. Worth watching is the call detail on ticket versus traffic composition, pro versus DIY mix, and any refinement of the tariff refund mechanics, since those are the items analysts historically probe when headline comps beat but guidance stays put.