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The Home Depot, Inc. is the world's largest home improvement retailer, providing a wide range of building materials, home improvement products, lawn and garden products, décor items, and facilities maintenance, repair, and operations products . These products are available both in physical stores and online across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico . In addition to products, the company offers services such as home improvement installation and tool and equipment rental .
- Building Materials - Offers a variety of essential construction and renovation supplies, including departments like Building Materials, Electrical, Lumber, Millwork, and Plumbing.
- Décor - Provides a wide selection of home enhancement products, featuring Appliances, Bath, Flooring, Kitchen & Blinds, Lighting, and Paint.
- Hardlines - Includes a diverse range of products for home and garden needs, covering Hardware, Indoor Garden, Outdoor Garden, Power, and Storage & Organization.
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Given your guidance of a decline in diluted earnings per share by approximately 2% and operating margin decline for fiscal 2025, what specific factors are driving this decrease, and how do you plan to mitigate these pressures to improve profitability going forward?
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Considering the potential impact of tariffs on products sourced from China and Southeast Asia, what percentage of your sales is exposed to these tariffs, and how are you diversifying your supply chain to mitigate this risk?
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Can you provide more specifics on the progress of integrating SRS Distribution, particularly regarding cross-selling initiatives, and are there any challenges that have arisen in realizing the expected synergies?
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You mentioned positive momentum in mitigating shrink. What are the specific strategies you've implemented to address shrink, and how significantly has shrink affected your financial performance in recent quarters?
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Despite stating confidence in gaining market share, could you elaborate on which specific categories you're seeing underperformance, and what actions are you taking to address competitive pressures in those areas?
Competitors mentioned in the company's latest 10K filing.
- Other home improvement retailers
- Local, regional and national hardware stores
- Electrical, plumbing and building materials supply houses
- Lumber yards
- Specialty design stores
- Showrooms
- Discount stores
- Paint stores
- Specialty and mass digital retailers
- Warehouse clubs
- MRO distributors
- Home décor retailers
- Providers of home improvement services
- Tool and equipment rental providers