(English) The Home Depot Announces First Quarter Results; Supports Associates with Approximately $850 Million of Expanded Benefits; Suspends 2020 Business Outlook; Declares Quarterly Dividend of $1.50 Per Share

ATLANTA, May 19, 2020 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — The Home Depot^®, the world’s largest home improvement retailer, today reported sales of $28.3 billion for the first quarter of fiscal 2020, a 7.1 percent increase from the first quarter of fiscal 2019. Comparable sales for the first quarter of fiscal 2020 were positive 6.4 percent, and comparable sales in the U.S. were positive 7.5 percent.

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