Retail Earnings Loom: A Closer Look

Home Depot (HD) is on track to kick off the Q3 earnings season for the conventional brick-and-mortar retailers this week, with the company on deck to report results before the market’s open on Tuesday, November 12th. Lowe’s (LOW) comes out a week later on Tuesday, November 19th.Lowe’s shares have outperformed Home Depot this year (+21.6% vs. +16.8%), though both have lagged the Zacks Construction sector (+26.4%) as well as the S&P 500 index (+25.7%), as the chart below shows.Image Source: Zacks Investment R ...