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Home Depot or Lowe's or Neither?

 Aug 24, 2008 08:02 PM UTC
Return Risk
-21.37% LOW
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Symbol Sentiment Start Return Closed
HD n/a
LOW n/a

Graphic_arrow1 Via Todd Sullivan's ValuePlays:  

Both Home depot (HD) and Lowe's (LOW) reported last week and the news was better than expected for Lowe's and worse for Home Depot.

Lowe's (LOW) reported net earnings of $938 million for the quarter ended August 1, 2008, a 7.9 percent decline from the same period a year ago. Diluted earnings per share declined 4.5 percent to $0.64 from $0.67 in the second quarter of 2007. For the six months ended August 1, 2008, net earnings declined 12.1 percent to $1.54 billion while diluted earnings per...



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