The Home Depot (NYSE: HD), Atlanta, GA, reported sales for the third quarter of $20.5 billion, a 5.4 percent increase over the same period a year ago. Profit increased 13.8 percent to $1.5 billion.
For the first nine months, sales were $64 billion, up 4.7 percent over the same period one year prior. Profit increased 13.6 percent to $5 billion.