ATLANTA, Nov. 16, 2017 /CNW/ -- The Home
Depot®, the world's largest home improvement retailer,
today announced that its board of directors declared a third
quarter cash dividend of 89 cents per
share. The dividend is payable on December
14, 2017, to shareholders of record on the close of business
on November 30, 2017. This is the
123rd consecutive quarter the company has paid a cash dividend.
The Home Depot is the world's largest home improvement specialty
retailer, with 2,283 retail stores in all 50 states, the
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S.
Virgin Islands, Guam, 10
Canadian provinces and Mexico. In
fiscal 2016, The Home Depot had sales of $94.6 billion and earnings of $8.0 billion. The Company employs more than
400,000 associates. The Home Depot's stock is traded on the New
York Stock Exchange (NYSE: HD) and is included in the Dow Jones
industrial average and Standard & Poor's 500 index.
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SOURCE The Home Depot