Home Depotreason 04 of 4it makes it for less than anyone else canderived 2026-09-11accession 0001628280-26-058715
Home Depot's scale enables it to absorb tariff volatility and pass through input-cost pressures while expanding gross margin, demonstrating procurement leverage that smaller home-improvement retailers lack.
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It held on this filing. No finding was written because nothing in it bore on the reason — the sentences it was read against are below.
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the claims it rests on
“We received approximately $730 million in IEEPA tariff refunds, representing the vast majority of our expected refunds”
“Approximately $685 million of these refunds were recognized as a reduction of cost of goods sold”
“Gross profit margin was 33.7% for the second quarter of fiscal 2026 compared to 33.4% for the second quarter of fiscal 2025”
“The increase in gross profit margin during the second quarter of fiscal 2026 reflects the benefit from IEEPA tariff refunds, largely offset by incremental cost pressures related to fuel, energy, and other product input costs”