The consensus forecast of analysts surveyed by Thomson/First Call calls for fourth-quarter EPS of $0.64 on revenue of $17.69 billion. That would be up from $0.50 per share and $16.01 billion in sales in the year ago period. Note that the consensus EPS estimate has not changed in the past 60 days, and Home Depot's earnings have not fallen short of consensus estimates in the past eight quarters. The full-year forecast calls for earnings of $3.05 per share, which would be up about 19 percent from the previous year. That consensus estimate has ticked up from $3.04 in the past 60 days. And analysts on average expect to see revenue of $74.20 billion. That would be more than five percent higher than a year ago. This Atlanta-based company operates more than 2,200 stores in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada and Mexico. Home Depot is also an S&P 500 component and has a market cap near $98 billion. It was founded in 1978. Francis S. Blake is now executive chairman and CEO.