The Home Depot’s 2Q26 sales were up 5.7%, with Pro segment comps outperforming DIY and SRS performing above the company average in the quarter.
Earnings
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Newly Independent ADI Posts Record 2Q Revenue
ADI reported $1.286 billion in second-quarter revenue, up 1% year-over-year, while standalone adjusted EBITDA declined 6%.
Power Transmission/Motion Control
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Applied Posts Strong End to FY25 as Organic Growth Accelerates
Applied ended fiscal 2026 with its strongest organic growth in more than three years and raised its intermediate targets to $7 billion in sales and a 14% EBITDA margin.
Consumer/Retail
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Home Depot CEO Decker Takes Medical Leave; Interim Leaders Named
Two longtime HD executives will oversee Decker’s CEO duties during his absence, with the news coming two weeks after the company reorganized leadership to accelerate contractor market share gains.
Automotive
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Parts Authority Acquires NPW, Adding 46 Auto Supply Locations
The deal marks a major geographic expansion into five new states for Parts Authority, one day after it announced the opening of a large Mississippi distribution hub.
Construction
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White Cap to Acquire Ace Contractors Supply in Austin
The Central Texas construction supplies distributor becomes White Cap’s fifth announced acquisition of 2026, following deals spanning the Midwest, Southwest and eastern U.S.
The fasteners, specialty wire & cable and industrial products provider has made a series of appointments and promotions spanning corporate development, finance, sales, operations, value-added services and its Canadian business. We detail them all here.
Following previous layoffs in California at the end of last year, the Staples subsidiary is exploring asset sales and new capital to avoid liquidation, less than a year after pivoting away from office supplies toward...
The four-location Colorado distributor adds 220 employees and becomes the second addition to SRS’ nascent HVAC platform following its acquisition of Mingledorff’s.
Economic Trends
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U.S. Metalworking Machinery Orders Continued Slide in May, but Narrowed
June’s monthly orders sharply rebounded from a May dip, leading to the best half-year total since data has been tracked since 1998.
Waterworks
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Ferguson Posts Healthy 2Q Sales Growth on Nonres Strength
The distributor raised its 2026 outlook, detailed five completed 2Q acquisitions and highlighted its pending $1.6 billion FloWorks deal days after joining the S&P 500.
Industrial Supplies
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Applied Adhesives Expands in Netherlands, U.S. with Pair of Deals
The industrial adhesives distributor continues an acquisition run under private equity owner Bertram Capital.

