Feb 23 (Reuters) - Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) HD.N :
* THE HOME DEPOT ANNOUNCES FOURTH QUARTER AND FISCAL 2020 RESULTS; INCREASES QUARTERLY DIVIDEND BY 10 PERCENT
* Q4 EARNINGS PER SHARE $2.65
* Q4 SALES $32.3 BILLION VERSUS REFINITIV IBES ESTIMATE OF $30.35 BILLION
* Q4 SAME STORE SALES ROSE 24.5 PERCENT
* Q4 EARNINGS PER SHARE ESTIMATE $2.57 -- REFINITIV IBES DATA
* NOT PROVIDING GUIDANCE FOR FISCAL 2021.
* BELIEVES IT IS LIMITED IN ITS ABILITY TO FORECAST DEMAND FOR FISCAL 2021
* COMPARABLE SALES FOR Q4 OF FISCAL 2020 INCREASED 24.5%
* QTRLY COMPARABLE SALES IN U.S. INCREASED 25.0%
* HOME DEPOT- IF DEMAND ENVIRONMENT DURING BACK HALF OF FY 2020 WERE TO PERSIST THROUGH 2021, IT WOULD IMPLY FLAT TO SLIGHTLY POSITIVE COMP SALES RISE
* HOME DEPOT - IF DEMAND ENVIRONMENT DURING BACK HALF OF FY 2020 WERE TO PERSIST THROUGH 2021, IT WOULD IMPLY OPERATING MARGIN OF AT LEAST 14%
* BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVED INCREASE IN QTRLY DIVIDEND BY 10% TO $1.65/SHARE