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HD Supply Reports Quarterly Results Likely for the Last Time as Standalone Company

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Through a combination of acquisitions and organic growth, HD Supply has become one of the largest industrial distributors in North America. It is currently the market leader in the two sectors in which it operates (facilities and home improvement maintenance, repair, and operations and specialty construction). Today, HD Supply offers approximately 600,000 stock-keeping units and serves 500,000 customers through 270 branches and 44 distribution centers across the United States and Canada. HD Supply sold its construction and industrial business for $2.5 billion net of taxes and transaction costs in October 2020. On Nov. 16, 2020, Home Depot announced it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire HD Supply for $56 per share.

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Brian Bernard

Sector Director
Brian Colello, CPA, is director of technology, media, and telecom equity research for Morningstar Research Services LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Morningstar, Inc. In addition to leading Morningstar’s technology, media, and telecom sector team, he covers semiconductor and hardware companies. Colello was a senior equity analyst before assuming his current role in 2015.Before joining Morningstar in 2008, he worked in public accounting for KPMG and served as a manager in corporate finance for BMG Music, a subsidiary of Bertelsmann AG.Colello holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Bucknell University and a master’s degree in business administration from Wake Forest. He is also a Certified Public Accountant.