Home Depot
Q3 2022 Earnings Call
Nov 15, 2022, 9:00 a.m. ET
Contents:
- Prepared Remarks
- Questions and Answers
- Call Participants
Prepared Remarks:
Operator
Greetings and welcome to the Home Depot third-quarter 2022 earnings conference call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. A brief question and answer session will follow the formal presentation. [Operator instructions] As a reminder, this conference is being recorded.
It is now my pleasure to introduce your host, Isabel Janci. Please go ahead.
Isabel Janci -- Vice President, Investor Relations
Thank you, Christine, and good morning, everyone. Welcome to Home Depot's third-quarter 2022 earnings call. Joining us on our call today are Ted Decker, chair, president, and CEO; Jeff Kinnard, our executive vice president of merchandizing; and Richard McPhail, executive vice president and chief financial officer. Following our prepared remarks, the call will be open for questions.
Questions will be limited to analysts and investors. And as a reminder, please limit yourself to one question and one follow-up. If we are unable to get to your question during the call, please call our investor relations department at 770-384-2387. Before I turn the call over to Ted, let me remind you that today's press release and the presentations made by our executives include forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations and projections. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the factors identified in the release and in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Today's presentations will also include certain non-GAAP measures. Reconciliation of these measures is provided on our website.
Now, let me turn the call over to Ted.
Ted Decker -- Chair, President, and Chief Executive Officer
Thank you, Isabel, and good morning, everyone. We appreciate you joining us on our call this morning. Sales for the third quarter were $38.9 billion, up 5.6% from the same period last year. Comp sales are up 4.3% from the same period last year.
And our U.S. stores had positive comps of 4.5%. Diluted earnings per share with $4.24 in the third quarter compared to $3.92 in the third quarter of last year. From a geographical perspective, each of our 19 U.S.