Home Depot
Q2 2022 Earnings Call
Aug 16, 2022, 9:00 a.m. ET
Contents:
- Prepared Remarks
- Questions and Answers
- Call Participants
Prepared Remarks:
Operator
Greetings and welcome to the Home Depot second 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 second quarter 2022 earnings call. Joining us on our call today are Ted Decker, CEO and President; Jeff Kinnaird, executive vice president of merchandising; and Richard McPhail, executive vice president and chief financial officer. Following our prepared remarks, the call will be open for questions.
[Operator instructions] If we are unable to get to your questions 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 -- Chief Operating Officer
Thank you, Isabel, and good morning, everyone. We appreciate you joining us on our call this morning. In the second quarter, we delivered the highest quarterly sales and earnings in our company's history. Sales for the second quarter were $43.8 billion, up 6.5% from the same period last year.
Comp sales are up 5.8% from the same period last year and our U.S. stores had positive comps of 5.4%. Diluted earnings per share were $5.05 in the second quarter, up 11.5% from $4.53 in the second quarter of last year. From a geographical perspective, each of our 19 U.S.
regions delivered positive comps versus last year while Mexico and Canada posted comps above the company average. The team has done a fantastic job serving our customers while continuing to navigate global supply chain disruptions, inflation, and a tight labor market. Our results in the second quarter reflect continued strong demand for home improvement projects. As Jeff will detail, the business was strong across our departments while our seasonal business posted positive comps as spring broke in the second quarter, these categories underperformed our expectations for the first half of the year.