Marvin Ellison | President and Chief Executive Officer |
William Boltz | Executive Vice President, Merchandising |
Joseph McFarland III | Executive Vice President, Stores |
David Denton | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Michael Lasser | UBS |
Christopher Horvers | JP Morgan |
Simeon Gutman | Morgan Stanley |
Steve Forbes | Guggenheim Securities |
Zach Fadem | Wells Fargo |
Greg Melich | MoffettNathanson Research |
Scot Ciccarelli | RBC Capital Markets |
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to Lowe’s Companies third quarter 2018 earnings conference call. This call is being recorded. [Operator Instructions] Also, supplemental reference slides are available on Lowe’s Investor Relations website within the investor packet.
While management will not be speaking directly to the slides, these slides are meant to facilitate your review of the company’s results and to be used as a reference document following the call.
During this call, management will be using certain non-GAAP financial measures.