Marvin Ellison | President and Chief Executive Officer |
Bill Boltz | Executive Vice President, Merchandising |
Joe McFarland | Executive Vice President, Stores |
Dave Denton | Chief Financial Officer |
Christopher Horvers | JP Morgan |
Simeon Gutman | Morgan Stanley |
Michael Lasser | UBS |
Brian Nagel | Oppenheimer |
Scot Ciccarelli | RBC |
Steve Forbes | Guggenheim Securities |
Eric Bosshard | Cleveland Research |
Peter Benedict | Baird |
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to Lowe's Companies Fourth 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.