Walmart Among Retailers to Sound Caution: US Earnings Week Ahead

Walmart Inc., Home Depot Inc. and Lowe’s Companies Inc. are set to post improved sales trends for the quarter past while still painting a subdued picture of the months ahead as the retailers brace for growing fallout from President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

US companies have so far borne the brunt of the levies but are starting to pass along higher import duties, threatening to further weigh on consumers already skittish from slower hiring.

Investors will want to hear how retailers such as Target Corp., TJX Companies Inc. and Ross Stores Inc. plan to navigate a pullback in ...