Home Depot Seeks to Buy GMS in Challenge to QXO Bid, WSJ Says

Home Depot Inc. has made an offer for GMS Inc., potentially setting off a bidding war with QXO Inc. which this week made a $5 billion offer for the building-products distributor, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
The offer from Home Depot, the world's largest home-improvement retailer, is for an undetermined sum, the Journal said, citing people with knowledge of the matter.

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