Shoe Carnival Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2024 Results
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Achieved high end of annual EPS expectations with GAAP EPS of
and Adjusted EPS of$2.68 .$2.72 - Achieved annual sales growth of 2.3 percent, in line with expectations.
- Achieved industry-leading sales growth of 5.7 percent from Shoe Station.
- Exceeded profit and synergy expectations from the Rogan’s Shoes (“Rogan’s”) acquisition.
- Launching long-term growth strategy to expand Shoe Station into national footwear retailer.
“I would like to thank our team members and brand partners for their exceptional contributions to our growth during Fiscal 2024. We achieved the very top end of our annual profit guidance and drove solid sales growth despite a challenging economic landscape. Shoe Station expanded at a pace that made it the fastest growing retailer in our industry once again. We rapidly captured full synergies from our Rogan’s acquisition and grew our sales during key event periods throughout the year,” said Mark Worden, President and Chief Executive Officer.
Mr. Worden continued, “For the 20th consecutive year, we ended the year with no debt and cash flow generation that fully funded our growth initiatives, acquisitions, and operations. We completed a full year of in-market testing for our Shoe Station growth strategy, and the customer response drove results that exceeded my expectations. Today we are announcing a new long-term strategy to expand Shoe Station from the regional market leader it is today, into a national footwear and accessories leader. The first phase of this expansion plan is to rebanner 175 stores to Shoe Station, resulting in over half of our fleet being operated under the Shoe Station banner in the next 24 months. We are rapidly scaling up Shoe Station store counts and near-term investments to capture market share and significant profit expansion by early 2027.”
Operating Results
Fourth quarter 2024 included 13 weeks compared to 14 weeks in fourth quarter Fiscal 2023 and Fiscal 2024 included 52 weeks compared to 53 weeks in Fiscal 2023.
Net sales in fourth quarter 2024 were
Gross profit margin in fourth quarter 2024 was 34.9 percent and reflected a 35-basis point increase in merchandise margin compared to fourth quarter 2023.
Selling, general and administrative expenses for fourth quarter 2024 decreased
Fourth quarter 2024 net income was
Fiscal Year 2024 Operating Results
Net sales were
Fiscal 2024 gross profit margin was 35.6 percent, resulting in the fourth consecutive year gross profit margin exceeded 35 percent.
Net income for Fiscal 2024 grew to
Acquired Stores Results
Since 2021, the Company has completed acquisitions of two regional footwear leaders, Shoe Station in the Southeast (2021) and Rogan’s in the upper Midwest (2024). The success of these acquisitions further supports the Company’s commitment to M&A being a key component of its growth strategy to become the nation’s leading family footwear retailer.
In the initial year of acquisition, Rogan’s contributed over
Store Count
As of March 20, 2025, the Company operated 431 stores, with 346 Shoe Carnival stores, 57 Shoe Station stores and 28 Rogan’s stores.
Dividend and Share Repurchase Program
In March 2025, the Company’s Board of Directors approved an 11.1 percent dividend increase to
As of March 20, 2025, the Company has
Capital Management and Cash Flow
The 2024 fiscal year end marked the 20th consecutive year the Company ended a year with no debt, fully funding its operations, acquisitions, and investments from operating cash flow. At the end of Fiscal 2024, the Company had approximately
Merchandise inventories supporting Shoe Carnival and Shoe Station stores were slightly down on a unit basis at the end of Fiscal 2024 compared to the end of Fiscal 2023. Additional inventory purchases were made near Fiscal 2024 year end to support the rebanner strategy and, to a lesser extent, as a hedge against potential supply chain disruption from tariffs and port worker strikes. The increase in inventory on a dollar basis during Fiscal 2024 primarily reflects inventory supporting Rogan’s.
New Growth Strategy
The Company has been evaluating customer analytics and market data and developing strategies to expand Shoe Station since acquiring the chain in December 2021. For the past two years, Shoe Station has been a market leader in the Southeast, and, according to industry data, Shoe Station has been the industry’s fastest growing retailer. During the same period, the Company’s Shoe Carnival banner and the family footwear industry experienced comparable sales declines.
The Company believes that a national expansion opportunity exists in markets where the customer and/or market characteristics align with the Shoe Station concept. A ten store in-market test was completed over the past year, where underperforming Shoe Carnival stores were closed and new Shoe Station stores were opened in those markets. The customer response and business results exceeded the Company’s success criteria on an aggregated basis with sales and profit contribution over 10 percent higher at the new Shoe Station stores versus Shoe Carnival stores.
Today, the Company is announcing a new long-term strategy to rapidly scale up Shoe Station into a national footwear and accessories leader. The first investment phase is to rebanner 175 stores to the Shoe Station banner over the next 24 months. Once this phase is complete, the Company expects to operate 218 Shoe Station stores, representing 51 percent of the Company’s present store fleet.
The Company expects the long-term prospects of this strategy to result in significant market share growth in areas where the Company has underperformed with its Shoe Carnival concept. The Company also expects to enter new markets where the Company does not compete today as a future phase of the expansion plan. The Shoe Station rebanner strategy is expected to create significant financial leverage from a more productive store base.
During Fiscal 2025, the Company expects to rebanner between 50 to 75 Shoe Carnival stores to Shoe Station stores. The first-year investment is forecasted to decrease Fiscal 2025 operating income by between
In Fiscal 2026 and early Fiscal 2027, the plan is to scale up further and complete 100 or more rebanners with a first-year investment forecast between
Fiscal 2025 Outlook
The Company is initiating its financial outlook for Fiscal 2025. The wider range is reflective of anticipated volatility and uncertainty surrounding tariffs, inflation, and geopolitical topics, and the impacts these uncertainties might have on consumer confidence and spending for family footwear. The Company’s guidance is also impacted by variability of when each of the anticipated 50 to 75 rebannered stores will grand open.
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Net Sales:
to$1.15 billion , representing a range of down 4 percent to up 2 percent versus Fiscal 2024.$1.23 billion
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GAAP EPS:
to$1.60 , inclusive of the rebanner strategy’s initial year costs.$2.10
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Capital Expenditures:
to$45 .$60 million
Record Date and Date of Annual Shareholder Meeting
The Company announced that April 24, 2025, has been set as the shareholder of record date and the Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held on June 25, 2025.
Conference Call
Today, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time, the Company will host a conference call to discuss its fourth quarter and Fiscal 2024 results and Fiscal 2025 outlook. Participants can listen to the live webcast of the call by visiting Shoe Carnival's Investors webpage at www.shoecarnival.com. While the question-and-answer session will be available to all listeners, questions from the audience will be limited to institutional analysts and investors. A replay of the webcast will be available on the Company’s website beginning approximately two hours after the conclusion of the conference call and will be archived for one year.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
The non-GAAP adjusted results for fourth quarter 2024 and 2023 and Fiscal 2024 and Fiscal 2023 discussed herein exclude purchase accounting impacts associated with the Company’s acquisition of Rogan’s. These impacts include the amortization expense included in cost of sales associated with the fair value adjustment to acquisition inventory and expenses included in SG&A related to deal formation and legal and accounting advice and purchase accounting and integration expenses. These adjusted results are provided to enhance the user's overall understanding of the Company's historical operations and financial performance and future projections. Specifically, the Company believes the adjusted results provide investors with relevant comparisons of the Company’s core operations. Unaudited adjusted results are provided in addition to, and not as alternatives for, the Company’s reported results and guidance determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A reconciliation of these non-GAAP measures to the Company's GAAP results and guidance appears below in the tables entitled “Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures”.
About Shoe Carnival
Shoe Carnival, Inc. is one of the nation’s largest family footwear retailers, offering a broad assortment of dress, casual and athletic footwear for men, women and children with emphasis on national name brands. As of March 20, 2025, the Company operated 431 stores in 36 states and
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information
As used herein, “we”, “our” and “us” refer to Shoe Carnival, Inc. This press release contains forward-looking statements, within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, that involve a number of risks and uncertainties, such as statements about our future growth, operations, cash flows and shareholder returns, as well as our rebanner strategy and financial outlook. A number of factors could cause our actual results, performance, achievements or industry results to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to: our ability to increase our comparable stores net sales and achieve expected operating results from rebannering Shoe Carnival locations into Shoe Station locations within expected time frames, or at all; our ability to achieve expected operating results from, and planned growth of, our Shoe Station banner within expected time frames, or at all; the impact of competition and pricing, including our ability to maintain current promotional intensity levels; changes in the political and economic environments in, the status of trade relations with, and the impact of changes in trade policies and tariffs impacting,
Financial Tables Follow
SHOE CARNIVAL, INC. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (In thousands, except per share data) (Unaudited) |
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Thirteen |
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Fourteen |
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Fifty-Two |
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Fifty-Three |
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Weeks Ended |
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Weeks Ended |
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|
Weeks Ended |
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Weeks Ended |
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February 1,
|
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February 3,
|
|
|
February 1,
|
|
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February 3,
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Net sales |
|
$ |
262,939 |
|
|
$ |
280,169 |
|
|
$ |
1,202,885 |
|
|
$ |
1,175,882 |
|
Cost of sales (including buying, distribution and occupancy costs) |
|
|
171,270 |
|
|
|
180,462 |
|
|
|
774,091 |
|
|
|
754,492 |
|
Gross profit |
|
|
91,669 |
|
|
|
99,707 |
|
|
|
428,794 |
|
|
|
421,390 |
|
Selling, general and administrative expenses |
|
|
77,632 |
|
|
|
79,738 |
|
|
|
337,642 |
|
|
|
327,885 |
|
Operating income |
|
|
14,037 |
|
|
|
19,969 |
|
|
|
91,152 |
|
|
|
93,505 |
|
Interest and other income |
|
|
(4,025 |
) |
|
|
(1,173 |
) |
|
|
(6,648 |
) |
|
|
(2,917 |
) |
Interest expense |
|
|
(98 |
) |
|
|
74 |
|
|
|
314 |
|
|
|
282 |
|
Income before income taxes |
|
|
18,160 |
|
|
|
21,068 |
|
|
|
97,486 |
|
|
|
96,140 |
|
Income tax expense |
|
|
3,495 |
|
|
|
5,548 |
|
|
|
23,720 |
|
|
|
22,792 |
|
Net income |
|
$ |
14,665 |
|
|
$ |
15,520 |
|
|
$ |
73,766 |
|
|
$ |
73,348 |
|
Net income per share: |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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Basic |
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$ |
0.54 |
|
|
$ |
0.57 |
|
|
$ |
2.72 |
|
|
$ |
2.69 |
|
Diluted |
|
$ |
0.53 |
|
|
$ |
0.57 |
|
|
$ |
2.68 |
|
|
$ |
2.68 |
|
Weighted average shares: |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Basic |
|
|
27,166 |
|
|
|
27,117 |
|
|
|
27,157 |
|
|
|
27,231 |
|
Diluted |
|
|
27,579 |
|
|
|
27,328 |
|
|
|
27,524 |
|
|
|
27,407 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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Cash dividends declared per share |
|
$ |
0.135 |
|
|
$ |
0.120 |
|
|
$ |
0.540 |
|
|
$ |
0.440 |
|
SHOE CARNIVAL, INC. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (In thousands) (Unaudited) |
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February 1,
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|
February 3,
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ASSETS |
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Current Assets: |
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|
|
|
|
|
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Cash and cash equivalents |
|
$ |
108,680 |
|
|
$ |
99,000 |
|
Marketable securities |
|
|
14,432 |
|
|
|
12,247 |
|
Accounts receivable |
|
|
9,018 |
|
|
|
2,593 |
|
Merchandise inventories |
|
|
385,605 |
|
|
|
346,442 |
|
Other |
|
|
18,409 |
|
|
|
21,056 |
|
Total Current Assets |
|
|
536,144 |
|
|
|
481,338 |
|
Property and equipment – net |
|
|
172,806 |
|
|
|
168,613 |
|
Operating lease right-of-use assets |
|
|
343,547 |
|
|
|
333,851 |
|
Intangible assets |
|
|
40,968 |
|
|
|
32,600 |
|
Goodwill |
|
|
18,018 |
|
|
|
12,023 |
|
Other noncurrent assets |
|
|
12,650 |
|
|
|
13,600 |
|
Total Assets |
|
$ |
1,124,133 |
|
|
$ |
1,042,025 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY |
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Current Liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Accounts payable |
|
$ |
52,030 |
|
|
$ |
58,274 |
|
Accrued and other liabilities |
|
|
25,382 |
|
|
|
16,620 |
|
Current portion of operating lease liabilities |
|
|
53,013 |
|
|
|
52,981 |
|
Total Current Liabilities |
|
|
130,425 |
|
|
|
127,875 |
|
Long-term portion of operating lease liabilities |
|
|
314,974 |
|
|
|
301,355 |
|
Deferred income taxes |
|
|
18,879 |
|
|
|
17,341 |
|
Deferred compensation |
|
|
10,011 |
|
|
|
11,639 |
|
Other |
|
|
848 |
|
|
|
426 |
|
Total Liabilities |
|
|
475,137 |
|
|
|
458,636 |
|
Total Shareholders’ Equity |
|
|
648,996 |
|
|
|
583,389 |
|
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity |
|
$ |
1,124,133 |
|
|
$ |
1,042,025 |
|
SHOE CARNIVAL, INC. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (In thousands) (Unaudited) |
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Fifty-Two |
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Fifty-Three |
|
||
|
|
Weeks Ended |
|
|
Weeks Ended |
|
||
|
|
February 1,
|
|
|
February 3,
|
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Cash Flows From Operating Activities |
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|
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|
|
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Net income |
|
$ |
73,766 |
|
|
$ |
73,348 |
|
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: |
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|
|
|
|
|
||
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
31,065 |
|
|
|
28,794 |
|
Stock-based compensation |
|
|
7,697 |
|
|
|
4,887 |
|
(Gain) Loss on retirement and impairment of assets, net |
|
|
(158 |
) |
|
|
130 |
|
Deferred income taxes |
|
|
564 |
|
|
|
5,497 |
|
Non-cash operating lease expense |
|
|
56,493 |
|
|
|
54,998 |
|
Other |
|
|
(1,144 |
) |
|
|
728 |
|
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: |
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|
|
|
|
|
||
Accounts receivable |
|
|
(4,060 |
) |
|
|
459 |
|
Merchandise inventories |
|
|
2,183 |
|
|
|
43,948 |
|
Operating leases |
|
|
(55,490 |
) |
|
|
(59,129 |
) |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
|
|
(10,529 |
) |
|
|
(22,214 |
) |
Other |
|
|
2,251 |
|
|
|
(8,690 |
) |
Net cash provided by operating activities |
|
|
102,638 |
|
|
|
122,756 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Cash Flows From Investing Activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Purchases of property and equipment |
|
|
(33,161 |
) |
|
|
(56,281 |
) |
Investments in marketable securities |
|
|
(1,161 |
) |
|
|
(403 |
) |
Sales of marketable securities and other |
|
|
1,412 |
|
|
|
2,045 |
|
Acquisition, net of cash acquired |
|
|
(44,762 |
) |
|
|
0 |
|
Net cash used in investing activities |
|
|
(77,672 |
) |
|
|
(54,639 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Cash Flow From Financing Activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Proceeds from issuance of stock |
|
|
169 |
|
|
|
183 |
|
Dividends paid |
|
|
(14,711 |
) |
|
|
(12,190 |
) |
Purchase of common stock for treasury |
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
(5,445 |
) |
Shares surrendered by employees to pay taxes on stock-based compensation awards |
|
|
(744 |
) |
|
|
(3,037 |
) |
Net cash used in financing activities |
|
|
(15,286 |
) |
|
|
(20,489 |
) |
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
9,680 |
|
|
|
47,628 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year |
|
|
99,000 |
|
|
|
51,372 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year |
|
$ |
108,680 |
|
|
$ |
99,000 |
|
SHOE CARNIVAL, INC. RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES (In thousands, except per share data) (Unaudited) |
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|
Thirteen
|
|
% of
|
Fourteen
|
|
% of
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Reported gross profit |
$ |
91,669 |
|
|
$ |
99,707 |
|
|
Amortization expense related to fair value adjustment to acquisition inventory |
|
248 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
Adjusted gross profit, pre-tax |
$ |
91,917 |
|
|
$ |
99,707 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Reported selling, general and administrative expenses |
$ |
77,632 |
|
|
$ |
79,738 |
|
|
Acquisition related fees and expenses |
|
(31 |
) |
|
|
(806 |
) |
- |
Adjusted selling, general and administrative expenses, pre-tax |
$ |
77,601 |
|
|
$ |
78,932 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Reported operating income |
$ |
14,037 |
|
|
$ |
19,969 |
|
|
Amortization expense related to fair value adjustment to acquisition inventory |
|
248 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
Acquisition related fees and expenses |
|
31 |
|
|
|
806 |
|
|
Adjusted operating income, pre-tax |
$ |
14,316 |
|
|
$ |
20,775 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Reported income tax expense |
$ |
3,495 |
|
|
$ |
5,548 |
|
|
Tax effect of amortization of acquisition inventory fair value adjustment and acquisition related fees and expenses |
|
68 |
|
|
|
196 |
|
|
Adjusted income tax expense |
$ |
3,563 |
|
|
$ |
5,744 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Reported net income |
$ |
14,665 |
|
|
$ |
15,520 |
|
|
Amortization expense related to fair value adjustment to acquisition inventory |
|
248 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
Acquisition related fees and expenses |
|
31 |
|
|
|
806 |
|
|
Tax effect of acquisition related fees and expenses |
|
(68 |
) |
|
|
(196 |
) |
- |
Adjusted net income |
$ |
14,876 |
|
|
$ |
16,130 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Reported net income per diluted share |
$ |
0.53 |
|
|
$ |
0.57 |
|
|
Amortization expense related to fair value adjustment to acquisition inventory |
|
0.01 |
|
|
|
0.00 |
|
|
Acquisition related fees and expenses |
|
0.00 |
|
|
|
0.03 |
|
|
Tax effect of acquisition related fees and expenses |
|
0.00 |
|
|
|
(0.01 |
) |
|
Adjusted diluted net income per share |
$ |
0.54 |
|
|
$ |
0.59 |
|
|
SHOE CARNIVAL, INC. RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES (In thousands, except per share data) (Unaudited) |
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|
|
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|
Fifty-two
|
|
% of
|
Fifty-three
|
|
% of
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Reported gross profit |
$ |
428,794 |
|
|
$ |
421,390 |
|
|
Amortization expense related to fair value adjustment to acquisition inventory |
|
994 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
Adjusted gross profit, pre-tax |
$ |
429,788 |
|
|
$ |
421,390 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Reported selling, general and administrative expenses |
$ |
337,642 |
|
|
$ |
327,885 |
|
|
Acquisition related fees and expenses |
|
(570 |
) |
|
|
(806 |
) |
|
Adjusted selling, general and administrative expenses, pre-tax |
$ |
337,072 |
|
|
$ |
327,079 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Reported operating income |
$ |
91,152 |
|
|
$ |
93,505 |
|
|
Amortization expense related to fair value adjustment to acquisition inventory |
|
994 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
Acquisition related fees and expenses |
|
570 |
|
|
|
806 |
|
|
Adjusted operating income, pre-tax |
$ |
92,716 |
|
|
$ |
94,311 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Reported income tax expense |
$ |
23,720 |
|
|
$ |
22,792 |
|
|
Tax effect of amortization of acquisition inventory fair value adjustment and acquisition related fees and expenses |
|
380 |
|
|
|
196 |
|
|
Adjusted income tax expense |
$ |
24,100 |
|
|
$ |
22,988 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Reported net income |
$ |
73,766 |
|
|
$ |
73,348 |
|
|
Amortization expense related to fair value adjustment to acquisition inventory |
|
994 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
Acquisition related fees and expenses |
|
570 |
|
|
|
806 |
|
|
Tax effect of acquisition related fees and expenses |
|
(380 |
) |
|
|
(196 |
) |
|
Adjusted net income |
$ |
74,950 |
|
|
$ |
73,958 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Reported net income per diluted share |
$ |
2.68 |
|
|
$ |
2.68 |
|
|
Amortization expense related to fair value adjustment to acquisition inventory |
|
0.03 |
|
|
|
0.00 |
|
|
Acquisition related fees and expenses |
|
0.02 |
|
|
|
0.03 |
|
|
Tax effect of acquisition related fees and expenses |
|
(0.01 |
) |
|
|
(0.01 |
) |
|
Adjusted diluted net income per share |
$ |
2.72 |
|
|
$ |
2.70 |
|
|
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Patrick C. Edwards
Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary
(812)-867-4034
www.shoecarnival.com
(812) 867-6471
Source: Shoe Carnival, Inc.