Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation Announces Fiscal 2023 Third Quarter Results
- Net sales for the fiscal 2023 third quarter were $239.9 million, a decrease from the same quarter last year.
- Same store sales decreased by 8.2% in the third quarter of fiscal 2023.
- Gross profit for the quarter was $79.6 million with a margin of 33.2%.
- The Company declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.125 per share, reflecting a reduction from the previous rate of $0.25 per share.
- For the fiscal 2023 fourth quarter, the Company expects same store sales to decrease in the high single-digit to low double-digit range compared to the prior year's fourth quarter.
- The Company anticipates a net loss per share in the range of $0.20 to $0.35 for the fourth quarter.
- None.
- Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend of
$0.12 5 Per Share
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Oct. 31, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation (Nasdaq: BGFV) (the “Company,” “we,” “our,” “us,” “Big 5”), a leading sporting goods retailer, today reported financial results for the fiscal 2023 third quarter ended October 1, 2023.
Steven G. Miller, the Company’s Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, said, “Our third quarter results came in slightly below our expectations, reflecting the increasing pressure over the course of the quarter on consumer discretionary spending resulting from a host of significant macroeconomic headwinds. In the face of the challenging sales environment, we have remained intently focused on optimizing merchandise margins, controlling expenses, and managing inventory, and we are pleased with our team’s execution in these areas.”
Mr. Miller continued, “Looking at the fourth quarter, we have taken the steps to put our business in the best possible position for the winter and holiday season, with healthy inventory levels and a product assortment that we feel is well-positioned to resonate with our customers. However, sales trends continue to be pressured in the fourth quarter to date, and we expect that soft consumer discretionary spending is likely to persist over the balance of the quarter. Given the uncertainty of the duration of the challenged macroeconomic environment, and given our commitment to maintaining a healthy balance sheet, we have proactively adjusted our dividend to maintain ample financial flexibility.”
Net sales for the fiscal 2023 third quarter were
Gross profit for the fiscal 2023 third quarter was
Overall selling and administrative expense for the quarter decreased by
Net income for the third quarter of fiscal 2023 was
For the 39-week period ended October 1, 2023, net sales were
Adjusted EBITDA was
Balance Sheet
The Company ended the 2023 fiscal third quarter with no borrowings under its credit facility and with a cash balance of
Quarterly Cash Dividend
The Company's Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of
Fourth Quarter Guidance
For the fiscal 2023 fourth quarter, the Company expects same store sales to decrease in the high single-digit to low double-digit range compared to the fiscal 2022 fourth quarter. The Company’s same store sales guidance reflects an expectation that macroeconomic headwinds will continue to impact discretionary consumer spending over the balance of the fourth quarter. Fiscal 2023 fourth quarter net loss per share is expected in the range of
Store Openings
The Company currently has 430 stores in operation, which reflects two store openings and two store closures, including one relocation, during the fiscal 2023 third quarter. During the remainder of fiscal 2023, the Company does not expect to open or close any additional stores.
Conference Call Information
The Company will host a conference call to discuss these results and provide additional comments and details. The conference call is scheduled to begin at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time on Tuesday, October 31, 2023. To access the conference call, participants in North America may dial (877) 407-9039 and international participants may dial (201) 689-8470. Participants are encouraged to dial in to the conference call ten minutes prior to the scheduled start time.
In addition, the call will be broadcast live over the Internet and accessible through the Company's website at www.big5sportinggoods.com. Visitors to the website should select the “Investor Relations” link to access the webcast. The webcast will be archived and accessible on the same website for 30 days following the call. A telephonic replay will be available through Tuesday, November 7, 2023 by calling (844) 512-2921 to access the playback; the passcode is 13741098.
About Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation
Big 5 is a leading sporting goods retailer in the western United States, currently operating 430 stores under the “Big 5 Sporting Goods” name. Big 5 provides a full-line product offering in a traditional sporting goods store format that averages 12,000 square feet. Big 5’s product mix includes athletic shoes, apparel and accessories, as well as a broad selection of outdoor and athletic equipment for team sports, fitness, camping, hunting, fishing, home recreation, tennis, golf, and winter and summer recreation.
Except for historical information contained herein, the statements in this release are forward-looking and made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors that may cause Big 5’s actual results in current or future periods to differ materially from forecasted results. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, the economic impacts of COVID-19, including any potential variants, on Big 5’s business operations, including as a result of regulations that may be issued in response to COVID-19, global supply chain disruptions resulting from the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, changes in the consumer spending environment, fluctuations in consumer holiday spending patterns, increased competition from e-commerce retailers, breach of data security or other unauthorized disclosure of sensitive personal or confidential information, the competitive environment in the sporting goods industry in general and in Big 5’s specific market areas, inflation, product availability and growth opportunities, changes in the current market for (or regulation of) firearm-related products, a reduction or loss of product from a key supplier, disruption in product flow, seasonal fluctuations, weather conditions, changes in cost of goods, operating expense fluctuations, increases in labor and benefit-related expense, changes in laws or regulations, including those related to tariffs and duties, as well as environmental, social and governance issues, public health issues (including those caused by COVID-19 or any potential variants), impacts from civil unrest or widespread vandalism, lower than expected profitability of Big 5’s e-commerce platform or cannibalization of sales from Big 5’s existing store base which could occur as a result of operating the e-commerce platform, litigation risks, stockholder campaigns and proxy contests, risks related to Big 5’s historically leveraged financial condition, changes in interest rates, credit availability, higher expense associated with sources of credit resulting from uncertainty in financial markets and economic conditions in general. Those and other risks and uncertainties are more fully described in Big 5’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Reports on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. Big 5 conducts its business in a highly competitive and rapidly changing environment. Accordingly, new risk factors may arise. It is not possible for management to predict all such risk factors, nor to assess the impact of all such risk factors on Big 5’s business or the extent to which any individual risk factor, or combination of factors, may cause results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement. Big 5 undertakes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statement that may be made from time to time by it or on its behalf.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In addition to reporting our financial results in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"), we are providing non-GAAP earnings before interest, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) and any other adjustments (“Adjusted EBITDA”). EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are not prepared in accordance with GAAP and exclude certain items presented below. We use EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA internally for forecasting purposes and as factors to evaluate our operating performance. We believe that Adjusted EBITDA provides useful information to both management and investors by excluding certain expenses, gains and losses that may not be indicative of core operating results and business outlook. While we believe that EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA can be useful to investors in evaluating our period-to-period operating results, this information should be considered supplemental and is not a substitute for financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, our definition or calculation of these non-GAAP measures may differ from similarly titled measures used by other companies, limiting the usefulness of this financial measure for comparison to other companies. We believe the GAAP measure that is most comparable to non-GAAP EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA is net income, and a reconciliation of our non-GAAP EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA to GAAP net income is provided below.
| 13 Weeks Ended | 39 Weeks Ended | |||||||||||||
| Oct. 1, 2023 | Oct. 2, 2022 | Oct. 1, 2023 | Oct. 2, 2022 | |||||||||||
| (In thousands) | ||||||||||||||
| GAAP net income (as reported) | $ | 1,858 | $ | 6,369 | $ | 1,769 | $ | 24,406 | ||||||
| - Interest (income); + interest expense (as reported) | (95 | ) | 69 | (265 | ) | 389 | ||||||||
| + Income tax expense (as reported) | 1,220 | 1,940 | 987 | 6,437 | ||||||||||
| + Depreciation and amortization | 4,524 | 4,594 | 13,665 | 13,424 | ||||||||||
| EBITDA | $ | 7,507 | $ | 12,972 | $ | 16,156 | $ | 44,656 | ||||||
| - Extinguishment of certain real estate-related liabilities | (1,638 | ) | — | (1,638 | ) | — | ||||||||
| + Legal settlement provision | 1,500 | — | 1,500 | — | ||||||||||
| + Revaluation of workers’ compensation reserves due to change in claims assessment methodology | — | — | — | 1,039 | ||||||||||
| Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 7,369 | $ | 12,972 | $ | 16,018 | $ | 45,695 | ||||||
FINANCIAL TABLES FOLLOW
| BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORPORATION | ||||||
| CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS | ||||||
| (Unaudited) | ||||||
| (In thousands, except share amounts) | ||||||
| October 1, 2023 | January 1, 2023 | |||||
| ASSETS | ||||||
| Current assets: | ||||||
| Cash | $ | 17,870 | $ | 25,565 | ||
| Accounts receivable, net of allowances of | 8,363 | 12,270 | ||||
| Merchandise inventories, net | 291,257 | 303,493 | ||||
| Prepaid expenses | 14,485 | 16,632 | ||||
| Total current assets | 331,975 | 357,960 | ||||
| Operating lease right-of-use assets, net | 269,345 | 276,016 | ||||
| Property and equipment, net | 55,400 | 58,311 | ||||
| Deferred income taxes | 8,978 | 9,991 | ||||
| Other assets, net of accumulated amortization of | 8,394 | 6,515 | ||||
| Total assets | $ | 674,092 | $ | 708,793 | ||
| LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY | ||||||
| Current liabilities: | ||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | 62,140 | $ | 67,417 | ||
| Accrued expenses | 61,599 | 70,261 | ||||
| Current portion of operating lease liabilities | 69,316 | 70,584 | ||||
| Current portion of finance lease liabilities | 2,944 | 3,217 | ||||
| Total current liabilities | 195,999 | 211,479 | ||||
| Operating lease liabilities, less current portion | 208,115 | 214,584 | ||||
| Finance lease liabilities, less current portion | 7,586 | 7,089 | ||||
| Other long-term liabilities | 7,016 | 6,857 | ||||
| Total liabilities | 418,716 | 440,009 | ||||
| Commitments and contingencies | ||||||
| Stockholders' equity: | ||||||
| Common stock, | ||||||
| 26,491,750 shares, respectively; outstanding 22,444,422 and 22,184,495 shares, respectively | 267 | 264 | ||||
| Additional paid-in capital | 128,051 | 126,512 | ||||
| Retained earnings | 181,315 | 196,265 | ||||
| Less: Treasury stock, at cost; 4,307,255 shares | (54,257 | ) | (54,257 | ) | ||
| Total stockholders' equity | 255,376 | 268,784 | ||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | $ | 674,092 | $ | 708,793 | ||
| BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORPORATION | ||||||||||
| CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS | ||||||||||
| (Unaudited) | ||||||||||
| (In thousands, except per share data) | ||||||||||
| 13 Weeks Ended | 39 Weeks Ended | |||||||||
| October 1, 2023 | October 2, 2022 | October 1, 2023 | October 2, 2022 | |||||||
| Net sales | $ | 239,889 | $ | 261,445 | $ | 688,395 | $ | 757,226 | ||
| Cost of sales | 160,331 | 174,862 | 461,790 | 495,844 | ||||||
| Gross profit | 79,558 | 86,583 | 226,605 | 261,382 | ||||||
| Selling and administrative expense | 76,575 | 78,205 | 224,114 | 230,150 | ||||||
| Operating income | 2,983 | 8,378 | 2,491 | 31,232 | ||||||
| Interest (income) expense | (95 | ) | 69 | (265 | ) | 389 | ||||
| Income before income taxes | 3,078 | 8,309 | 2,756 | 30,843 | ||||||
| Income tax expense | 1,220 | 1,940 | 987 | 6,437 | ||||||
| Net income | $ | 1,858 | $ | 6,369 | $ | 1,769 | $ | 24,406 | ||
| Earnings per share: | ||||||||||
| Basic | $ | 0.09 | $ | 0.30 | $ | 0.08 | $ | 1.13 | ||
| Diluted | $ | 0.08 | $ | 0.29 | $ | 0.08 | $ | 1.10 | ||
| Weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding: | ||||||||||
| Basic | 21,801 | 21,586 | 21,731 | 21,647 | ||||||
| Diluted | 22,045 | 21,930 | 22,003 | 22,121 | ||||||
Contact:
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation
Barry Emerson
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(310) 536-0611
ICR, Inc.
Jeff Sonnek
Managing Director
(646) 277-1263
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