Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation Announces Fiscal 2024 First Quarter Results
Big 5 Sporting Goods reported a decrease in net sales and same store sales for the fiscal 2024 first quarter compared to the prior year. The company's gross profit margin decreased, leading to a net loss of $8.3 million. Despite lower sales, the company managed to decrease selling and administrative expenses. The company declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.05 per share and provided guidance for the fiscal 2024 second quarter, expecting a net loss per basic share in the range of $0.40 to $0.55.
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Decrease in net sales and same store sales for the fiscal 2024 first quarter compared to the prior year
Decrease in gross profit margin from 33.4% to 31.2% year-over-year
Net loss of $8.3 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2024 compared to net income of $0.2 million in the prior year period
EBITDA was a negative $6.6 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2024, compared to a positive $4.5 million in the prior year period
Expected high single-digit decrease in same store sales for the fiscal 2024 second quarter compared to the prior year period
Expected net loss per basic share in the range of $0.40 to $0.55 for the fiscal 2024 second quarter
Insights
- Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend of
$0.05 Per Share
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., April 30, 2024 (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 2024 first quarter ended March 31, 2024.
Net sales for the fiscal 2024 first quarter were
Steven G. Miller, the Company’s Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, said, “Our first quarter results were consistent with our guidance and reflect a challenging macroeconomic environment that continues to pressure consumer discretionary spending. Although disappointed with our sales results in the face of persistent headwinds, we are pleased with the results we were able to achieve in areas of the business that we can best control, including optimizing merchandise margins and managing expenses and inventory. Looking toward the upcoming summer season, while we anticipate our consumer will continue to feel pressured, we are enthused about our seasonal product assortment and are cautiously optimistic that warmer weather will help drive improved sales trends.”
Gross profit for the fiscal 2024 first quarter was
Overall selling and administrative expense for the quarter decreased by
Net loss for the first quarter of fiscal 2024 was
EBITDA was a negative
Balance Sheet
The Company ended the 2024 fiscal first quarter with no borrowings under its credit facility and a cash balance of
Quarterly Cash Dividend
The Company's Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of
Second Quarter Guidance
For the fiscal 2024 second quarter, the Company expects same store sales to decrease in the high single-digit range compared to the fiscal 2023 second 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 second quarter. Fiscal 2024 second quarter net loss per basic share is expected in the range of
Store Openings
The Company currently has 424 stores in operation, reflecting six store closures in the 2024 first quarter as part of the Company’s ongoing efforts to optimize its store base. During the remainder of fiscal 2024, the Company expects to open approximately five stores and close approximately four 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, April 30, 2024. 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, May 7, 2024 by calling (844) 512-2921 to access the playback; the passcode is 13746021.
About Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation
Big 5 is a leading sporting goods retailer in the western United States, currently operating 424 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 and the Middle East, 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.
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
| 13 Weeks Ended | ||||||||||
| March 31, 2024 | April 2, 2023 | |||||||||
| (In thousands) | ||||||||||
| GAAP net (loss) income (as reported) | $ | (8,286 | ) | $ | 193 | |||||
| + Interest expense (income) (as reported) | 123 | (115 | ) | |||||||
| + Income tax benefit (as reported) | (2,818 | ) | (107 | ) | ||||||
| + Depreciation and amortization (as reported) | 4,375 | 4,510 | ||||||||
| EBITDA | $ | (6,606 | ) | $ | 4,481 | |||||
| Adjusted EBITDA | $ | (6,606 | ) | $ | 4,481 | |||||
FINANCIAL TABLES FOLLOW
| BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORPORATION | ||||||
| CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS | ||||||
| (Unaudited) | ||||||
| (In thousands, except share amounts) | ||||||
| March 31, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | |||||
| ASSETS | ||||||
| Current assets: | ||||||
| Cash | $ | 12,621 | $ | 9,201 | ||
| Accounts receivable, net of allowances of | 8,778 | 9,163 | ||||
| Merchandise inventories, net | 275,839 | 275,759 | ||||
| Prepaid expenses | 12,631 | 16,052 | ||||
| Total current assets | 309,869 | 310,175 | ||||
| Operating lease right-of-use assets, net | 258,014 | 253,615 | ||||
| Property and equipment, net | 56,653 | 58,595 | ||||
| Deferred income taxes | 16,196 | 13,427 | ||||
| Other assets, net of accumulated amortization of | 8,828 | 8,871 | ||||
| Total assets | $ | 649,560 | $ | 644,683 | ||
| LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY | ||||||
| Current liabilities: | ||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | 69,818 | $ | 55,201 | ||
| Accrued expenses | 57,306 | 61,283 | ||||
| Current portion of operating lease liabilities | 67,805 | 70,372 | ||||
| Current portion of finance lease liabilities | 3,984 | 3,843 | ||||
| Total current liabilities | 198,913 | 190,699 | ||||
| Operating lease liabilities, less current portion | 197,612 | 191,178 | ||||
| Finance lease liabilities, less current portion | 11,293 | 11,856 | ||||
| Other long-term liabilities | 6,305 | 6,536 | ||||
| Total liabilities | 414,123 | 400,269 | ||||
| Commitments and contingencies | ||||||
| Stockholders' equity: | ||||||
| Common stock, | 269 | 267 | ||||
| Additional paid-in capital | 129,150 | 128,737 | ||||
| Retained earnings | 160,275 | 169,667 | ||||
| Less: Treasury stock, at cost; 4,307,255 shares | (54,257 | ) | (54,257 | ) | ||
| Total stockholders' equity | 235,437 | 244,414 | ||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | $ | 649,560 | $ | 644,683 | ||
| BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORPORATION | ||||||
| CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS | ||||||
| (Unaudited) | ||||||
| (In thousands, except per share data) | ||||||
| 13 Weeks Ended | ||||||
| March 31, 2024 | April 2, 2023 | |||||
| Net sales | $ | 193,427 | $ | 224,939 | ||
| Cost of sales | 133,029 | 149,795 | ||||
| Gross profit | 60,398 | 75,144 | ||||
| Selling and administrative expense | 71,379 | 75,173 | ||||
| Operating loss | (10,981 | ) | (29 | ) | ||
| Interest expense (income) | 123 | (115 | ) | |||
| (Loss) income before income taxes | (11,104 | ) | 86 | |||
| Income tax benefit | (2,818 | ) | (107 | ) | ||
| Net (loss) income | $ | (8,286 | ) | $ | 193 | |
| (Loss) earnings per share: | ||||||
| Basic | $ | (0.38 | ) | $ | 0.01 | |
| Diluted | $ | (0.38 | ) | $ | 0.01 | |
| Weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding: | ||||||
| Basic | 21,832 | 21,629 | ||||
| Diluted | 21,832 | 21,949 | ||||
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