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Sep 5, 2025
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Salesforce Inc. declined 5.6% to $242.15 despite the customer management software developer reporting a 36% increase in net income in the second quarter ending on July 31.
Consolidated revenue increased to $10.2 billion from $9.3 billion, net income jumped to $1.9 billion from $1.4 billion, and diluted earnings per share rose to $1.96 from $1.47 a year ago.
During the second quarter, Salesforce returned a total of $2.6 billion to shareholders through share repurchases and dividends, including $2.2 billion in share repurchases and $399 million in dividends.
Salesforce announced an additional $20 billion in share repurchase authorization, increasing the total program size to $50 billion.
The company guided third-quarter revenue to be between $10.24 billion and $10.29 billion, and diluted earnings per share between $1.60 and $1.62.
However, the company's revenue outlook for the current quarter and full year fell short of market expectations.
Salesforce guided full-year revenue to be between $41.1 billion and $41.3 billion, and diluted earnings per share between $6.99 and $7.03.
“We remain on track for fiscal 2026 to be a record year with nearly $15 billion in operating cash flow,” said Marc Benioff, Chair and CEO, Salesforce.
Annual Recurring Revenue from Data Cloud and AI units increased 120% from a year ago, reaching $1.2 billion. Since the launch of Agentforce, Salesforce has closed over 12,500 deals, including more than 6,000 paid deals.
In the second quarter, the company secured 60+ deals valued at over $1 million that included both Data Cloud and AI. -
Dollar Tree Inc. dropped 9% to $100.23 after the discount retailer reported a 42% rise in net income in the latest quarter, but the company's outlook disappointed and fell short of expectations.
Same-store sales increased 6.5% in the quarter, driven by a 3% increase in traffic and a 3.4% rise in ticket size.
Consolidated revenue jumped 12.3% to $4.6 billion from $4.1 billion, net income climbed to $188.4 million from $132.4 million, and diluted earnings per share soared to 75 cents from 66 cents a year ago.
During the fiscal second quarter, Dollar Tree returned a total of $572.4 million to shareholders through share repurchases, including the repurchase of 5.6 million shares of common stock.
The retailer estimated fiscal third quarter adjusted diluted earnings per share will be similar to a quarter a year ago.
Dollar Tree raised its full-year revenue estimate to a new range between $19.3 billion and $19.5 billion and adjusted diluted earnings per share from continuing operations to between $5.32 and $5.72.
The retailer cautioned that its guidance is based on stable tariffs for the balance of the fiscal year, and the company will be able to mitigate "most of the incremental margin pressure from higher tariffs and other input costs."
In the second quarter, the company opened 106 new stores. -
GitLab Inc. dropped 9% to $43.70, and the software developer’s net income swung to a loss in the latest quarter ending on July 31.
Consolidated revenue edged higher to $212.7 million from $163.2 million, net income swung to a loss of $10 million from a profit of $12.2 million, and diluted earnings per share swung to a loss of 6 cents from a profit of 8 cents a year ago.
The company guided third-quarter revenue to be between $238 million and $239 million, non-GAAP operating income between $31 million and $32 million, and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share between 19 cents and 20 cents.
The company said customers with annual recurring revenue (ARR) over $5,000 grew 11% from a year ago to 10,338, while customers with ARR over $100,000 rose 25% to 1,344.
The dollar-based net retention rate remained healthy at 121%, reflecting strong expansion within the existing customer base.
Total remaining performance obligations (RPO) increased 32% year-over-year to $988.2 million, and current RPO grew 31% to $621.6 million, highlighting strong future revenue visibility. -
The Children’s Place, Inc., jumped 6.6% to $5.80 despite the children’s apparel and accessories retailer’s net income swinging to a loss in the latest quarter ending on August 2.
Consolidated revenue decreased 6.8% to $298 million from $319 million, adjusted net income swung to a loss of $3.4 million from a profit of $3.9 million, and adjusted diluted earnings per share swung to a loss of 15 cents from a profit of 30 cents a year ago.
Comparable retail sales fell 4.7% in the quarter, with the company attributing the decline to a challenging macroeconomic environment and tariff-related uncertainty, which dampened consumer sentiment and impacted both physical and online sales.
During the second quarter, the company opened one store and closed two, ending the period with 494 locations, down from 515 stores at the end of the same quarter last year.
“The tariff environment remains unpredictable. Based on the current environment, we are projecting approximately $20 million to $25 million in additional tariff and duty expenses for fiscal year 2025.
However, we believe we are well-positioned to manage these impacts, having plans to mitigate approximately 80% of the effects of these tariffs through a range of strategic initiatives," said Muhammad Umair, President and Interim Chief Executive Officer. -
Lululemon Athletica Inc. plunged 19% to $167.77 after the athleisure retailer reported a slight increase in revenue and a marginal decline in net income in the second quarter ending on August 3.
Consolidated revenue edged higher to $2.5 billion from $2.4 billion, net income declined to $370.9 million from $392.9 million, and diluted earnings per share fell to $3.10 from $3.15 a year ago.
During the second quarter, Lululemon returned a total of $278.5 million to shareholders through repurchases of 1.1 million shares.
The company added 14 net new company-operated stores during the second quarter, ending with 784 stores.
Overall comparable sales increased 1%; in the Americas, comparable sales declined 4%, or 3% on a constant dollar basis, offset by an international comparable sales increase of 15%, or 13% on a constant dollar basis.
Lululemon guided third-quarter revenue to be between $2.47 billion and $2.50 billion, and diluted earnings per share between $2.18 and $2.23.
The company estimated diluted earnings per share between $12.77 and $12.97 and full-year revenue between $10.85 billion and $11.0 billion.
"While we continued to see positive momentum overall in our international regions in the second quarter, we are disappointed with our U.S. business results and aspects of our product execution," said Calvin McDonald, Chief Executive Officer.
"In the second quarter, we exceeded expectations on EPS, but revenue fell short of our guidance, driven predominantly by our U.S. business.
We are also navigating industry-wide challenges, including higher tariff rates. In light of these dynamics, we are revising our full-year outlook," said Meghan Frank, Chief Financial Officer. -
Broadcom Inc. fell 0.7% to $332.41 despite the provider of semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions’ net income swinging to a profit from a year ago in the fiscal third quarter.
Consolidated revenue inched higher to $15.95 billion from $13.07 billion, net income swung to a profit of $4.14 billion from a loss of $1.88 billion, and diluted earnings per share rose to an income of 85 cents from a loss of 40 cents a year ago.
The company's board declared a cash dividend of $0.59 per share, payable on September 30 to shareholders on record on September 22.
During the third quarter, Broadcom returned $2.8 billion to shareholders through cash dividends.
The company estimated fiscal fourth-quarter revenue of approximately $17.4 billion and adjusted EBITDA to be approximately 67% of projected revenue.
"Broadcom achieved record third-quarter revenue, driven by continued strength in custom AI accelerators, networking, and VMware," said Hock Tan, president and chief executive officer.
AI revenue in Q3 grew 63% year-over-year to $5.2 billion.
We expect this growth to accelerate further in the fourth quarter, with AI semiconductor revenue projected to reach $6.2 billion—marking eleven consecutive quarters of growth, as our customers continue to invest aggressively.” -
Signet Jewelers Ltd. advanced 6.2% to $93.50 after the specialty retailer's quarterly results surpassed market expectations.
Revenue in the fiscal second quarter ending on August 2 increased 3% to $1.5 billion, driven by a same-store sales increase of 2%.
The price increases drove gross margin expansion by 60 basis points. 38.6%
Net loss in the quarter shrank to $9.1 million from $101.5 million, and diluted loss per share eased to 22 cents from $2.28 a year ago.
Signet declared a cash dividend of 32 cents per share on November 21 to shareholders on record on October 24.
The company revised the full-year fiscal 2026 sales estimate from the previous range between $6.57 billion and $6.80 billion to a new range between $6.67 billion and $6.82 billion.
The same-store sales growth estimate was revised to between a decrease of 0.75% and an increase of 1.75% from the previous estimate of between a decline of 2.0% and an increase of 1.50%.
The company's guidance adjusted annual diluted earnings per share to a new range between $8.04 and $9.57 from the previous range between $7.70 and $9.38. -
Zscaler Inc. fell 0.9% to $274.57 after the cloud security provider reported an 18% increase in net loss in the fourth quarter ending on July 31.
Consolidated revenue increased 21% to $719.2 million from $592.9 million, net loss advanced to $17.6 million from $14.9 million, and diluted losses per share expanded to 11 cents from 10 cents a year ago.
Zscaler estimated fiscal first quarter revenue to be between $772 million and $774 million, adjusted income from operations between $166 million and $168 million, and adjusted net income per share between 85 cents and 86 cents.
Non-GAAP net income expanded to $146.7 million from $115.8 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024.
Zscaler guided full-year fiscal 2026 revenue to be between $3.265 billion and $3.284 billion, adjusted income from operations between $728 million and $736 million, and adjusted net income per share between $3.64 and $3.6. -
Burlington Stores Inc. traded flat at $290.68 after the off-price department store retailer reported a 28% increase in net income in the fiscal second quarter ending on August 2.
Consolidated revenue increased to $2.7 billion from $2.46 billion, net income jumped to $94.2 million from $73.8 million, and diluted earnings per share rose to $1.47 from $1.15 a year ago.
During the fiscal second quarter, Burlington returned a total of $26 million to shareholders through the repurchase of 102,474 shares of its common stock.
As of the end of the fiscal second quarter, the company had $632 million remaining under its share repurchase program authorizations.
The company guided third-quarter net sales to increase between 5% and 7%, comparable store sales to rise between zero and 2%, an effective tax rate expected to be 25%, and adjusted diluted earnings per share between $1.50 and $1.60.
The company guided full-year net sales to increase between 7% and 8%, comparable store sales to rise between 1% and 2%, an effective tax rate expected to be 25%, and adjusted diluted earnings per share between $9.19 and $9.59.
“Comparable store sales increased 5%, which was on top of 5% comparable store sales growth in the second quarter of last year," said CEO Michael O’Sullivan.
O'Sullivan added adjusted EBIT margin increased 120 basis points, while adjusted EPS grew 39% versus the second quarter of last year, driven by "higher merchandise margin, lower freight expense, and leverage on SG&A expenses.” -
Victoria's Secret & Co. fell 0.4% to $22.94 after the women's innerwear retailer reported a 49% decrease in profit in the fiscal second quarter ending on August 2.
Consolidated revenue edged higher to $1.46 billion from $1.42 billion, net income declined to $16.22 million from $31.80 million, and diluted earnings per share dropped to 20 cents from 40 cents a year ago.
The company guided third-quarter revenue to be between $1.39 billion and $1.42 billion, adjusted operating loss between $35 million and $55 million, and adjusted net loss earnings per share between 55 cents and 75 cents.
The specialty retailer guided full-year revenue to be between $6.33 billion and $6.41 billion, adjusted operating income between $270 million and $320 million.
The company estimated a net tariff impact of approximately $100 million on its annual earnings.
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