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Sep 5, 2025
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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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Marvell Technology Inc. gained 0.2% to $63 after the semiconductor provider's net income swung to a profit from a year ago in the fiscal second quarter ending on August 2.
Consolidated revenue advanced 58% to $2 billion from $1.27 billion, net income swung to a profit of $194.8 million from a loss of $193.3 million, and diluted earnings per share rose to an income of 22 cents from a loss of 22 cents a year ago.
Marvell guided third-quarter revenue to be $2.06 billion and diluted earnings per share to be $2.03 with a band of 5 cents, with adjusted diluted earnings per share between 74 cents with a band of 5 cents.
"Marvell's growth is being fueled by strong AI demand for our custom silicon and electro-optics products, as well as a significant increase in the pace of recovery in our enterprise networking and carrier infrastructure end markets.
Our custom AI design activity is at an all-time high, with the Marvell team now engaged in over 50 new opportunities across more than 10 customers," said Matt Murphy, Marvell's Chairman and CEO. -
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. -
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.”
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