PHILADELPHIA, March 05, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Urban Outfitters, Inc. (NASDAQ:URBN), a leading lifestyle
products and services company which operates a portfolio of global consumer brands comprised of Anthropologie, BHLDN, Free People,
Terrain and Urban Outfitters brands and the Food and Beverage division, today announced net income of $86 million and $298 million
for the three months and year ended January 31, 2019, respectively. Earnings per diluted share were $0.80 and $2.72 for the three
months and year ended January 31, 2019, respectively.
Total Company net sales for the three months ended January 31, 2019, increased 3.7% over the same period last
year to a record $1.13 billion. Comparable Retail segment net sales increased 3%, driven by double-digit growth in the digital
channel, partially offset by negative retail store sales. By brand, comparable Retail segment net sales increased 4% at Free
People, 4% at Urban Outfitters and 2% at the Anthropologie Group. Wholesale segment net sales increased 3%.
For the year ended January 31, 2019, total Company net sales increased to $4.0 billion, or 9.3%, over the prior
year. Comparable Retail segment net sales increased 8%, driven by double-digit growth in the digital channel and positive retail
store sales. Wholesale segment net sales increased 10%.
“The fourth quarter closed what was an incredibly successful year for URBN and all of our brands,” said Richard
A. Hayne, Chief Executive Officer. “I want to thank our associates worldwide for producing a record year and for their dedication,
drive and creativity,” finished Mr. Hayne.
Net sales by brand and segment for the three and twelve-month periods were as follows:
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
Twelve Months Ended |
|
|
January 31, |
|
|
January 31, |
|
|
2019 |
|
|
2018 |
|
|
2019 |
|
|
2018 |
|
Net sales by brand |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Urban Outfitters |
$ |
447,525 |
|
|
$ |
433,924 |
|
|
$ |
1,528,717 |
|
|
$ |
1,396,420 |
|
Anthropologie Group |
|
464,609 |
|
|
|
447,184 |
|
|
|
1,598,000 |
|
|
|
1,472,769 |
|
Free People |
|
209,315 |
|
|
|
201,659 |
|
|
|
799,205 |
|
|
|
721,966 |
|
Food and Beverage |
|
7,499 |
|
|
|
6,352 |
|
|
|
24,701 |
|
|
|
24,859 |
|
Total Company |
$ |
1,128,948 |
|
|
$ |
1,089,119 |
|
|
$ |
3,950,623 |
|
|
$ |
3,616,014 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net sales by segment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Retail Segment |
$ |
1,047,710 |
|
|
$ |
1,010,188 |
|
|
$ |
3,604,170 |
|
|
$ |
3,299,714 |
|
Wholesale Segment |
|
81,238 |
|
|
|
78,931 |
|
|
|
346,453 |
|
|
|
316,300 |
|
Total Company |
$ |
1,128,948 |
|
|
$ |
1,089,119 |
|
|
$ |
3,950,623 |
|
|
$ |
3,616,014 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the three months ended January 31, 2019, the gross profit rate improved by 172 basis points and the adjusted gross profit rate
improved by 99 basis points versus the prior year’s comparable period. The increase in adjusted gross profit rate was primarily
driven by better maintained margin from lower markdown rates and improved initial mark-ups. Anthropologie delivered the most
significant improvement, followed by Urban Outfitters. Store occupancy also leveraged due in part to the positive comparable Retail
segment net sales. For the year ended January 31, 2019, the gross profit rate improved by 158 basis points versus the prior year’s
comparable period. The improvement in gross profit rate was driven by lower markdowns at all three brands and leverage in store
occupancy cost due to Retail segment comparable net sales.
As of January 31, 2019, total inventory increased by $19.1 million, or 5.4%, on a year-over-year basis.
Comparable Retail segment inventory increased 3% at cost.
For the three months ended January 31, 2019, selling, general and administrative expenses increased by $8.5
million, or 3.4%, compared to the prior year’s comparable period. For the three months ended January 31, 2019, adjusted selling,
general and administrative expenses, increased by $10.5 million, or 4.2%, compared to the prior year’s comparable period and
expressed as a percentage of net sales, deleveraged 13 basis points. For the year ended January 31, 2019, selling, general and
administrative expenses increased by $49.8 million, or 5.4%, compared to the prior year’s comparable period and expressed as a
percentage of net sales, leveraged 88 basis points. The leverage for the year ended January 31, 2019, was primarily driven by the
net sales growth and further benefited from continued savings associated with the fiscal 2018 store reorganization project and the
nonrecurring store reorganization expenses incurred in the prior year. The dollar growth in selling, general and administrative
expenses in both periods was primarily due to increased direct selling and marketing expenses to support and drive the increase in
Retail segment net sales and higher bonus and share-based compensation expense.
The Company’s effective tax rate for the three months ended January 31, 2019, was 25.1% compared to 98.6% in the
prior year period. The effective tax rate for the year ended January 31, 2019, was 22.7% compared to 58.6% in the prior year
comparable period. The decrease in the effective tax rate for the three months and year ended January 31, 2019, was primarily due
to a one-time tax expense of $64.7 million related to the comprehensive United States tax legislation commonly referred to as the
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“Tax Act”) in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018. This non-recurring tax expense was due to the deemed
repatriation transition tax on our unremitted foreign earnings and the revaluation of our net U.S. deferred tax assets as a result
of the lower federal rate enacted as part of the Tax Act.
Net income for the three months and year ended January 31, 2019, was $86 million and $298 million, respectively,
and earnings per diluted share was $0.80 and $2.72, respectively.
On August 22, 2017, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of 20 million common shares under
a share repurchase program, of which 14.4 million common shares were remaining as of January 31, 2019. During the year ended
January 31, 2019, the Company repurchased and subsequently retired 3.5 million common shares for approximately $121 million under
this program. During the year ended January 31, 2018, the Company repurchased and subsequently retired 2.1 million common shares
for approximately $46 million under this program. Additionally, during the year ended January 31, 2018, the Company repurchased and
subsequently retired 6.0 million common shares for approximately $111 million under a share repurchase program authorized by the
Company’s Board of Directors on February 23, 2015, completing such share repurchase program in August 2017.
During the year ended January 31, 2019, the Company opened a total of 18 new retail locations including: 6 Free
People stores, 5 Urban Outfitters stores, 4 Anthropologie Group stores and 3 Food and Beverage restaurants; and closed 11 retail
locations including: 5 Urban Outfitters stores, 3 Anthropologie Group stores and 3 Free People stores. During the year ended
January 31, 2019, 5 franchisee-owned stores were opened including: 4 Urban Outfitters stores and 1 Free People store.
Urban Outfitters, Inc., offers lifestyle-oriented general merchandise and consumer products and services through
a portfolio of global consumer brands comprised of 245 Urban Outfitters stores in the United States, Canada and Europe and
websites; 227 Anthropologie Group stores in the United States, Canada and Europe, catalogs and websites; 135 Free People stores in
the United States, Canada and Europe, catalogs and websites, 13 Food and Beverage restaurants, 4 Urban Outfitters franchisee-owned
stores and 1 Free People franchisee-owned store, as of January 31, 2019. Free People, Anthropologie Group and Urban Outfitters
wholesale sell their products through approximately 2,200 department and specialty stores worldwide, digital businesses and the
Company’s Retail segment.
A conference call will be held today to discuss fourth quarter results and will be webcast at 5:00 pm. ET at:
https://edge.media-server.com/m6/p/njvoyf8x
This news release is being made pursuant to the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Certain matters contained in this release may constitute forward-looking statements.
When used in this release, the words “project,” “believe,” “plan,” “will,” “anticipate,” “expect” and similar expressions are
intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Any
one, or all, of the following factors could cause actual financial results to differ materially from those financial results
mentioned in the forward-looking statements: the difficulty in predicting and responding to shifts in fashion trends, changes in
the level of competitive pricing and promotional activity and other industry factors, overall economic and market conditions and
worldwide political events and the resultant impact on consumer spending patterns, the effects of the implementation of the United
Kingdom's referendum to withdraw membership from the European Union (commonly referred to as “Brexit”), including currency
fluctuations, economic conditions, and legal or regulatory changes, any effects of war, terrorism and civil unrest, natural
disasters or severe or unseasonable weather conditions, increases in labor costs, increases in raw material costs, availability of
suitable retail space for expansion, timing of store openings, risks associated with international expansion, seasonal fluctuations
in gross sales, the departure of one or more key senior executives, import risks, changes to U.S. and foreign trade policies,
including the enactment of tariffs, border adjustment taxes or increases in duties or quotas, the closing or disruption of, or any
damage to, any of our distribution centers, our ability to protect our intellectual property rights, risks associated with digital
sales, our ability to maintain and expand our digital sales channels, response to new store concepts, our ability to integrate
acquisitions, failure of our manufacturers and third-party vendors to comply with our social compliance program, changes in our
effective income tax rate, the impact of the U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, changes in accounting standards and subjective
assumptions, regulatory changes and legal matters and other risks identified in the Company’s filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. The Company disclaims any intent or obligation to update forward-looking statements even if experience or
future changes make it clear that actual results may differ materially from any projected results expressed or implied
therein.
(Tables follow)
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|
URBAN OUTFITTERS, INC.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income
(amounts in thousands, except share and per share data)
(unaudited) |
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
Twelve Months Ended |
|
|
January 31, |
|
|
January 31, |
|
|
2019
|
|
|
2018 |
|
|
2019 |
|
|
2018 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net sales |
$ |
1,128,948 |
|
|
|
$ |
1,089,119 |
|
|
|
$ |
3,950,623 |
|
|
|
$ |
3,616,014 |
|
|
Cost of sales |
|
756,438 |
|
|
|
|
748,481 |
|
|
|
|
2,603,911 |
|
|
|
|
2,440,507 |
|
|
Gross profit |
|
372,510 |
|
|
|
|
340,638 |
|
|
|
|
1,346,712 |
|
|
|
|
1,175,507 |
|
|
Selling, general and administrative expenses |
|
258,302 |
|
|
|
|
249,850 |
|
|
|
|
965,399 |
|
|
|
|
915,615 |
|
|
Income from operations |
|
114,208 |
|
|
|
|
90,788 |
|
|
|
|
381,313 |
|
|
|
|
259,892 |
|
|
Other income, net |
|
1,179 |
|
|
|
|
301 |
|
|
|
|
4,240 |
|
|
|
|
1,474 |
|
|
Income before income taxes |
|
115,387 |
|
|
|
|
91,089 |
|
|
|
|
385,553 |
|
|
|
|
261,366 |
|
|
Income tax expense |
|
28,973 |
|
|
|
|
89,771 |
|
|
|
|
87,550 |
|
|
|
|
153,103 |
|
|
Net income |
$ |
86,414 |
|
|
|
$ |
1,318 |
|
|
|
$ |
298,003 |
|
|
|
$ |
108,263 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income per common share: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic |
$ |
0.81 |
|
|
|
$ |
0.01 |
|
|
|
$ |
2.75 |
|
|
|
$ |
0.97 |
|
|
Diluted |
$ |
0.80 |
|
|
|
$ |
0.01 |
|
|
|
$ |
2.72 |
|
|
|
$ |
0.96 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted-average common shares outstanding: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic |
|
107,119,657 |
|
|
|
|
108,248,440 |
|
|
|
|
108,303,594 |
|
|
|
|
111,887,308 |
|
|
Diluted |
|
108,389,723 |
|
|
|
|
109,214,592 |
|
|
|
|
109,706,007 |
|
|
|
|
112,367,924 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AS A PERCENTAGE OF NET SALES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net sales |
100.0 |
% |
|
|
100.0 |
% |
|
|
100.0 |
% |
|
|
100.0 |
% |
|
Cost of sales |
67.0 |
% |
|
|
68.7 |
% |
|
|
65.9 |
% |
|
|
67.5 |
% |
|
Gross profit |
33.0 |
% |
|
|
31.3 |
% |
|
|
34.1 |
% |
|
|
32.5 |
% |
|
Selling, general and administrative expenses |
22.9 |
% |
|
|
23.0 |
% |
|
|
24.4 |
% |
|
|
25.3 |
% |
|
Income from operations |
10.1 |
% |
|
|
8.3 |
% |
|
|
9.7 |
% |
|
|
7.2 |
% |
|
Other income, net |
0.1 |
% |
|
|
0.1 |
% |
|
|
0.1 |
% |
|
|
0.0 |
% |
|
Income before income taxes |
10.2 |
% |
|
|
8.4 |
% |
|
|
9.8 |
% |
|
|
7.2 |
% |
|
Income tax expense |
2.5 |
% |
|
|
8.3 |
% |
|
|
2.3 |
% |
|
|
4.2 |
% |
|
Net income |
7.7 |
% |
|
|
0.1 |
% |
|
|
7.5 |
% |
|
|
3.0 |
% |
|
|
|
URBAN OUTFITTERS, INC.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(amounts in thousands, except share data)
(unaudited) |
|
|
|
|
January 31, |
|
|
January 31, |
|
|
2019 |
|
|
2018 |
|
ASSETS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
$ |
358,260 |
|
|
$ |
282,220 |
|
Marketable securities |
|
279,232 |
|
|
|
165,125 |
|
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
of $1,499 and $1,326, respectively |
|
80,461 |
|
|
|
76,962 |
|
Inventory |
|
370,507 |
|
|
|
351,395 |
|
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
|
114,296 |
|
|
|
103,055 |
|
Total current assets |
|
1,202,756 |
|
|
|
978,757 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property and equipment, net |
|
796,029 |
|
|
|
813,768 |
|
Marketable securities |
|
57,292 |
|
|
|
58,688 |
|
Deferred income taxes and other assets |
|
104,438 |
|
|
|
101,567 |
|
Total Assets |
$ |
2,160,515 |
|
|
$ |
1,952,780 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable |
$ |
144,414 |
|
|
$ |
128,246 |
|
Accrued expenses, accrued compensation and other current liabilities |
|
242,230 |
|
|
|
231,968 |
|
Total current liabilities |
|
386,644 |
|
|
|
360,214 |
|
Long-term debt |
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Deferred rent and other liabilities |
|
284,773 |
|
|
|
291,663 |
|
Total Liabilities |
|
671,417 |
|
|
|
651,877 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shareholders’ equity: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred shares; $.0001 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized,
none issued |
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Common shares; $.0001 par value, 200,000,000 shares authorized, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
105,642,283 and 108,248,568 issued and outstanding, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
respectively |
11 |
|
|
11 |
|
Additional paid-in-capital |
|
— |
|
|
684 |
|
Retained earnings |
|
1,516,190 |
|
|
|
1,310,859 |
|
Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
|
(27,103 |
) |
|
|
(10,651 |
) |
Total Shareholders’ Equity |
|
1,489,098 |
|
|
|
1,300,903 |
|
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity |
$ |
2,160,515 |
|
|
$ |
1,952,780 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Important Information Regarding Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In addition to
evaluating the financial condition and results of our operations in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles
(“GAAP”), from time to time our management evaluates and analyzes results and any impact on the Company of certain events outside
of normal, or “core,” business and operations, by considering adjusted financial measures not prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Examples of items that we consider non-core include impairment charges, gains or losses on the disposal of our stores or restaurant
locations and the nonrecurring impact of the comprehensive United States tax legislation commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and
Jobs Act. In order to improve the transparency of our disclosures, provide a meaningful presentation of results from our core
business operations and improve period-over-period comparability, we have included certain adjusted financial measures that exclude
the impact of these non-core business items.
We believe these
adjusted financial measures are important indicators of our recurring results of operations because they exclude items that may not
be indicative of, or are unrelated to, our underlying results of operations and provide a useful baseline for analyzing trends in
our underlying business. Management uses adjusted financial measures for planning, forecasting and evaluating business and
financial performance.
Non-GAAP financial
measures should be viewed as supplementing, and not as an alternative or substitute for, the Company’s financial results prepared
in accordance with GAAP. Certain of the items that may be excluded or included in non-GAAP financial measures may be significant
items that could impact the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows and should therefore be considered in
assessing the Company’s actual and future financial condition and performance. These adjusted financial measures are not consistent
with GAAP and may not be calculated the same as similarly titled measures used by other companies.
|
|
URBAN OUTFITTERS, INC.
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
(amounts in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited) |
|
|
|
Reconciliation of Adjusted Gross Profit: |
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
January 31, |
|
|
2019 |
|
|
2018 |
|
|
$'s |
|
% of Net
Sales |
|
|
$'s |
|
% of Net
Sales |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross profit (GAAP) |
$ |
372,510 |
|
|
33.0 |
% |
|
$ |
340,638 |
|
|
31.3 |
% |
Adjustments: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Impairment charges (a) |
|
3,544 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
11,410 |
|
|
|
|
Adjusted gross profit (Non-GAAP) |
$ |
376,054 |
|
|
33.3 |
% |
|
$ |
352,048 |
|
|
32.3 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reconciliation of Adjusted Selling, General and Administrative Expenses: |
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
January 31, |
|
|
2019 |
|
|
2018 |
|
|
$'s |
|
% of Net
Sales |
|
|
$'s |
|
% of Net
Sales |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Selling, general and administrative expenses (GAAP) |
$ |
258,302 |
|
|
22.9 |
% |
|
$ |
249,850 |
|
|
23.0 |
% |
Adjustments: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss on disposal of restaurant (b) |
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,061 |
) |
|
|
|
Adjusted selling, general and administrative expenses (Non-GAAP) |
$ |
258,302 |
|
|
22.9 |
% |
|
$ |
247,789 |
|
|
22.7 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reconciliation of Income from Operations: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
January 31, |
|
|
2019 |
|
|
2018 |
|
|
$'s |
|
% of Net
Sales |
|
|
$'s |
|
% of Net
Sales |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income from operations (GAAP) |
$ |
114,208 |
|
|
10.1 |
% |
|
$ |
90,788 |
|
|
8.3 |
% |
Adjustments: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Impairment charges (a) |
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3,544 |
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|
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|
11,410 |
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Loss on disposal of restaurant (b) |
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— |
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|
|
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2,061 |
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Adjusted income from operations (Non-GAAP) |
$ |
117,752 |
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|
10.4 |
% |
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$ |
104,259 |
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|
9.6 |
% |
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URBAN OUTFITTERS, INC.
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
(amounts in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited) |
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Reconciliation of Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted EPS: |
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Three Months Ended |
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January 31, |
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2019 |
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2018 |
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|
$'s |
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% of Net
Sales |
|
|
$'s |
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% of Net
Sales |
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|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
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|
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Net income (GAAP) |
$ |
86,414 |
|
|
7.7 |
% |
|
$ |
1,318 |
|
|
0.1 |
% |
Adjustments: |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Impairment charges (a) |
|
3,544 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
11,410 |
|
|
|
|
Loss on disposal of restaurant (b) |
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,061 |
|
|
|
|
Provision for income taxes on adjustments (c) |
|
(920 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
(4,450 |
) |
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|
|
Impact of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, net (d) |
|
1,197 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
64,705 |
|
|
|
|
Adjusted net income (Non-GAAP) |
$ |
90,235 |
|
|
8.0 |
% |
|
$ |
75,044 |
|
|
6.9 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
Diluted EPS (GAAP) |
$ |
0.80 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
0.01 |
|
|
|
|
Adjustments, net of tax |
|
0.03 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.68 |
|
|
|
|
Adjusted diluted EPS (Non-GAAP) |
$ |
0.83 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
0.69 |
|
|
|
|
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(a) Impairment charges relate to four retail locations during the three months ended January 31,
2019 and ten retail locations during the three months ended January 31, 2018. The Company assessed the current and future
performance of its retail locations and it was determined that these locations would not be able to generate sufficient cash
flow over the expected remaining lease term to recover the carrying value of the respective assets. |
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(b) During the three months ended January 31, 2018, the Company disposed of one of the restaurants
it previously acquired as part of the purchase of certain assets of the Vetri Family group of restaurants in fiscal 2017.
Included in the loss on disposal was a reduction of goodwill of the Food and Beverage division recorded in connection with the
purchase of certain assets of the Vetri Family group of restaurants. |
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(c) The income tax impact of non-GAAP adjustments is calculated using the estimated tax rate in
effect for the respective non-GAAP adjustments. |
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(d) During the three months ended January 31, 2018, the Company recorded one-time charges for the
effects of the Tax Act. During the three months ended January 31, 2019, the Company recorded an additional tax expense to
adjust its initial provisional estimates for the Tax Act in its provision for income taxes. |
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Contact:
Oona McCullough
Director of Investor Relations
(215) 454-4806