Tractor Provide Firm (NASDAQ:TSCO) shares are buying and selling larger Thursday after the agricultural way of life retailer reported second-quarter earnings per share of 81 cents, aligning with analyst estimates.
The corporate additionally beat income expectations, pushed by new retailer openings and a rise in comparable retailer gross sales, and reaffirmed its full-year 2025 monetary outlook.
The corporate reported quarterly gross sales of $4.44 billion (+4.5% yr over yr) outpacing the Road view of $4.398 billion. Comparable retailer gross sales elevated 1.5% yr over yr, whereas the agency noticed comparable common transaction progress of 1%.
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Comparable retailer gross sales progress was pushed by continued momentum in year-round classes, particularly consumable, usable, and edible merchandise, and stable demand for spring seasonal gadgets.
Efficiency was additionally optimistic in attire, reward and décor, in addition to large ticket gadgets. These good points had been partially offset by softness in choose discretionary classes.
Gross revenue elevated 5.4% yr over yr to $1.64 billion. The gross margin charge was 36.9%, in comparison with 36.6% within the prior yr’s second quarter, primarily on account of disciplined product price administration and the continued execution of an on a regular basis low-price technique.
Working earnings elevated 2.9% to $577.8 million from $561.5 million within the second quarter of 2024.
Within the second quarter of 2025, the corporate opened 24 new Tractor Provide shops and two new Petsense by Tractor Provide areas. Throughout the identical interval, it closed one Petsense by Tractor Provide retailer.
“Regardless of exterior pressures, together with financial uncertainty and shifting tariffs, our year-to-date efficiency and visibility into the rest of the yr present a stable basis to reaffirm our 2025 monetary outlook,” stated Hal Lawton, president and chief government officer.
“With a largely U.S.-sourced assortment, robust vendor partnerships and a versatile, scalable provide chain, we’re well-positioned to navigate near-term dynamics and ship long-term worth for our shareholders.”
Tractor Provide exited the quarter with money and equivalents price $225.81 million, with inventories price $3.09 billion.
The corporate’s long-term debt contracted to $1.67 billion, in contrast with $1.73 billion within the year-ago interval.
Tractor Provide reaffirmed its FY2025 GAAP EPS steering at $2.00-$2.18 per share, encompassing the $2.10 consensus estimate. It additionally affirmed its FY2025 gross sales steering of $15.478 billion to $16.074 billion versus the $15.587 billion estimate.
