secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     TRACTOR SUPPLY CO /DE/ (TSCO)
CIK:        0000916365
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-04-25T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000916365-24-000054
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Tractor Supply Q1 EPS $1.83 (+10.9%) on sales $3.39B (+2.9%); reiterates FY guidance
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- Comparable store sales +1.1% driven by transaction growth of 1.3%; average ticket -0.2%.
- Gross margin expanded 50 bps to 36.0% on lower transportation costs and cost management.
- Net income $198.2M (+8.2%); repurchased 0.5M shares for $117.4M and paid $118.8M dividends.
- FY2024 outlook: net sales $14.7-15.1B, EPS $9.85-10.50, comps -1.0% to +1.5%.
- Opened 17 Tractor Supply and 4 Petsense stores in Q1; plans ~80 new TSCO stores in FY2024.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916365/000091636524000054/0000916365-24-000054-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916365/000091636524000054/tsco-20240425.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000916365-24-000054

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