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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000916365-24-000104"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TSCO"
cik: "0000916365"
company_name: "TRACTOR SUPPLY CO /DE/"
filed_at: "2024-10-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T10:51:19.306490+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Tractor Supply Q3 EPS down 3.9% to $2.24; raises low end of FY guidance; acquires Allivet

## Summary
- Net sales +1.6% to $3.47B; comp sales -0.2%; diluted EPS $2.24 vs $2.33 prior year.
- Gross margin +56 bps to 37.2%; operating income $324.6M vs $340.9M prior year.
- Updated FY2024 guidance: net sales $14.85B-$15.0B, EPS $10.10-$10.40 (lower end raised).
- Definitive agreement to acquire Allivet, a leading online pet pharmacy; no financial terms disclosed.
- Returned $267.6M to shareholders via buybacks and dividends in Q3; opened 16 new stores.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000916365-24-000104
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TSCO
- cik: 0000916365
- company_name: TRACTOR SUPPLY CO /DE/
- filed_at: 2024-10-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916365/000091636524000104/0000916365-24-000104-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916365/000091636524000104/tsco-20241024.htm

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