---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-22-010229"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SCVL"
cik: "0000895447"
company_name: "SHOE CARNIVAL INC"
filed_at: "2022-05-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T10:53:13.003441+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shoe Carnival Q1 EPS $0.95 beats, raises FY2022 EPS guidance to $3.95-$4.15; sales up 25% vs 2019

## Summary
- Q1 diluted EPS of $0.95 (vs $0.46 in Q1 2019 pre-pandemic); net sales $317.5M, up 25.1% from Q1 2019.
- Gross profit margin 35.5% (600 bps above Q1 2019); operating margin 11.1% (500 bps above pre-pandemic).
- FY2022 EPS guidance raised to $3.95-$4.15 from $3.80-$4.10; sales growth reaffirmed at 4-7% YoY.
- Opened 2 new stores in Q1; plans 10 new stores in FY2022; store count to exceed 400 by year-end.
- Repurchased 682,886 shares for $20.5M in Q1; $29.5M remaining under buyback program.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-22-010229
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SCVL
- cik: 0000895447
- company_name: SHOE CARNIVAL INC
- filed_at: 2022-05-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895447/000095017022010229/0000950170-22-010229-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895447/000095017022010229/scvl-20220518.htm

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