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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-055036"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001396033"
company_name: "LL Flooring Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T09:21:33.055879+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# LL Flooring Q1 net sales down 21.7%, loss per diluted share $1.00

## Summary
- Net sales of $188.5M, down 21.7% YoY; comparable store sales down 21.5%.
- Loss per diluted share $1.00 (up $0.63 YoY); adjusted loss per diluted share $1.04.
- Gross margin improved 120bps to 37.8%; adjusted gross margin fell 40bps to 37.1%.
- Liquidity of $63.3M ($6M cash, $57.3M ABL availability); operating cash outflow $23.7M.
- Company not providing 2024 guidance; pursuing sale-leaseback of Sandston, VA DC.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-055036
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001396033
- company_name: LL Flooring Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- 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/1396033/000095017024055036/0000950170-24-055036-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1396033/000095017024055036/ll-20240508.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-055036.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  LL Flooring Holdings, Inc. reported the quarter ended March 31, 2024 results: EPS Loss per diluted share increased $0.63 to $1.00.
  - Period: the quarter ended March 31, 2024
  - EPS: Loss per diluted share increased $0.63 to $1.00
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On May 8, 2024, LL Flooring Holdings, Inc. issued a press release announcing certain financial and operating results for the quarter ended March 31, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1396033/000095017024055036/0000950170-24-055036-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.