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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-101578"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BURL"
cik: "0001579298"
company_name: "Burlington Stores, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-08-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T06:59:11.182602+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Burlington Stores Q2: comp sales +5%, adjusted EPS +98% to $1.24; FY24 guidance raised

## Summary
- Total sales +13% to $2,461M; comparable store sales +5% vs. prior year.
- Net income $74M ($1.15 diluted EPS); adjusted EPS $1.24, up 98% YoY.
- Gross margin expanded 110 bps to 42.8%; adjusted EBIT margin +160 bps.
- FY24 adjusted EPS guidance raised to $7.66-$7.96 (from prior range); Q3 adj. EPS est. $1.45-$1.55.
- Repurchased 269,508 shares for $61M in Q2; $380M remaining on authorization.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-101578
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BURL
- cik: 0001579298
- company_name: Burlington Stores, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-08-29T23:59:59+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/1579298/000095017024101578/0000950170-24-101578-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579298/000095017024101578/burl-20240829.htm

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