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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-288813"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SCVL"
cik: "0000895447"
company_name: "SHOE CARNIVAL INC"
filed_at: "2025-11-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T18:18:22.742586+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shoe Carnival Q3 EPS $0.53 beats consensus; net sales $297.2M; reaffirms FY outlook

## Summary
- Diluted EPS $0.53 vs $0.70 prior year; net sales $297.2M, down 3.2% YoY but above consensus.
- Gross profit margin expanded 160 bps to 37.6%; merchandise margin improved 190 bps.
- Shoe Station net sales +5.3% with mid-single digit comp; Shoe Carnival banner sales -5.2%.
- FY2025 EPS guidance raised low end to $1.80-$2.10; net sales outlook reaffirmed.
- One Banner Strategy: 90%+ fleet as Shoe Station by FY2028; $20M annual savings, $100M inventory reduction.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-288813
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SCVL
- cik: 0000895447
- company_name: SHOE CARNIVAL INC
- filed_at: 2025-11-20T23:59:59+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/895447/000119312525288813/0001193125-25-288813-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895447/000119312525288813/scvl-20251120.htm

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