secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Burlington Stores, Inc. (BURL)
CIK:        0001579298
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-03-05T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-092488
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Burlington Q4 adj EPS $4.99 beats guidance; FY26 EPS outlook $10.95-$11.45
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- Q4 total sales $3,643M (+11%), comps +4%; adj EPS $4.99 beat guidance ($4.50-$4.70).
- FY25 adj EPS $10.17 (+22% YoY); adj EBIT margin 8.0% (+80bps); tariffs impact offset.
- FY26 guidance: total sales +8-10%, comp +1-3%, adj EPS $10.95-$11.45 vs $10.17 in FY25.
- Q1 FY26 guidance: comp +2-4%, adj EPS $1.60-$1.75 vs $1.67; EBIT margin expected down 60-100bps.
- Q4 share repurchases $59M (223,863 shares); $385M remaining authorization.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579298/000119312526092488/0001193125-26-092488-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579298/000119312526092488/burl-20260305.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-092488

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