secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Burlington Stores, Inc. (BURL)
CIK:        0001579298
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-27T10:48:28+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-369502
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Burlington Q2 sales up 11%, adjusted EPS $2.37 (+38%), raises FY guidance
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- Total sales $2,998M +11% YoY; comp store sales +2% on top of +5% last year.
- Net income $184M, diluted EPS $2.88; adjusted EPS $2.37 +38% YoY, 15th straight quarter of double-digit EPS growth.
- Received $55M tariff refunds; plans to reinvest ~40% in Q3 and ~60% in Q4, neutral to full-year earnings.
- Raised FY2026 adjusted EPS guidance to $11.77-$11.97 (from $10.17 prior year), comps 3-4%, total sales +10-11%.
- Ended quarter with $1,646M liquidity, $1,914M total debt; repurchased 270,279 shares for $87M.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579298/000119312526369502/0001193125-26-369502-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579298/000119312526369502/burl-20260827.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-369502

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