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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-387134"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SCVL"
cik: "0000895447"
company_name: "SHOE CARNIVAL INC"
filed_at: "2026-09-10T10:15:14+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-10T10:20:07.782798+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shoe Station Q2 net income $6.3M vs $19.2M; lowers FY2026 EPS guidance

## Summary
- Net sales $284.3M, down 7.1% comps; Shoe Carnival -6.5%, Shoe Station -8.4%.
- Gross margin 31.9% vs 38.8% on promotional activity and inventory liquidation.
- Net income $6.3M ($0.23 diluted) vs $19.2M ($0.70) in Q2 2025.
- FY2026 guidance cut: net sales $1.100-1.111B, GAAP EPS $0.32-0.47, adjusted EPS $0.75-0.90.
- August back-to-school comps improved to -2.7%; company debt-free with $131.6M cash.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-387134
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SCVL
- cik: 0000895447
- company_name: SHOE CARNIVAL INC
- filed_at: 2026-09-10T10:15:14+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/895447/000119312526387134/0001193125-26-387134-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895447/000119312526387134/shoe-20260910.htm

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