secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     SHOE CARNIVAL INC (SCVL)
CIK:        0000895447
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-09-10T10:15:14+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-387134
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895447/000119312526387134/0001193125-26-387134-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895447/000119312526387134/shoe-20260910.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-387134

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