8-K
BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS Corp false 0001156388 0001156388 2024-04-30 2024-04-30

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 30, 2024

 

 

BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   000-49850   95-4388794

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

2525 East El Segundo Boulevard,  
El Segundo, California   90245
(Address of principal executive office)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (310) 536-0611

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

  

Trading

Symbol(s)

  

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share    BGFV    The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 


Item 2.02

Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On April 30, 2024, Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation issued a press release in which, among other things, it reported financial results for its fiscal 2024 first quarter ended March 31, 2024.

The press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The information in Item 2.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, is furnished pursuant to Item 2.02, “Results of Operations and Financial Condition” and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to liability under that Section, except as specifically incorporated by reference into a filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
No.
  

Description

99.1    Press release, dated April 30, 2024, issued by Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation.
104    Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORPORATION

(Registrant)

Date: May 1, 2024

/s/ Barry D. Emerson

Barry D. Emerson
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

LOGO

 

 

 

Contact: 

Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation 

Barry Emerson

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

(310) 536-0611

ICR, Inc.

Jeff Sonnek

Managing Director

(646) 277-1263

BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORPORATION ANNOUNCES FISCAL 2024 FIRST QUARTER RESULTS

 

   

Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend of $0.05 Per Share

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., April 30, 2024 — Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation (Nasdaq: BGFV) (the “Company,” “we,” “our,” “us,” “Big 5”), a leading sporting goods retailer, today reported financial results for the fiscal 2024 first quarter ended March 31, 2024.

Net sales for the fiscal 2024 first quarter were $193.4 million, compared to net sales of $224.9 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2023. Same store sales decreased 13.5% for the first quarter of fiscal 2024, compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2023. The calendar shift of the Easter holiday, during which the Company’s stores are closed, from the second quarter of 2023 to the first quarter of 2024, negatively impacted sales comparisons by approximately 100 basis points.

Steven G. Miller, the Company’s Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, said, “Our first quarter results were consistent with our guidance and reflect a challenging macroeconomic environment that continues to pressure consumer discretionary spending. Although disappointed with our sales results in the face of persistent headwinds, we are pleased with the results we were able to achieve in areas of the business that we can best control, including optimizing merchandise margins and managing expenses and inventory. Looking toward the upcoming summer season, while we anticipate our consumer will continue to feel pressured, we are enthused about our seasonal product assortment and are cautiously optimistic that warmer weather will help drive improved sales trends.”

Gross profit for the fiscal 2024 first quarter was $60.4 million, compared to $75.1 million in the first quarter of the prior year. The Company’s gross profit margin was 31.2% in the fiscal 2024 first quarter versus 33.4% in the first quarter of the prior year. The decrease in gross profit margin compared with the prior year primarily reflected higher store occupancy and distribution expense, including costs capitalized into inventory, as a percentage of net sales. The Company’s merchandise margins increased by 48 basis points year-over-year for the first quarter of fiscal 2024.


Overall selling and administrative expense for the quarter decreased by $3.8 million from the prior year, primarily reflecting lower employee labor expense. As a percentage of net sales, selling and administrative expense was 36.9% in the fiscal 2024 first quarter, compared to 33.4% in the fiscal 2023 first quarter due to the lower sales base.

Net loss for the first quarter of fiscal 2024 was $8.3 million, or $0.38 per basic share. This compares to net income of $0.2 million, or $0.01 per diluted share in the first quarter of fiscal 2023.

EBITDA was a negative $6.6 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2024, compared to a positive $4.5 million in the prior year period. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are non-GAAP financial measures. See “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below for more details and a reconciliation of non-GAAP EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA to the most comparable GAAP measure, net income.

Balance Sheet

The Company ended the 2024 fiscal first quarter with no borrowings under its credit facility and a cash balance of $12.6 million. This compares to no borrowings under the Company’s credit facility and $9.2 million of cash as of the end of fiscal 2023. Merchandise inventories as of the end of the first quarter decreased by 12.5% compared to the prior year period, reflecting the Company’s efforts to manage inventory levels relative to sales.

Quarterly Cash Dividend

The Company’s Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.05 per share of outstanding common stock, which will be paid on June 14, 2024, to stockholders of record as of May 31, 2024.

Second Quarter Guidance

For the fiscal 2024 second quarter, the Company expects same store sales to decrease in the high single-digit range compared to the fiscal 2023 second quarter. The Company’s same store sales guidance reflects an expectation that macroeconomic headwinds will continue to impact discretionary consumer spending over the balance of the second quarter. Fiscal 2024 second quarter net loss per basic share is expected in the range of $0.40 to $0.55, which compares to fiscal 2023 second quarter net loss per basic share of $0.01.

Store Openings

The Company currently has 424 stores in operation, reflecting six store closures in the 2024 first quarter as part of the Company’s ongoing efforts to optimize its store base. During the remainder of fiscal 2024, the Company expects to open approximately five stores and close approximately four additional stores.


Conference Call Information

The Company will host a conference call to discuss these results and provide additional comments and details. The conference call is scheduled to begin at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. To access the conference call, participants in North America may dial (877) 407-9039 and international participants may dial (201) 689-8470. Participants are encouraged to dial in to the conference call ten minutes prior to the scheduled start time.

In addition, the call will be broadcast live over the Internet and accessible through the Company’s website at www.big5sportinggoods.com. Visitors to the website should select the “Investor Relations” link to access the webcast. The webcast will be archived and accessible on the same website for 30 days following the call. A telephonic replay will be available through Tuesday, May 7, 2024 by calling (844) 512-2921 to access the playback; the passcode is 13746021.

About Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation

Big 5 is a leading sporting goods retailer in the western United States, currently operating 424 stores under the “Big 5 Sporting Goods” name. Big 5 provides a full-line product offering in a traditional sporting goods store format that averages 12,000 square feet. Big 5’s product mix includes athletic shoes, apparel and accessories, as well as a broad selection of outdoor and athletic equipment for team sports, fitness, camping, hunting, fishing, home recreation, tennis, golf, and winter and summer recreation.

Except for historical information contained herein, the statements in this release are forward-looking and made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors that may cause Big 5’s actual results in current or future periods to differ materially from forecasted results. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, the economic impacts of COVID-19, including any potential variants, on Big 5’s business operations, including as a result of regulations that may be issued in response to COVID-19, global supply chain disruptions resulting from the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and the Middle East, changes in the consumer spending environment, fluctuations in consumer holiday spending patterns, increased competition from e-commerce retailers, breach of data security or other unauthorized disclosure of sensitive personal or confidential information, the competitive environment in the sporting goods industry in general and in Big 5’s specific market areas, inflation, product availability and growth opportunities, changes in the current market for (or regulation of) firearm-related products, a reduction or loss of product from a key supplier, disruption in product flow, seasonal fluctuations, weather conditions, changes in cost of goods, operating expense fluctuations, increases in labor and benefit-related expense, changes in laws or regulations, including those related to tariffs and duties, as well as environmental, social and governance issues, public health issues (including


those caused by COVID-19 or any potential variants), impacts from civil unrest or widespread vandalism, lower than expected profitability of Big 5’s e-commerce platform or cannibalization of sales from Big 5’s existing store base which could occur as a result of operating the e-commerce platform, litigation risks, stockholder campaigns and proxy contests, risks related to Big 5’s historically leveraged financial condition, changes in interest rates, credit availability, higher expense associated with sources of credit resulting from uncertainty in financial markets and economic conditions in general. Those and other risks and uncertainties are more fully described in Big 5’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Reports on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. Big 5 conducts its business in a highly competitive and rapidly changing environment. Accordingly, new risk factors may arise. It is not possible for management to predict all such risk factors, nor to assess the impact of all such risk factors on Big 5’s business or the extent to which any individual risk factor, or combination of factors, may cause results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement. Big 5 undertakes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statement that may be made from time to time by it or on its behalf.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In addition to reporting our financial results in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), we are providing non-GAAP earnings before interest, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) and any other adjustments (“Adjusted EBITDA”). EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are not prepared in accordance with GAAP and exclude certain items presented below. We use EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA internally for forecasting purposes and as factors to evaluate our operating performance. We believe that Adjusted EBITDA provides useful information to both management and investors by excluding certain expenses, gains and losses that may not be indicative of core operating results and business outlook. While we believe that EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA can be useful to investors in evaluating our period-to-period operating results, this information should be considered supplemental and is not a substitute for financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, our definition or calculation of these non-GAAP measures may differ from similarly titled measures used by other companies, limiting the usefulness of this financial measure for comparison to other companies. We believe the GAAP measure that is most comparable to non-GAAP EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA is net income, and a reconciliation of our non-GAAP EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA to GAAP net income is provided below.


     13 Weeks Ended  
     March 31,
2024
     April 2,
2023
 
     (In thousands)  

GAAP net (loss) income (as reported)

   $ (8,286    $ 193

+ Interest expense (income) (as reported)

     123      (115

+ Income tax benefit (as reported)

     (2,818      (107

+ Depreciation and amortization (as reported)

     4,375      4,510
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

EBITDA

   $ (6,606    $ 4,481
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA

   $ (6,606    $ 4,481
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

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FINANCIAL TABLES FOLLOW


BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited)

(In thousands, except share amounts)

 

     March 31,
2024
    December 31,
2023
 
ASSETS

 

Current assets:

    

Cash

   $ 12,621     $ 9,201  

Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $63 and $48, respectively

     8,778       9,163  

Merchandise inventories, net

     275,839       275,759  

Prepaid expenses

     12,631       16,052  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

     309,869       310,175  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating lease right-of-use assets, net

     258,014       253,615  

Property and equipment, net

     56,653       58,595  

Deferred income taxes

     16,196       13,427  

Other assets, net of accumulated amortization of $2,137 and $1,954, respectively

     8,828       8,871  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 649,560     $ 644,683  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

Current liabilities:

    

Accounts payable

   $ 69,818     $ 55,201  

Accrued expenses

     57,306       61,283  

Current portion of operating lease liabilities

     67,805       70,372  

Current portion of finance lease liabilities

     3,984       3,843  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     198,913       190,699  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating lease liabilities, less current portion

     197,612       191,178  

Finance lease liabilities, less current portion

     11,293       11,856  

Other long-term liabilities

     6,305       6,536  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     414,123       400,269  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies

    

Stockholders’ equity:

    

Common stock, $0.01 par value, authorized 50,000,000 shares; issued 26,932,297 and 26,747,617 shares, respectively; outstanding 22,625,042 and 22,440,362 shares, respectively

     269       267  

Additional paid-in capital

     129,150       128,737  

Retained earnings

     160,275       169,667  

Less: Treasury stock, at cost; 4,307,255 shares

     (54,257     (54,257
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total stockholders’ equity

     235,437       244,414  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

   $ 649,560     $ 644,683  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 


BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)

(In thousands, except per share data)

 

     13 Weeks Ended  
     March 31,
2024
    April 2,
2023
 

Net sales

   $ 193,427     $ 224,939  

Cost of sales

     133,029       149,795  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

     60,398       75,144  

Selling and administrative expense

     71,379       75,173  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating loss

     (10,981     (29

Interest expense (income)

     123       (115
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

(Loss) income before income taxes

     (11,104     86  

Income tax benefit

     (2,818     (107
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net (loss) income

   $ (8,286   $ 193  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

(Loss) earnings per share:

    

Basic

   $ (0.38   $ 0.01  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diluted

   $ (0.38   $ 0.01  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding:

    

Basic

     21,832       21,629  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diluted

     21,832       21,949