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Hibbett Sports profit leaps 34% in Q2, cuts view
New York -- Hibbett Sports reported that profit surged 34% to $10.5 million in the second quarter, compared with $7.9 million last year and just edging Wall Street expectations.
Sales matched forecasts with a 13% rise to $186.2 million. Same-store sales edged up 0.3%.
But the sporting goods retailer lowered its full-year outlook, citing concern over consumer spending.
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Softer-than-expected Q2 comp-store sales for Hibbett
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Hibbett Sports reported a weaker-than-expected comparable-store sales increase of 0.3% for the second quarter ended Aug. 3, compared to a 4.8% increase in the prior-year period.
Last year's second quarter benefited from the extra week in the fiscal calendar which resulted in approximately $12 million of sales.