Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

QUARTERLY FINANCIAL INFORMATION (Unaudited)

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QUARTERLY FINANCIAL INFORMATION (Unaudited)
12 Months Ended
Jan. 30, 2016
Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]  
QUARTERLY FINANCIAL INFORMATION (Unaudited)
QUARTERLY FINANCIAL INFORMATION (Unaudited)
The following table sets forth certain items from the Company’s unaudited consolidated statements of operations for each quarter of fiscal year 2018 and 2017. The unaudited information has been prepared on the same basis as the audited consolidated financial statements appearing elsewhere in this report and includes all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, which management considers necessary for a fair presentation of the financial data shown. The operating results for any quarter are not necessarily indicative of results for a full year or for any future period.
(dollars in millions, except diluted net income (loss) per share data)
 
First
Quarter1
 
Second
Quarter
 
Third
Quarter
 
Fourth
Quarter
Fiscal 2018:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net sales
 
$
5,553.7

 
$
5,525.6

 
$
5,538.8

 
$
6,205.2

Gross profit2
 
$
1,699.6

 
$
1,663.9

 
$
1,671.9

 
$
1,912.1

Operating income (loss)3
 
$
437.6

 
$
382.5

 
$
387.8

 
$
(2,147.4
)
Net income (loss)2,3,4
 
$
160.5

 
$
273.9

 
$
281.8

 
$
(2,307.0
)
Diluted net income (loss) per share2,3,4
 
$
0.67

 
$
1.15

 
$
1.18

 
$
(9.66
)
Stores open at end of quarter
 
14,957

 
15,073

 
15,187

 
15,237

Comparable store net sales change
 
1.4
%
 
1.9
%
 
1.0
%
 
2.3
%
Fiscal 2017:
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Net sales
 
$
5,287.1

 
$
5,281.2

 
$
5,316.6

 
$
6,360.6

Gross profit
 
$
1,627.1

 
$
1,627.8

 
$
1,666.0

 
$
2,101.0

Operating income5
 
$
388.8

 
$
419.5

 
$
425.2

 
$
765.6

Net income6
 
$
200.5

 
$
233.8

 
$
239.9

 
$
1,040.1

Diluted net income per share6
 
$
0.85

 
$
0.98

 
$
1.01

 
$
4.37

Stores open at end of quarter
 
14,482

 
14,581

 
14,744

 
14,835

Comparable store net sales change
 
0.5
%
 
2.4
%
 
3.3
%
 
2.5
%

1 Easter was observed on April 1, 2018 and April 16, 2017.
2 In the fourth quarter of 2018, the Company recorded $40.0 million in sku rationalization markdown expense in the Family Dollar segment, which decreased net income (loss) and diluted net income (loss) per share by $30.8 million and $0.13 per share, respectively, in the fourth quarter of 2018.
3 Based on the Company’s strategic and operational reassessment of the Family Dollar segment, management determined there were indicators that the goodwill of the business may be impaired. Accordingly, a goodwill impairment test was performed in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018. The results of the impairment test showed that the fair value of the Family Dollar business was lower than the carrying value resulting in a $2.73 billion non-cash pre-tax and after-tax goodwill impairment charge. For additional information regarding the impairment of the Family Dollar goodwill, refer to “Note 3 - Goodwill and Nonamortizing Intangible Assets.” This goodwill impairment charge reduced diluted net income (loss) per share by $11.41 per share in the fourth quarter of 2018.
In the fourth quarter of 2018, the Company reviewed certain long-lived assets and identifiable intangible assets for impairment. As a result of its impairment analysis, the Company recorded charges of $13.0 million to write down certain store assets, including $6.1 million associated with impairment of favorable lease rights. These store impairment charges decreased net income (loss) and diluted net income (loss) per share in the fourth quarter of 2018 by $10.0 million and $0.04 per share, respectively.
4 In the first quarter of 2018, the Company refinanced its long-term debt obligations, resulting in the payment of redemption premiums totaling $114.3 million. In addition, the Company accelerated the expensing of approximately $41.2 million of amortizable non-cash deferred financing costs and expensed approximately $0.4 million in transaction-related costs. For additional information regarding these transactions, refer to “Note 6 - Long-Term Debt.” This refinancing of the Company’s long-term debt decreased net income (loss) and diluted net income (loss) per share in the first quarter of 2018 by $123.6 million and $0.52 per share, respectively.
5 In the first and second quarters of 2017, the Company incurred $50.9 million and $2.6 million, respectively, in impairment charges related to its divestiture-related receivable from Dollar Express. In the fourth quarter of 2017, the Company settled a lawsuit with Dollar Express related to the divestiture, under which Dollar Express paid the Company $35.0 million of the impaired receivable.
6 In the first, second and fourth quarters of 2017, net income and diluted net income per share were affected, net of tax, by the impairment charges and settlement, respectively, noted above, in the amounts of $31.6 million and $0.13 per share, $1.6 million and $0.01 per share, and $21.4 million and $0.09 per share, respectively.
In the fourth quarter of 2017, the Company reevaluated its workers’ compensation insurance reserves. As a result of the effect of re-bannered Family Dollar stores, among other factors, the Company determined that the Dollar Tree workers’ compensation loss reserves were not as predictable as they were previously. Therefore, the Company concluded that it was no longer appropriate to discount these reserves. The increase in the Dollar Tree workers’ compensation reserve resulting from the change to record the reserves on an undiscounted basis decreased fourth quarter 2017 net income and diluted net income per share by $8.0 million and $0.03 per share, respectively.
Also, on January 30, 2018, the Company provided an irrevocable notice to the holders of the $750.0 million 2020 Notes to call the 2020 Notes and recorded a redemption premium of $9.8 million. As a result, fourth quarter 2017 net income and diluted net income per share decreased by $6.2 million and $0.03 per share, respectively.
In addition, as a result of the enactment of the TCJA on December 22, 2017, fourth quarter 2017 net income and diluted net income per share increased by $583.7 million and $2.45 per share, respectively.