Dick’s Sporting Goods (DKS) earnings Q1 2024

A shopping cart sits in front of a Dick’s Sporting Goods store on August 26, 2020 in Daly City, California. 

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Dick’s Sporting Goods on Wednesday said customers are spending more on new sneakers and athletic gear, leading the retailer to raise its full-year earnings guidance. 

The company’s shares jumped about 4% in premarket trading.

The big-box sports store’s comparable sales grew 5.3% during its fiscal first quarter, well ahead of the 2.4% growth that analysts had expected, according to StreetAccount. 

The company said that growth was driven by increased transactions, meaning more customers are shopping at Dick’s, and higher average ticket values, showing that shoppers are spending more, too. 

Here’s how Dick’s did in the period compared with what Wall Street was anticipating, based on a survey of analysts by LSEG:

  • Earnings per share: $3.30 vs. $2.95 expected
  • Revenue: $3.02 billion vs. $2.94 billion expected

The company’s reported net income for the three-month period that ended May 4 was $275 million, or $3.30 per share, compared with $305 million, or $3.40 per share, a year earlier. 

Sales rose to $3.02 billion, up about 6% from $2.84 billion a year earlier.

The strong quarter led Dick’s to raise its full-year guidance.

The retailer is now expecting earnings per share to be between $13.35 and $13.75, up from its previous range of $12.85 to $13.25. That’s ahead of the $13.25 that analysts had expected, according to LSEG. 

CEO Lauren Hobart said she expects “robust demand from athletes” in the quarters ahead, which underscores the company’s outlook. Even so, the sales guidance falls a bit flat after the retailer’s first-quarter revenue beat.

Dick’s now expects comparable sales to rise between 2% and 3%, compared with previous guidance of up 1% to 2%. The low end of that range is only in line with the 2% growth that analysts had expected, according to StreetAccount. 

Dick’s is expecting full-year revenue to be between $13.1 billion and $13.2 billion, which is also in line with estimates of $13.16 billion, according to LSEG. 

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