Western-wear retailer’s strong Q1 performance boosts stock price

  • Boot Barn Holdings’ shares rise in premarket trading
  • Sales trending above expectations for the first quarter
  • Consolidated same-store sales up 1.4%
  • Store comps up 0.8%, e-commerce up 6.7%
  • Analysts expect a same-store sales decline of 4.2% on average

Boot Barn Holdings, a Western-wear retailer, reported that its sales for the first nine weeks of its fiscal first quarter are performing better than anticipated. The company’s consolidated same-store sales increased by 1.4%, with store comps up 0.8% and e-commerce sales rising by 6.7%. Initially, Boot Barn had projected a decline of 2.5% to 4.5% for the quarter ending June 29, with retail store same-store sales down 3% to 5%, and e-commerce sales remaining flat or increasing by up to 2%. Analysts estimated an average same-store sales drop of 4.2%. The company attributes this improvement to a sequential uptick in sales across all major product categories and regions. As a result, Boot Barn’s shares surged in premarket trading.

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