Tractor Supply's Q2 Sales Miss, Tightens Outlook; CEO Lawton Highlights 'Creating More Separation Between Us And Our Competition'
Tractor Supply's Q2 Sales Miss, Tightens Outlook; CEO Lawton Highlights 'Creating More Separation Between Us And Our Competition'
Tractor Supply Company (NASDAQ:TSCO) shares are trading lower after releasing second-quarter earnings.
拖拉機供應公司（納斯達克股票代碼：TSCO）在公佈第二季度業績後股價走低。
The company reported quarterly earnings per share of $3.93, in line with the street view.
該公司公佈的季度每股收益爲3.93美元，與街景一致。
Second-quarter sales totaled $4.25 billion (+1.5%), which missed the analyst consensus of $4.284 billion.
第二季度總銷售額爲42.5億美元（+1.5％），未達到分析師共識的42.84億美元。
Comparable store sales decreased 0.5%, as compared to an increase of 2.5% in the prior year's second quarter, driven by a comparable average transaction count decline of 0.6%.
受可比平均交易量下降0.6％的推動，可比門店的銷售額下降了0.5％，而去年第二季度增長了2.5％。
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Gross profit, however, increased 2.7% to $1.56 billion. Gross margin increased 43 basis points to 36.6% from 36.2% in the prior year's second quarter.
但是，毛利增長了2.7％，達到15.6億美元。毛利率從去年第二季度的36.2％增長了43個點子至36.6％。
The gross margin rate increase was primarily attributable to ongoing lower transportation costs along with disciplined product cost management and the continued execution of an everyday low price strategy.
毛利率的提高主要歸因於持續降低的運輸成本、嚴格的產品成本管理以及持續執行每日低價策略。
The company opened 21 new Tractor Supply stores and three new Petsense by Tractor Supply stores in the second quarter of 2024.
該公司在2024年第二季度開設了21家新的拖拉機供應門店和三家新的Petsense by Tractor Supply門店。
"At the halfway point of the year, we have made significant progress on our Life Out Here strategy. We continue to create more separation between us and our competition," said Hal Lawton, President and Chief Executive Officer of Tractor Supply.
“在今年中期，我們在Life Out Here戰略方面取得了重大進展。我們繼續在我們與競爭對手之間建立更大的分離。” 拖拉機供應總裁兼首席執行官哈爾·勞頓說。
Outlook: Tractor Supply tightened its 2024 net sales forecast to $14.8 billion-$15 billion from the prior guidance of $14.7 billion-$15.1 billion and consensus of $14.97 billion.
展望：拖拉機供應公司將其2024年的淨銷售額預期從之前的147億美元至151億美元和共識的149.7億美元收緊至148億美元至150億美元。
Tractor Supply forecasts 2024 EPS of $10.00-$10.40 versus prior guidance of $9.85-$10.50 and consensus of $10.38.
拖拉機供應公司預測2024年每股收益爲10.00美元至10.40美元，而之前的預期爲9.85-10.50美元，共識爲10.38美元。
Price Action: TSCO shares are trading lower by 3.79% to $252.57 premarket at last check Thursday.
價格走勢：週四最後一次盤前檢查時，TSCO股價下跌3.79％，至252.57美元。
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