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Dollar Tree

DLTR · Consumer Staples

Last earnings Aug 27, 2026

Key results

Gross marginquarter

34.4%

Gross profit increased 12.9% to $1.6 billion and gross margin expanded 20 basis points to 34.4%.

SEC original ↗Dollar Tree — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Sep 3, 2025

Operating incomequarter

7.0%

Operating income increased 7.0% to $231.0 million and operating margin contracted 20 basis points to 5.1%.

SEC original ↗Dollar Tree — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Sep 3, 2025

Operating marginquarter

5.1%

Operating income increased 7.0% to $231.0 million and operating margin contracted 20 basis points to 5.1%.

SEC original ↗Dollar Tree — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Sep 3, 2025

Adjusted operating incomequarter

7.4%

Adjusted operating income increased 7.4% to $236.0 million and adjusted operating margin contracted 20 basis points to 5.2%.

SEC original ↗Dollar Tree — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Sep 3, 2025

Adjusted operating marginquarter

5.2%

Adjusted operating income increased 7.4% to $236.0 million and adjusted operating margin contracted 20 basis points to 5.2%.

SEC original ↗Dollar Tree — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Sep 3, 2025

EPSquarter

$0.75

2 Income from continuing operations was $155.5 million and diluted earnings per share from continuing operations was $0.75.

SEC original ↗Dollar Tree — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Sep 3, 2025

On an adjusted basis, which does not include strategic review costs, income from continuing operations was $159.2 million and diluted EPS was $0.77.

SEC original ↗Dollar Tree — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Sep 3, 2025

Gross profit increased 12.3% to $3.2 billion and gross margin expanded by 20 basis points to 35.0%.

SEC original ↗Dollar Tree — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Sep 3, 2025

Operating income increased 2.9% to $615.1 million and operating income margin decreased 60 basis points to 6.7%.

SEC original ↗Dollar Tree — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Sep 3, 2025

Adjusted operating income increased 3.6% to $623.8 million and adjusted operating income margin decreased 50 basis points to 6.8%.

SEC original ↗Dollar Tree — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Sep 3, 2025

AI analysis

Q2 2025 · reported Sep 3, 2025

Based on: Earnings release + parent 8-K + 10-Q — transcript not held

EPS · Q2 2025
$0.75
EX-99 · Sep 3, 2025
Gross margin · Q2 2025
34.4%
EX-99 · Sep 3, 2025
Operating margin · Q2 2025
5.1%
EX-99 · Sep 3, 2025
Adjusted operating margin · Q2 2025
5.2%
EX-99 · Sep 3, 2025

Headline figures

MetricQ2 2025Prior qtrYear ago
Gross margin34.4%——
Operating income7.0%——
Operating margin5.1%——
Adjusted operating income7.4%——
Adjusted operating margin5.2%——
EPS$0.75——

EX-99 · Sep 3, 2025

Guidance · company-stated

Direction: raised

No guidance located in the held release

Outlook statement

“31 benefit related to the net impact of tariff refunds 1 Operating income margin expanded 900 basis points including a 650 basis point benefit related to the net impact of tariff refunds Adjusted operating income margin expanded 890 basis points including a 650 basis point benefit related to the net impact of tariff refunds Returned $605 million to shareholders through share repurchases in Q2 Increasing fiscal 2026 adjusted EPS outlook to a range of $7.”

Next earningsNo verified date on fileNo date is estimated or imported

Margin

Gross margin34.4%
Operating margin5.1%
Adjusted operating margin5.2%

Capital allocation

Adjusted EPS$5.32
Adjusted EPS$5.72

The Company repurchased 5.0 million shares for $501.4 million, including applicable excise tax.

General educational research only — not investment advice.Every figure is as stated in the held documents; values marked “computed from stated figures” are arithmetic on those stated figures. Guidance shown is the company’s own stated guidance. No price targets, no recommendations, no consensus estimates.

Event summary

Second Quarter Results Results for the second quarter, ended August 2, 2025, are reported on a continuing operations basis and reflect the Family Dollar segment as discontinued operations

Based on: Earnings release + parent 8-K + 10-Q — transcript not held

Guidance & outlook

No guidance located in the held release

Capital allocation

The Company repurchased 5.0 million shares for $501.4 million, including applicable excise tax.

SEC original ↗Dollar Tree — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Sep 3, 2025

On July 9, 2025, the Board of Directors replenished the Company s share repurchase authorization to an aggregate amount of $2.5 billion, reflecting the limit previously approved by the Board in September 2021.

SEC original ↗Dollar Tree — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Sep 3, 2025

As of August 2, 2025, the Company had $2.4 billion remaining under the $2.5 billion repurchase authorization, $666.3 million of cash and cash equivalents, $300 million of commercial paper notes outstanding, and no borrowings under our revolvers.

SEC original ↗Dollar Tree — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Sep 3, 2025

The Company repurchased 11.0 million shares for $938.2 million, including applicable excise tax.

SEC original ↗Dollar Tree — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Sep 3, 2025

The company is updating its prior adjusted diluted EPS from continuing operations outlook range to $5.32 to $5.72 to reflect the current operating environment and year-to-date share repurchases.

SEC original ↗Dollar Tree — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Sep 3, 2025

Additional share repurchases are not included in the updated outlook.

SEC original ↗Dollar Tree — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Sep 3, 2025

Strategy & priorities

The expansion in gross margin was driven primarily by improved mark-on from pricing initiatives, lower domestic freight costs, lower occupancy costs due to sales leverage, and favorable mix, partially offset by higher tariff costs, markdowns, distribution costs, and shrink.

SEC original ↗Dollar Tree — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Sep 3, 2025

The increase was driven primarily by higher store payroll in support of pricing initiatives and wage increases, higher depreciation expense from store improvements, higher incentive compensation, and higher store maintenance expenses, partially offset by lower general liability expenses, stock compensation, and sales leverage.

SEC original ↗Dollar Tree — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Sep 3, 2025

On an adjusted basis, which does not include strategic review costs, selling, general and administrative costs increased 50 basis points to 29.4% of total revenue.

SEC original ↗Dollar Tree — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Sep 3, 2025

On an adjusted basis, which does not include strategic review costs, income from continuing operations was $159.2 million and diluted EPS was $0.77.

SEC original ↗Dollar Tree — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Sep 3, 2025

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SEC original ↗Dollar Tree — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Sep 3, 2025

Risks & headwinds

The expansion in gross margin was driven primarily by improved mark-on from pricing initiatives, lower domestic freight costs, lower occupancy costs due to sales leverage, and favorable mix, partially offset by higher tariff costs, markdowns, distribution costs, and shrink.

SEC original ↗Dollar Tree — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Sep 3, 2025

This included approximately $0.20 of positive impact from the timing of inventory mark-on and tariffs.

SEC original ↗Dollar Tree — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Sep 3, 2025

Additionally, our outlook assumes that the level of tariffs in place today, September 3, 2025, remains in effect for the balance of the fiscal year.

SEC original ↗Dollar Tree — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Sep 3, 2025

It further assumes that we will be able mitigate most of the incremental margin pressure from higher tariffs and other input costs.

SEC original ↗Dollar Tree — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Sep 3, 2025

These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties.

SEC original ↗Dollar Tree — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Sep 3, 2025

For a discussion of the risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could affect our future events, developments or results, you should carefully review the Risk Factors, Business and Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations sections in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed March 26, 2025, our Form 10-Q for the most recently ended fiscal quarter and other filings we make from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

SEC original ↗Dollar Tree — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Sep 3, 2025

Competitors

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Documents

Filings

33 documents

Earnings releases

7 documents

Presentations

0 documents

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Transcripts

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