Brief: Big 5 Sporting Goods Says Q1 Earnings Per Share $0.96

Big 5 Sporting Goods

04/05/2021 23:57

May 4 (Reuters) - Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp  BGFV.O :
    * BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORPORATION ANNOUNCES FISCAL 2021
FIRST
QUARTER RESULTS
    * Q1 EARNINGS PER SHARE $0.96
    * Q1 SALES $272.8 MILLION VERSUS $217.7 MILLION
    * SAME STORE SALES INCREASED 31.8% IN FY 2021 Q1 VERSUS
GUIDANCE
OF 20%
    * INCREASES QUARTERLY CASH DIVIDEND BY 20% TO $0.18 PER
SHARE
    * DECLARES SPECIAL CASH DIVIDEND OF $1.00 PER SHARE
    * Q2 2021 GUIDANCE COMPARES TO SAME STORE SALES FALL OF
4.2%, EPS
OF $0.52 IN Q2 2020 
    * FOR FISCAL 2021 Q2, EXPECTS SAME STORE SALES TO INCREASE
IN
RANGE OF 22% TO 27%
    * FOR FISCAL 2021 Q2 EXPECTS TO REALIZE EARNINGS PER DILUTED
SHARE
IN RANGE OF $1.05 TO $1.25

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