Benzinga Breakdown: Dollar Tree's Q1 Earnings


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  • EPS $0.89 vs $0.81 Est, up 25.4 percent YoY (excluding “one-time” tax benefits in this quarter and in the prior year quarter)
  • Sales $5.09B vs $5.1B Est, up 134 percent YoY
  • Including one-time tax benefit, EPS $0.98
  • Comps rose 2.3 percent
  • FY 2016 Outlook Raised

What This Means For Dollar Tree

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Dollar Tree, Inc. (NASDAQ: DLTR) credits its solid results to increased store traffic and increased average sales per transaction. The earnings outlook was raised to $3.58-$3.80 per share from $3.35-$3.65 per share, with the street estimating $3.67. Sales guidance was upped to $20.79-$21.08B from $20.76-$21.11B, while the consensus analyst estimate was $21B.

What This Means For Investors

Dollar Tree continues a trend of discount retailers finding themselves immune to the effect of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and a perceived slump in consumer spending, with both Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST) and Dollar General Corporation (NYSE: DG) reporting strong results and Dollar General similarly raising guidance.

Dollar Tree shares traded at $85.50, up 9 percent.


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