For the quarter ended December 2025, Boot Barn (BOOT) reported revenue of $705.64 million, up 16% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $2.79, compared to $2.43 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $705.61 million, representing a surprise of +0.01%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +0.15%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $2.79.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Boot Barn performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:- Same Store Sales growth/(decline): 5.7% compared to the 5.7% average estimate based on three analysts.
- Store Count - Opened/Acquired: 25 compared to the 25 average estimate based on two analysts.
- Average retail store selling square footage, end of period: 11,304 versus the two-analyst average estimate of 11,238.
- Store Count (EOP): 514 versus the two-analyst average estimate of 514.
- Total retail store selling square footage, end of period: 5.81 million versus 5.62 million estimated by two analysts on average.
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