AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Burlington Stores (BURL)

Burlington Stores Q4 sales up 11%, net EPS $4.84; FY26 adjusted EPS outlook $10.95-$11.45

Positive Impact 3 of 5 earnings Written later

Burlington Stores reported fourth-quarter fiscal 2025 total sales up 11% to $3.64 billion, with comparable store sales up 4%, and net income of $310 million, or $4.84 per diluted share, versus $4.02 a year earlier. The company also forecast fiscal 2026 adjusted EPS of $10.95 to $11.45, compared with $10.17 in fiscal 2025, which signals growth expectations for shareholders.

Key points

  • Q4 total sales rose 11% to $3.64 billion; comparable store sales rose 4%.
  • Q4 net income was $310 million, or $4.84 per diluted share, vs. $261 million, or $4.02, a year earlier.
  • Fiscal 2026 outlook: total sales up 8% to 10% and adjusted EPS of $10.95 to $11.45, vs. $10.17 in fiscal 2025.
  • First-quarter fiscal 2026 outlook: adjusted EPS of $1.60 to $1.75, vs. $1.67 in the prior-year quarter.

The filing

CompanyBurlington Stores (BURL)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECMar 5, 2026, 6:50 AM ET
Accession number0001193125-26-092488

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:11 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on March 05, 2026.

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