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Dollar General FY2026 Q2 Earnings: $550M Profit on a 127 bp Margin Bridge

Dollar General FY2026 Q2: net sales $11.29B (+5.2%), same-store sales +3.5% on traffic +2.0%, and net income $550M (+33.8%). Roughly 81 of the 127 basis points of gross-margin expansion to 32.6% came from tariff refunds after reinvestments, diluted EPS of $2.48 includes an estimated $0.25 refund benefit, and full-year net-sales growth guidance was raised to 4.0%–4.3% — all tracked in a public Beancount ledger spanning FY2021–FY2026Q2.

Mike Thrift

dollar-generalfinancial-reportingfinancial-analysis
12 min read

Kroger Q2 2026 Earnings: $34.6B of Sales, 0.2% Identical Growth, and a Guidance Cut

Kroger posted $34.6B in Q2 FY2026 sales (+2.0%) and $641M net earnings, but identical sales without fuel rose just 0.2% and full-year identical-sales guidance was cut to 0.2%–0.8% while adjusted EPS of $5.10–$5.30 was reaffirmed. We rebuild the quarter in a Beancount ledger to show how pharmacy, fuel, media, and eCommerce carry a 1.9%-net-margin grocer.

Mike Thrift

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Lululemon FY2026 Q2 Earnings: The First Shrinking Quarter of a Growth Brand

Lululemon FY2026 Q2: net revenue $2.416B (−4%), comparable sales −9% with Americas at −12%, and net income $329M (−11%). The 60.5% gross margin includes 560 basis points from $134.5M of IEEPA tariff refunds, inventories sit at $1,711M near the cycle high, and full-year guidance was cut to $10.35–10.5B — all tracked in a public Beancount ledger spanning FY2021–FY2026Q2.

Mike Thrift

lululemonfinancial-reportingfinancial-analysis
12 min read

Salesforce FY2027 Q2 Earnings: $11.3B Revenue, Informatica Inside, and a $25B ASR

Salesforce FY2027 Q2: $11.3B revenue (+11%) with a stated $456M Informatica contribution, GAAP diluted EPS $4.29 (+119%) driven by $2.6B of strategic-investment gains over flat $2.33B operating income, and a $25B accelerated share repurchase that cut stockholders' equity by $20.8B — tracked in a public Beancount ledger asserting goodwill at $59.3B and treasury stock at $55.0B.

Mike Thrift

salesforcefinancial-reportingfinancial-analysis
14 min read

TJX FY2027 Q2 Earnings: $15.2B Sales, 13.3% Pretax — and a 1.4-Point Tariff Asterisk

TJX FY2027 Q2: net sales $15.18B (+5%), consolidated comps +4% above plan, and net income $1.52B. Reported pretax margin of 13.3% includes a 1.4-point net IEEPA tariff-refund benefit ($331M refunds less $112M compensation accruals); adjusted pretax margin is 11.9%, up 0.5 points, and adjusted diluted EPS is $1.22 versus $1.36 reported. Cash ended at $6.0B, inventories at $7.86B with per-store +2% — all tracked in a public Beancount ledger spanning FY2022–FY2027Q2.

Mike Thrift

tjxfinancial-reportingfinancial-analysis
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Lowe's Q2 FY2026 Earnings: $26 Billion of Sales, but Acquisitions Did 90% of the Growth

Lowe's posted $25.96B in Q2 FY2026 revenue, up 8.3%, but net earnings were flat at $2.40B and operating margin fell 81 basis points. Acquired businesses supplied about 90% of the sales increase while Retail Home Improvement grew just 0.8% and comparable sales rose 0.2% — the full income statement and balance sheet reconciled in a public Beancount ledger.

Mike Thrift

open-ledgerfinancial-reportingfinancial-analysis
13 min read

MiniMax H1 2026 Earnings: $116.6M Revenue, a $293.0M Adjusted Loss, and a New Balance Sheet

MiniMax reported $116.6M of H1 2026 revenue, up 283.1% and more than its entire FY2025 result, as Open Platform revenue grew 703.1% to become 63.4% of the mix. IFRS net loss narrowed 11% to $358.0M only because fair-value charges on pre-IPO preferred shares fell $222.9M; adjusted net loss more than doubled to $293.0M as R&D reached $296.9M — twice the incremental revenue — while the January listing converted a $3.6B preferred-share liability into $1.35B of positive equity. The full income statement and balance sheet are reconciled in a public Beancount ledger.

Mike Thrift

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Starbucks Q3 FY2026 Earnings: 7.9% Comp Growth Behind a Revenue Decline

Starbucks reported $9.32B of Q3 FY2026 revenue, down 1.4%, while global comparable-store sales rose 7.9% and net earnings nearly doubled to $1.05B. Moving China retail into a licensed joint venture removed roughly $780M of consolidated revenue, and a $536.3M divestiture gain accounted for more than the entire year-over-year increase in net income — the full income statement and balance sheet reconciled in a public Beancount ledger.

Mike Thrift

open-ledgerfinancial-reportingfinancial-analysis
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