Year-To-Date 2024 Results
Net sales totaled $3.55 billion for the 39-week year-to-date period ended September 28, 2024, compared to $3.48 billion for the same period in 2023, up 1.8 percent. Year-to-date comparable store sales excluding fuel increased 2.2 percent on an individual year-over-year basis and increased 5.3 percent on a two-year stacked basis.
The Company’s year-to-date net income totaled $75.26 million, which included a $4.58 million gain on disposition of fixed assets in the third quarter of 2024, compared to $83.31 million in 2023, down 9.7 percent. Year-to-date earnings per share totaled $2.80 compared to $3.10 per share for the same period in 2023.
Quarterly Cash Dividend
The Weis Markets, Inc. Board of Directors declared on October 31, 2024, a quarterly cash dividend of $0.34 per share to shareholders of record as of November 12, 2024, payable on November 26, 2024.
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About Weis Markets
Founded in 1912, Weis Markets, Inc. is a Mid Atlantic food retailer operating 198 stores in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, West Virginia and Virginia. For more information, please visit: WeisMarkets.com or Facebook.com/WeisMarkets.
In addition to historical information, this news release may contain forward-looking statements, which are included pursuant to the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any forward-looking statements contained herein are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. For example, risks and uncertainties can arise with changes in: competitive and reputational risks; financial, investment and infrastructure risks; information security, cybersecurity and data privacy risks; supply chain and third-party risks; risks created by pandemics (such as the COVID-19 outbreak and the related responses of governments, consumers, customers, suppliers and employees); and legal, regulatory and other external risks. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which reflect management’s analysis based on information currently available to us and speak only as of the date hereof. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise or update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that arise after the date hereof. Readers should carefully review the risk factors described in other documents the Company files periodically with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Management is also providing a two-year stacked comparable store sales analysis, a non-GAAP measure, because management believes this metric is useful to investors and analysts. It is not recommended that the two-year-stacked analysis be considered a substitute for the Company’s operating results as reported in accordance with GAAP.
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