UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

☒QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended August 4, 2018

OR

☐TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission File Number: 001-36401

 

SPORTSMAN’S WAREHOUSE HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (801) 566-6681

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  ☒    No  ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  ☒    No  ☐ 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act:☒

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ☐    No  ☒ 

 

As of August 24, 2018, the registrant had 42,938,236 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, outstanding.  

 

SPORTSMAN’S WAREHOUSE HOLDINGS, INC.

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

We operate on a fiscal calendar that, in a given fiscal year, consists of the 52- or 53-week period ending on the Saturday closest to January 31st. Our fiscal second quarters ended August 4, 2018 and July 29, 2017, both consisted of 13 weeks and are referred to herein as the second quarter of fiscal year 2018 and the second quarter of fiscal year 2017, respectively. Fiscal year 2018 contains 52 weeks of operations and will end on February 2, 2019. Fiscal year 2017 contained 53 weeks of operations ended February 3, 2018.

 

 

References throughout this document to “Sportsman’s Warehouse,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Sportsman’s Warehouse Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries, and references to “Holdings” refer to Sportsman’s Warehouse Holdings, Inc. excluding its subsidiaries.

 

STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS 

 

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (this “10-Q”) contains statements that constitute forward-looking statements as that term is defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements concern our business, operations and financial performance and condition as well as our plans, objectives and expectations for our business operations and financial performance and condition, which are subject to risks and uncertainties. All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this 10-Q are forward-looking statements. These statements may include words such as “aim,” “anticipate,” “assume,” “believe,” “can have,” “could,” “due,” “estimate,” “expect,” “goal,” “intend,” “likely,” “may,” “objective,” “plan,” “potential,” “positioned,” “predict,” “should,” “target,” “will,” “would” and other words and terms of similar meaning in connection with any discussion of the timing or nature of future operating or financial performance or other events or trends. For example, all statements we make relating to our plans and objectives for future operations, growth or initiatives and strategies are forward-looking statements.

 

These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections about our business and the industry in which we operate and our management’s beliefs and assumptions. We derive many of our forward-looking statements from our own operating budgets and forecasts, which are based upon many detailed assumptions. While we believe that our assumptions are reasonable, we caution that predicting the impact of known factors is very difficult, and we cannot anticipate all factors that could affect our actual results.

 

All of our forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause our actual results to differ materially from our expectations. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations include, but are not limited to:

 

 

The above is not a complete list of factors or events that could cause actual results to differ from our expectations, and we cannot predict all of them. All written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us, or persons acting on our behalf, are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements disclosed under “Part I. Item 1A. Risk Factors,” appearing in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 3, 2018 and “Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and elsewhere in this 10-Q, as such disclosures may be amended, supplemented or superseded from time to time by other reports we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including subsequent Annual Reports on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and public communications. You should evaluate all forward-looking statements made in this 10-Q and otherwise in the context of these risks and uncertainties.

 

Potential investors and other readers are urged to consider these factors carefully in evaluating the forward-looking statements and are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements we make. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this 10-Q and are not guarantees of future performance or developments and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that are in many cases beyond our control. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements publicly, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.

 

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

SPORTSMAN’S WAREHOUSE HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

Amounts in Thousands, Except Per Share Data

(unaudited)

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

SPORTSMAN'S WAREHOUSE HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

Amounts in Thousands Except Per Share Data

(unaudited)

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

SPORTSMAN'S WAREHOUSE HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

Amounts in Thousands

(unaudited)

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

 

SPORTSMAN’S WAREHOUSE HOLDINGS, INC.

AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

Amounts reported in thousands, except per share data

(1) Description of Business and Basis of Presentation

Description of Business

Sportsman’s Warehouse Holdings, Inc. (“Holdings”) and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) operate retail sporting goods stores. As of August 4, 2018, the Company operated 91 stores in 23 states. The Company also operates an e-commerce platform at www.sportsmanswarehouse.com. The Company’s stores and website are aggregated into one single operating and reportable segment.

Basis of Presentation

The condensed consolidated financial statements included herein are unaudited and have been prepared by management of the Company pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. The Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet as of February 3, 2018 was derived from the Company’s audited consolidated balance sheet as of that date. All other condensed consolidated financial statements contained herein are unaudited and reflect all adjustments that are, in the opinion of management, necessary to summarize fairly our condensed consolidated financial statements for the periods presented. All of these adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. The results of the fiscal quarter ended August 4, 2018 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be obtained for the year ending February 2, 2019. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 3, 2018 filed with the SEC on March 29, 2018 (the “Fiscal 2017 Form 10-K”).

 

(2) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

The Company’s significant accounting policies are described in Note 1 to the Company’s Fiscal 2017 Form 10-K. Except for the changes below, the Company has consistently applied the accounting policies to all periods presented in these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

Adoption of ASC Topic 606, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers”

 

The Company adopted Accounting Standard Codification (“ASC”) Topic 606 on February 4, 2018, using the modified retrospective approach to all open contracts, with the cumulative effect of adopting the new standard being recognized in retained earnings at February 4, 2018. Therefore, the prior period comparative information has not been adjusted and continues to be reported under Topic 605. The adoption of Topic 606 resulted in an increase in prepaids and other assets of $1,054 for the recognition of the right of return assets; an increase in accrued expenses relating to the sales return liability of $1,054 for the recognition of the sales return liability on a gross basis; a decrease in accrued expenses of $3,521 relating to the breakage of loyalty rewards and gift cards in order to adjust the breakage pattern of the loyalty program and gift cards to match the usage; a decrease of $884 in deferred tax assets relating to the tax impact of the entries recorded for the gift card and loyalty program liabilities; and a decrease in accumulated deficit of $2,637 as a cumulative effect of the adoption. The largest driver of changes for the adoption of Topic 606 was the change in the method of estimating breakage for the Company’s outstanding gift cards and loyalty reward liabilities. Under Topic 605, this breakage was historically recorded when it was determined that the gift cards or loyalty reward points were not going to be redeemed, which was after two years for gift cards and 18 months for loyalty reward points. Under Topic 606, the breakage recognized for the loyalty reward program and gift cards is now estimated based off of historical breakage percentages, and is recognized in-line with the expected usage of the loyalty points and gift cards.

 

The accounts that changed under the adoption of Topic 606 for the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of and for the 26 weeks ended August 4, 2018 have been outlined as follows:

 

 

Revenue recognition accounting policy

 

The Company operates solely as an outdoor retailer, which includes both retail stores and an e-commerce platform, that offers a broad range of products in the United States and online. Generally, all revenues are recognized when control of the promised goods is transferred to customers, in an amount that reflects the consideration in exchange for those goods. Accordingly, the Company implicitly enters into a contract with customers to deliver merchandise inventory at the point of sale. Collectability is reasonably assured since the Company only extends immaterial credit purchases to certain municipalities.

 

Substantially all of the Company’s revenue is for single performance obligations for the following distinct items:

 

 

 

 

For performance obligations related to retail store and e-commerce sales contracts, the Company typically transfers control, for retail stores, upon consummation of the sale when the product is paid for and taken by the customer and, for e-commerce sales, when the products are tendered for delivery to the common carrier.

 

The transaction price for each contract is the stated price on the product, reduced by any stated discounts at that point in time. The Company does not engage in sales of products that attach a future material right which could result in a separate performance obligation for the purchase of goods in the future at a material discount. The implicit point-of-sale contract with the customer, as reflected in the transaction receipt, states the final terms of the sale, including the description, quantity, and price of each product purchased. Payment for the Company’s contracts is due in full upon delivery. The customer agrees to a stated price implicit in the contract that does not vary over the contract.

 

The transaction price relative to sales subject to a right of return reflects the amount of estimated consideration to which the Company expects to be entitled. This amount of variable consideration included in the transaction price, and measurement of net sales, is included in net sales only to the extent that it is probable that there will be no significant reversal in a future period. Actual amounts of consideration ultimately received may differ from the Company’s estimates. The allowance for sales returns is estimated based upon historical experience and a provision for estimated returns is recorded as a reduction in sales in the relevant period. The estimated merchandise inventory cost related to the sales returns is recorded in prepaid expenses and other. The estimated refund liabilities are recorded in accrued expenses.  If actual results in the future vary from the Company’s estimates, the Company adjusts these estimates, which would affect net sales and earnings in the period such variances become known.

 

Contract liabilities are recognized primarily for gift card sales and our loyalty reward program. Cash received from the sale of gift cards is recorded as a contract liability in accrued expenses, and the Company recognizes revenue upon the customer’s redemption of the gift card. Gift card breakage is recognized as revenue in proportion to the pattern of customer redemptions by applying a historical breakage rate of 2.5% when no escheat liability to relevant jurisdictions exists. Based upon historical experience, gift cards are predominantly redeemed in the first two years following their issuance date. The Company does not sell or provide gift cards that carry expiration dates. The new standard requires the Company to allocate the transaction price between the goods and the loyalty reward points based on the relative stand alone selling price. The Company recognized revenue for the breakage of loyalty reward points as revenue in proportion to the pattern of customer redemption of the points by applying a historical breakage rate of 25% when no escheat liability to relevant jurisdictions exists.

 

Taxes assessed by a governmental authority that are both imposed on and concurrent with a specific revenue-producing transaction, that are collected by the Company from a customer, are excluded from revenue.

 

Sales returns

 

We estimate a reserve for sales returns and record the respective reserve amounts, including a right to return asset when a product is expected to be returned and resold. Historical experience of actual returns, and customer return rights are the key factors used in determining the estimated sales returns.

 

Contract Balances

 

The following tables provides information about right of return assets, contract liabilities, and sales return liabilities with customers as of August 4, 2018:

 

 

For the 13 and 26 weeks ended August 4, 2018 the Company recognized approximately $186 and $505 in gift card breakage, respectively. For the 13 and 26 weeks ended August 4, 2018 the Company recognized approximately $288 and $553 in loyalty reward breakage, respectively. Gift card and loyalty reward breakage revenue for the 13 and 26 weeks ended August 4, 2018 reported under ASC 606 were not materially different from the amounts that would have been reported under the previous guidance of ASC 605. The Company will continue to monitor future quarters for materiality. The impact of these adjustments on the statement of cash flow for the period ended August 4, 2018 were recorded in cash used in operating activities.

 

The current balance of the right of return assets is the expected amount of inventory to be returned that is expected to be resold. The current balance of the contract liabilities primarily relates to the gift card and loyalty reward program liabilities. The Company expects the revenue associated with these liabilities to be recognized in proportion to the pattern of customer redemptions over the next two years. The current balance of sales return liabilities is the expected amount of sales returns from sales that have occurred.

 

Practical expedients and policy elections

 

The Company applies the following practical expedients in its application for Topic 606:

 

 

 

 

Disaggregation of revenue from contracts with customers

 

In the following table, revenue from contracts with customers is disaggregated by department. The percentage of net sales related to our departments for the 13 and 26 weeks ended August 4, 2018 and July 29, 2017, was approximately:

 

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

Lease Accounting

 

In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-02, “Leases” (“ASU 2016-02”). The standard amends the existing accounting standards for lease accounting, including requiring lessees to recognize most leases on their balance sheets and making targeted changes to lessor accounting. ASU 2016-02 will be effective beginning in the first quarter of 2019. Early adoption of ASU 2016-02 is permitted. In July 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-11 which provided additional transition methods and a lessor practical expedient for separating lease and non-lease components. The Company plans to adopt the standard during the first quarter of 2019. The new leases standard provides a modified retrospective transition approach or a date of initial application approach for adoption for all leases existing at, or entered into after, the date of initial application, with an option to use certain transition relief. Management is currently evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2016-02 on the Company’s consolidated financial statements, including which adoption method to apply and whether to elect the practical expedients outlined in the new standard. Currently all of the Company’s store and corporate locations are accounted for as operating leases, and therefore are not recorded on our balance sheet. The Company expects this adoption will result in a material increase in the assets and liabilities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. Once the Company adopts this new standard, it expects that, for the majority of its leases, the leases would include the amortization of the right-of-use asset and the recognition of interest expense based on the lessee’s incremental borrowing rate (or the rate implicit in the lease, if known) on the payment of the lease obligation. In preparation for the adoption of the guidance, the Company is in the process of implementing controls and system changes to enable the preparation of financial information.

 

Intangible – Goodwill and Other

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04, “Intangibles – Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment,” which requires an entity to no longer perform a hypothetical purchase price allocation to measure goodwill impairment. Instead, impairment will be measured using the difference between the carrying amount

and the fair value of the reporting unit. The ASU is effective for annual and interim periods in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019. All entities may early adopt the standard for goodwill impairment tests with measurement dates after January 1, 2017. Management believes ASU 2017-04 will have no impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

(3) Property and Equipment

Property and equipment as of August 4, 2018 and February 3, 2018 were as follows:

 

 

 

(4) Accrued Expenses

Accrued expenses consisted of the following as of August 4, 2018 and February 3, 2018:

 

 

 

 

(5) Revolving Line of Credit

 

On May 23, 2018, Sportsman’s Warehouse, Inc. (“SWI”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, as borrower, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“Wells Fargo”), with a consortium of banks led by Wells Fargo, entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Amended Credit Agreement”). The Amended Credit Agreement amended and restated in its entirety that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of May 28, 2010, by and among SWI, as borrower, and Wells Fargo, as lender, and the other parties listed on the signature pages thereto.

 

The Amended Credit Agreement increased the amount available to borrow under the Company’s senior secured revolving credit facility (“Revolving Line of Credit”) from $150,000 to $250,000, subject to a borrowing base calculation, and provided for a new $40,000 term loan (the “New Term Loan”).

 

In conjunction with the Amended Credit Agreement, the Company incurred $1,331 of fees paid to various parties which were capitalized. Fees associated with the Revolving Line of Credit were recorded in prepaid and other assets. Fees associated with the New Term Loan offset the loan balance on the condensed consolidated balance sheet of the Company.

 

As of August 4, 2018, the Company had $183,886 in outstanding revolving loans under the Amended Credit Agreement and as of February 3, 2018, the Company had $66,621 in outstanding revolving loans under the Revolving Line of Credit. Amounts outstanding are offset on the condensed consolidated balance sheets by amounts in depository accounts under lock-box or similar arrangements, which were $10,065 and $6,629 as of August 4, 2018 and February 3, 2018, respectively. As of August 4, 2018, the Company had stand-by commercial letters of credit of $1,505 under the terms of the Revolving Line of Credit.

 

The Amended Credit Agreement contains customary affirmative and negative covenants, including covenants that limit the Company’s ability to incur, create or assume certain indebtedness, to create, incur or assume certain liens, to make certain investments, to make sales, transfers and dispositions of certain property and to undergo certain fundamental changes, including certain mergers, liquidations and consolidations. The Amended Credit Agreement also requires us to maintain a minimum availability at all times of not less than 10% of the gross borrowing base. The Amended Credit Agreement also contains customary events of default. The Revolving Line of Credit matures on May 23, 2023.

 

As of August 4, 2018, the Amended Credit Agreement had $1,207 in outstanding deferred financing fees and as of February 3, 2018, the Revolving Line of Credit had $393 in outstanding deferred financing fees. During the 13 weeks and 26 weeks ended August 4, 2018, the Company recognized $62 and $84 of non-cash interest expense with respect to the amortization of these deferred financing fees. During the 13 and 26 weeks ended July 29, 2017, the Company recognized $40 and $80 of non-cash interest expense with respect to the amortization of deferred financing fees.

(6) Long-Term Debt

Long-term debt consisted of the following as of August 4, 2018 and February 3, 2018:

 

 

Term Loan

On May 23, 2018, the Company entered into the New Term Loan, which was issued at a price of 100% of the aggregate principal amount of $40,000 and has a maturity date of May 23, 2023.

Also on May 23, 2018, the Company borrowed $135,400 under the Revolving Line of Credit and used the proceeds from the New Term Loan and the Revolving Line of Credit to repay the Company’s prior term loan with a financial institution that had an outstanding principal balance of $134,700 and was scheduled to mature on December 3, 2020.

 

The New Term Loan bears interest at a rate of LIBOR plus 5.75%.

 

As of August 4, 2018, and February 3, 2018, the New Term Loan and prior Term Loan, respectively had an outstanding balance of $40,000 and $135,127, respectively. The outstanding amounts as of August 4, 2018 and February 3, 2018 are offset on the condensed consolidated balance sheets by an unamortized discount of $0 and $678, respectively, and debt issuance costs of $410 and $1,110, respectively.

 

During the 13 and 26 weeks ended August 4, 2018, the Company recognized $620 and $678, respectively, of non-cash interest expense with respect to the amortization of the discount. During the 13 and 26 weeks ended August 4, 2018, the Company recognized $1,018 and $1,131, respectively, of non-cash interest expense with respect to the amortization of the debt issuance costs. Of the discount and debt issuance cost amortization recorded during the 26 weeks ended August 4, 2018, $1,617 relates to the write-off associated with the extinguishment of the prior Term Loan.

 

During the 13 and 26 weeks ended July 29, 2017, the Company recognized $58 and $100, respectively, of non-cash interest expense with respect to the amortization of the discount. During the 13 and 26 weeks ended July 29, 2017, the Company recognized $92 and $168, respectively, of non-cash interest expense with respect to the amortization of the debt issuance costs.

 

The Company is required to make quarterly payments on the New Term Loan of $2,000 beginning in October 31, 2018.

Restricted Net Assets

 

The provisions of the New Term Loan and the Revolving Line of Credit restrict all of the net assets of the Company’s consolidated subsidiaries, which constitute all of the net assets on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet as of August 4, 2018, from being used to pay any dividends without prior written consent from the financial institutions party to the Company’s New Term Loan and Revolving Line of Credit.

(7) Income Taxes

The Company recognized income tax expense of $2,304 and $4,245 in the 13 weeks ended August 4, 2018 and July 29, 2017, respectively. The Company’s effective tax rate for the 13 weeks ended August 4, 2018 and July 29, 2017 was 26.0% and 39.3%, respectively. The Company recognized an income tax expense of $925 and $1,835 in the 26 weeks ended August 4, 2018 and July 29, 2017, respectively. The Company’s effective tax rate for the 26 weeks ended August 4, 2018 and July 29, 2017 was 56.2% and 47.3%, respectively. The change in the effective tax rate for the 13 weeks ended August 4, 2018, was primarily due to US tax reform enacted during 2017 which reduced the federal statutory tax rate of 35.0% to 21.0%. The Company’s effective tax rate will generally differ from the U.S. Federal statutory rate of 21.0%, due to state taxes, permanent items, and discrete items relating to stock shortfalls and retirement expenses for our former CEO.

(8) Earnings Per Share

Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing net income by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding, reduced by the number of shares repurchased and held in treasury, during the period. Diluted earnings per share represents basic earnings per share adjusted to include the potentially dilutive effect of outstanding share option awards, nonvested share awards and nonvested share unit awards.

 

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted loss per common share:

 

 

 

(9) Stock-Based Compensation

 

Stock-Based Compensation

During the 13 weeks ended August 4, 2018 and July 29, 2017, the Company recognized total stock-based compensation expense of $482 and $399, respectively. During the 26 weeks ended August 4, 2018 and July 29, 2017, the Company recognized total stock-based compensation expense of $2,054 and $1,052, respectively. Compensation expense related to the Company's stock-based payment awards is recognized in selling, general, and administrative expenses in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

 

Employee Stock Plans

As of August 4, 2018, the number of shares available for awards under the 2013 Performance Incentive Plan (the “2013 Plan”) was 304. As of August 4, 2018, there were 659 awards outstanding under the 2013 Plan.

 

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

The Company also has an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”) that was approved by shareholders in fiscal year 2015, under which 800 shares of common stock have been authorized. Shares are issued under the ESPP twice yearly at the end of each offering period. For the period ended August 4, 2018, 45 shares were issued under this plan and the number of shares available for issuance was 607.

 

Nonvested Restricted Stock Awards

During the 13 and 26 weeks ended August 4, 2018 and July 29, 2017, the Company did not issue any nonvested restricted stock awards to employees.

The following table sets forth the rollforward of outstanding nonvested stock awards (per share amounts are not in thousands):

 

 

Nonvested Performance-Based Stock Awards

During the 13 weeks ended August 4, 2018, the Company did not issue any performance-based stock awards. During the 26 weeks ended August 4, 2018, the Company issued 163 nonvested performance-based stock awards to employees at a weighted average grant date fair value of $4.91 per share. The nonvested performance-based stock awards issued to employees vest over three years with one third vesting on each grant date anniversary. The number of shares issued was contingent on management achieving fiscal year 2018 performance targets for same store sales and gross margin. If minimum threshold performance targets are not achieved, no shares will vest. The maximum number of shares subject to the award is 326, and the “target” number of shares subject to the award is 163 as reported below. Following the end of the performance period (fiscal year 2018), the number of shares eligible to vest, based on actual performance, will be fixed and vesting will then be subject to each employee’s continued employment over the remaining service period. The issued shares estimate the most likely outcome of the performance conditions to be achieved for the performance period. If management’s assessment of the most likely outcome of the levels of performance conditions to be achieved changes, the number of granted shares will be revised accordingly.

During the 13 and 26 weeks ended July 29, 2017, the Company did not issue any nonvested performance-based stock awards to employees.

 

The following table sets forth the rollforward of outstanding nonvested performance-based stock awards (per share amounts are not in thousands):

 

 

Nonvested Stock Unit Awards

During the 13 weeks ended August 4, 2018, the Company issued 69 nonvested stock units to employees and independent members of the Board of Directors of the Company at an average value of $5.22 per share. During the 26 weeks ended August 4, 2018, the Company issued 319 nonvested stock units to employees of the Company at an average value of $4.87 per share.

 

During the 13 weeks ended July 29, 2017, the Company issued 284 nonvested stock units to employees and independent members of the Board of Directors of the Company at an average value of $5.38 per share. During the 26 weeks ended July 29, 2017, the Company issued 456 nonvested stock units to employees of the Company at an average value of $5.09 per share.

 

The shares issued to the independent members of the Board of Directors vest over 12 months with one twelfth vesting each month from the grant date. The shares issued to employees of the Company vest over a three year period with one third of the shares vesting on each grant date anniversary. 

 

The Company had no net share settlements in the 13 weeks ended August 4, 2018 and July 29, 2017.

 

The following table sets forth the rollforward of outstanding nonvested stock units (per share amounts are not in thousands):

 

 

 

(10) Commitments and Contingencies

 

Operating Leases

The Company leases its retail store, office space and warehouse locations under non-cancelable operating leases. Rent expense under these leases totaled $13,336 and $11,993 for the 13 weeks ended August 4, 2018 and July 29, 2017, respectively. Rent expense under these leases totaled $26,474 and $23,593 for the 26 weeks ended August 4, 2018 and July 29, 2017, respectively

 

Legal Matters

The Company is involved in various legal matters generally incidental to its business. After discussion with legal counsel, management is not aware of any matters for which the likelihood of a loss is probable and reasonably estimable and which could have a material impact on its consolidated financial condition, liquidity, or results of operations.

 

 

 

ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

 

The discussion below contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including those which are discussed in “Part I. Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 3, 2018. Also see “Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” preceding Part I in this 10-Q.

 

The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included in this 10-Q.

 

Overview

We are a high-growth outdoor sporting goods retailer focused on meeting the everyday needs of the seasoned outdoor veteran, the first-time participant and every enthusiast in between. Our mission is to provide a one-stop shopping experience that equips our customers with the right quality, brand name hunting, shooting, fishing and camping gear to maximize their enjoyment of the outdoors.

 

Our business was founded in 1986 as a single retail store in Midvale, Utah. Today, we operate 91 stores in 23 states, totaling approximately 3.6 million gross square feet. During fiscal year 2018 to date, we have increased our gross square footage by 3.0% through the opening of four stores in the following locations:

 

Individual stores are aggregated into one operating and reportable segment.

 

How We Assess the Performance of Our Business

In assessing the performance of our business, we consider a variety of performance and financial measures. The key measures for determining how our business is performing are net sales, same store sales, gross margin, selling, general, and administrative expenses, income from operations and Adjusted EBITDA.

 

Net Sales and Same Store Sales

Our net sales are primarily received from revenue generated in our stores and also include sales generated through our e-commerce platform. When measuring revenue generated from our stores, we review our same store sales as well as the performance of our stores that have not operated for a sufficient amount of time to be included in same store sales. We include net sales from a store in same store sales on the first day of the 13th full fiscal month following the store’s opening or acquisition by us. We include net sales from e-commerce in our calculation of same store sales.

 

Measuring the change in year-over-year same store sales allows us to evaluate how our retail store base is performing. Various factors affect same store sales, including:

 

Opening new stores is also an important part of our growth strategy. For fiscal year 2018 we have opened four stores as of August 4, 2018 and announced one additional location that will be opened in fiscal year 2018. While our target remains to grow square footage at a rate of greater than 10% annually, we will grow our square footage by approximately 5% for fiscal year 2018 as we shift some of our cash use to reducing our debt balance.

 

For our new locations, we measure our investment by reviewing the new store’s four-wall Adjusted EBITDA margin and pre-tax return on invested capital (“ROIC”). We target a minimum 10% four-wall Adjusted EBITDA margin and a minimum ROIC of 50% excluding initial inventory costs (or 20% including initial inventory cost) for the first full twelve months of operations for a new store. The 48 new stores that we have opened since 2010 and that have been open for a full twelve months (excluding the 10 acquired stores)  have achieved an average four-wall Adjusted EBITDA margin of 12.4% and an average ROIC of 66.4% excluding initial inventory cost (and 25.6% including initial inventory cost) during their first full twelve months of operations. Four-wall Adjusted EBITDA means, for any period, a particular store’s Adjusted EBITDA, excluding any allocations of corporate selling, general, and administrative expenses allocated to that store. Four-wall Adjusted EBITDA margin means, for any period, a store’s four-wall Adjusted EBITDA divided by that store’s net sales. For a definition of Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin and a reconciliation of net income to Adjusted EBITDA, see “—Non-GAAP Measures.” ROIC means a store’s four-wall Adjusted EBITDA for a given period divided by our initial cash investment in the store. We calculate ROIC both including and excluding the initial inventory cost.

 

We also have been scaling our e-commerce platform and increasing sales through our website, www.sportsmanswarehouse.com.  

 

We believe the key drivers to increasing our total net sales will be:

 

Gross Margin

Gross profit is our net sales less cost of goods sold. Gross margin measures our gross profit as a percentage of net sales. Our cost of goods sold primarily consists of merchandise acquisition costs, including freight-in costs, shipping costs, payment term discounts received from the vendor and vendor allowances and rebates associated directly with merchandise and shipping costs related to e-commerce sales.

 

We believe the key drivers to improving our gross margin are increasing the product mix to higher margin products, particularly clothing and footwear, increasing foot traffic within our stores, improving buying opportunities with our vendor partners and coordinating pricing strategies among our stores and our merchandising department. Our ability to properly manage our inventory can also impact our gross margin. Successful inventory management ensures we have sufficient high margin products in stock at all times to meet customer demand, while overstocking of items could lead to markdowns in order to help a product sell. We believe that the overall growth of our business will allow us to generally maintain or increase our gross margins, because increased merchandise volumes will enable us to maintain our strong relationships with our vendors.

 

We expect the current industry inventory oversupply to result in continued high levels of promotions and resulting margin pressure through the remainder of fiscal year 2018.

 

Selling, General, and Administrative Expenses

We closely manage our selling, general, and administrative expenses. Our selling, general, and administrative expenses are comprised of payroll, rent and occupancy, depreciation and amortization, acquisition expenses, pre-opening expenses

and other operating expenses, including stock-based compensation expense. Pre-opening expenses include expenses incurred in the preparation and opening of a new store location, such as payroll, travel and supplies, but do not include the cost of the initial inventory or capital expenditures required to open a location.

 

Our selling, general, and administrative expenses are primarily influenced by the volume of net sales of our locations, except for our corporate payroll, rent and occupancy and depreciation and amortization, which are generally fixed in nature. We control our selling, general, and administrative expenses through a budgeting and reporting process that allows our personnel to adjust our expenses as trends in net sales activity are identified.

 

We expect that our selling, general, and administrative expenses will increase in future periods due to our continuing growth. Furthermore, 43 of our current stores are being impacted by minimum wage increases in fiscal year 2018 that will drive up our selling, general, and administrative costs during fiscal year 2018.

 

Income from Operations

Income from operations is gross profit less selling, general, and administrative expenses. We use income from operations as an indicator of the productivity of our business and our ability to manage selling, general, and administrative expenses.

 

Adjusted EBITDA

We define Adjusted EBITDA as net income plus interest expense, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation expense, pre-opening expenses, and other gains, losses and expenses that we do not believe are indicative of our ongoing expenses. In evaluating our business, we use Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin as an additional measurement tool for purposes of business decision-making, including evaluating store performance, developing budgets and managing expenditures. See “—Non-GAAP Measures.”

 

 

Results of Operations

 

The following table summarizes key components of our results of operations as a percentage of net sales for the periods indicated:

 

The following table shows our sales during the periods presented by department: