Family Dollar Profit Declines as Price Cuts Trim Margins
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Family Dollar Stores Inc., the discount retailer at the center of a three-way takeover battle, reported earnings that missed analysts’ estimates after price cuts narrowed profit margins.
Fourth-quarter net income fell to $34.5 million, or 30 cents a share, from $102.2 million, or 88 cents, the Matthews, North Carolina-based chain said yesterday in a statement. Excluding some items, profit was 73 cents a share in the period, which ended Aug. 30. Analysts had projected 77 cents, the average of 23 estimates compiled by Bloomberg.