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CARPARTS.COM, INC.
QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q
FOR THE THIRTEEN AND THIRTY-NINE WEEKS ENDED SEPTEMBER 28, 2024
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Unless the context requires otherwise, as used in this report, the terms “CarParts.com,” the “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to CarParts.com, Inc. and its subsidiaries. Unless otherwise stated, all amounts are presented in thousands.
Carparts.com®, Kool-Vue®, JC Whitney®, Evan Fischer®, SureStop®, TrueDrive®, DriveWire™, and DriveMotive™, amongst others, are our current and pending trademarks in the United States. All other trademarks and trade names appearing in this report are the property of their respective owners.
SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
The statements included in this report, other than statements or characterizations of historical or current fact, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and we intend that such forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbors created thereby. Any forward-looking statements included herein are based on management’s beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to management. We have attempted to identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “could,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “may,” “plans,” “potential,” “predicts,” “projects,” “should,” “will,” “would,” “will likely continue,” “will likely result” and variations of these words or similar expressions. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding future events, our future operating and financial results, financial expectations, expected growth and strategies, our ability to acquire additional market share, current business indicators, capital needs, financing plans, capital deployment, liquidity, contracts, litigation, product offerings, customers, acquisitions, competition and the status of our facilities. Forward-looking statements, no matter where they occur in this document or in other statements attributable to the Company involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performances or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. We discuss many of these risks in greater detail under the heading “Risk Factors” in Part II, Item 1A of this report. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. You should read this report and the documents that we reference in this report and have filed as exhibits to the report completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from what we expect. Also, forward-looking statements represent our management’s beliefs and assumptions only as of the date of this report. Except as required by law, we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements publicly, or to update the reasons actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future.
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1.FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
CARPARTS.COM, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
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See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements (unaudited).
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CARPARTS.COM, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE OPERATIONS
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CARPARTS.COM, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
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Balance, December 31, 2022 | | $ | | $ | | $ | ( | $ | | $ | ( | $ | | |||||||
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Balance, April 1, 2023 | | $ | | $ | | $ | ( | $ | | $ | ( | $ | | |||||||
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Balance, July 1, 2023 | | $ | | $ | | $ | ( | $ | | $ | ( | $ | | |||||||
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Balance, March 30, 2024 | | $ | | $ | | $ | ( | $ | | $ | ( | $ | | |||||||
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Balance, June 29, 2024 | | $ | | $ | | $ | ( | $ | | $ | ( | $ | | |||||||
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Balance, September 28, 2024 | | $ | | $ | | $ | ( | $ | | $ | ( | $ | |
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CARPARTS.COM, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
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Cash received during the period for interest | $ | | $ | |
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements (unaudited).
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CARPARTS.COM, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
(In Thousands, Except Per Share Data)
Note 1 – Basis of Presentation and Description of Company
CarParts.com, Inc. (including its subsidiaries) is a leading online provider of aftermarket auto parts and accessories. The Company sells its products primarily to individual consumers through its flagship website located at www.carparts.com, our app, and online marketplaces. Our corporate website is also located at www.carparts.com/investor. References to the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our” refer to CarParts.com, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.
The Company’s products consist of replacement parts serving the wear and tear and body repair market, hard parts to serve the maintenance and repair market, and performance parts and accessories. The replacement parts category is primarily comprised of body parts for the exterior of an automobile as well as certain other mechanical or electrical parts that are not related to the functioning of the engine or drivetrain. Our parts in this category typically replace original body parts that have been damaged as a result of general wear and tear or a collision. In addition, we sell an extensive line of mirror products, including parts from our own house brand called Kool-Vue®, which are marketed and sold as aftermarket replacement parts and as upgrades to existing parts. The hard parts category is primarily comprised of engine components and other mechanical and electrical parts including our house brand of catalytic converters called Evan Fischer®. These hard parts serve as replacement parts that are generally used by professionals and do-it-yourselfers for engine and mechanical maintenance and repair. We also offer other parts and accessories (formerly referred to as performance parts and accessories), which includes certain performance versions of many parts sold in each of the above categories, including parts from our own house brand, JC Whitney®. Other parts and accessories is also comprised of parts that upgrade existing functionality of a specific part or improve the physical appearance or comfort of the automobile.
The Company is a Delaware C corporation and is headquartered in Torrance, California. The Company has employees located in both the United States and the Philippines.
Basis of Presentation
The consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Form 10-Q and Article 10 of SEC Regulation S-X. In the opinion of management, the accompanying consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, necessary to present fairly the consolidated financial position of the Company as of September 28, 2024 and the consolidated results of operations and cash flows for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2024 and September 30, 2023. The Company’s results for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any other interim period, or for the full year. These unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 30, 2023, which was filed with the SEC on March 8, 2024 and all our other periodic filings, including Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC after the end of our 2023 fiscal year, and throughout the date of this report.
Based on our current operating plan, we believe that our existing cash and cash equivalents, investments, cash flows from operations and available debt financing will be sufficient to finance our operational cash needs through at least the next twelve months.
Recent Accounting Standard Not Yet Adopted
In November 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280) “Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures,” which requires disclosure of incremental segment information on an annual and interim basis. The ASU is effective for fiscal years
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beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024 on a retrospective basis. The Company is currently evaluating the effect of this pronouncement on its disclosures.
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosure, which expands the disclosures required for income taxes, primarily through changes to the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid information. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. The amendment should be applied on a prospective basis while retrospective application is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the effect of this pronouncement on its disclosures.
Note 2 – Borrowings
The Company maintains an asset-based revolving credit facility ("Credit Facility") that provides for, among other things, a revolving commitment, which is subject to a borrowing base derived from certain receivables, inventory, and property and equipment. The Credit Facility provides for the revolving commitment in an aggregate principal amount of $
Loans drawn under the Credit Facility bear interest, at the Company’s option, at a per annum rate equal to either (a) Adjusted Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) plus an applicable margin of
Note 3 – Stockholders’ Equity and Share-Based Compensation
Options and Restricted Stock Units
The Company had the following common stock option activity during the thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2024:
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The following table summarizes the Company’s restricted stock unit ("RSU") activity for the thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2024, and details regarding the awards outstanding and exercisable as of September 28, 2024 (in thousands):
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For the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2024, we recorded compensation costs related to stock options and RSUs of $
Note 4 – Net Loss Per Share
The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net loss per share (in thousands, except per share data):
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For the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2024 and September 30, 2023, all outstanding potentially dilutive securities have been excluded from the calculation of diluted net loss per share as the effect of including such securities would have been anti-dilutive.
Note 5 – Income Taxes
The Company is subject to U.S. federal income tax as well as income tax of foreign and state tax jurisdictions. The tax years 2019-2023 remain open to examination by the major taxing jurisdictions to which the Company is subject, except the Internal Revenue Service for which the tax years 2020-2023 remain open.
For the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2024, the effective tax rate for the Company was (
For the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended September 30, 2023, the effective tax rate for the Company was (
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state income taxes, income of our Philippines subsidiary that is subject to different effective tax rates, share-based compensation that is either not deductible for tax purposes or for which the tax deductible amount is different than the financial reporting amount, and a change in the valuation allowance that offset the tax of the current period pre-tax loss.
The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with ASC Topic 740 - Income Taxes (“ASC 740”). Under the provisions of ASC 740, management is required to evaluate whether a valuation allowance should be established against its deferred tax assets. We currently have a full valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets. As of each reporting date, the Company’s management considers new evidence, both positive and negative, that could impact management’s view with regard to future realization of deferred tax assets. For the thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2024, there was no material change from fiscal year ended December 30, 2023 in the amount of the Company's deferred tax assets that are not considered to be more likely than not to be realized in future years.
Note 6 – Commitments and Contingencies
Leases
During the first quarter of 2024, the Company entered into a lease agreement for a new distribution center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The lease commenced on February 1, 2024 with a
Legal Matters
Asbestos. A wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, Automotive Specialty Accessories and Parts, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary Whitney Automotive Group, Inc. ("WAG"), are named defendants in several lawsuits involving claims for damages caused by installation of brakes during the late 1960’s and early 1970’s that contained asbestos. WAG marketed certain brakes, but did not manufacture any brakes. WAG maintains liability insurance coverage to protect its and the Company’s assets from losses arising from the litigation and coverage is provided on an occurrence rather than a claims made basis, and the Company is not expected to incur significant out-of-pocket costs in connection with this matter that would be material to its consolidated financial statements.
Ordinary course litigation. The Company is subject to legal proceedings and claims which arise in the ordinary course of its business, including, for example, claims relating to product liability, workplace injuries, intellectual property rights, and employment matters. For example, a worker, who was directly employed by the Company’s third party labor contracting firm at the Company’s Grand Prairie, TX warehouse has filed a negligence claim in the Superior Court of the State of California, Los Angeles County, Central District relating to a workplace injury from March 2021. In July 2024, the Court granted the Company’s motion for summary judgement. Appeals could be filed by the plaintiff and the Company intends to continue to defend itself vigorously, although there can be no assurance that there will not be some liability. As of the date hereof, the Company believes that the final disposition of such matters will not have a material adverse effect on the financial position, results of operations or cash flow of the Company. The Company maintains liability insurance coverage to protect the Company’s assets from losses arising out of or involving activities associated with ongoing and normal business operations.
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Note 7 – Product Information
As described in Note 1 above, the Company’s products consist of replacement parts serving the wear and tear and body repair market, hard parts to serve the maintenance and repair market, and other parts and accessories (formerly referred to as performance parts and accessories). The following table summarizes the approximate distribution of the Company’s revenue by product type.
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| | % | | % | | % | | % |
Other(1) |
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Branded |
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Replacement Parts |
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Hard Parts(1) |
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Other(1) |
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Total |
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(1) | During the first quarter of 2024, we updated the product classification of certain parts to better reflect their part category. Prior period figures have been updated to reflect the new presentation. |
Note 8 – Subsequent Events
Employment Agreement Amendments
On October 28, 2024, the Company entered into amendments to the employment agreements with David Meniane, Chief Executive Officer, Michael Huffaker, Chief Operating Officer, Ryan Lockwood, Chief Financial Officer, and Kalamegam Subramanian, Chief Technology Officer. The amendments modify the equity acceleration and severance provisions in connection with a Change in Control, as defined in the Company's 2016 Equity Incentive Plan.
Under the amended agreements, all equity awards that are assumed, substituted or otherwise continued as part of a Change in Control will accelerate in full if the executive's employment is terminated without Cause or the executive resigns for Good Reason within three months before or twelve months following a Change in Control.
In the event of a termination without Cause or resignation for Good Reason in connection with a Change in Control, Mr. Lockwood and Mr. Subramanian will receive 12 months of salary continuation and COBRA premium reimbursements (increased from 6 months in their original agreements).
The amendments do not modify any other terms of the executives' employment agreements.
The foregoing description of the amendments is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of each amendment, copies of which will be filed as exhibits to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ending December 28, 2024.
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ITEM 2.MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (In Thousands, Except Per Share Data, Or As Otherwise Noted)
Cautionary Statement
You should read the following discussion and analysis in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto contained in Part I, Item 1 of this report. Certain statements in this report, including statements regarding our business strategies, operations, financial condition, and prospects are forward-looking statements. Use of the words “anticipates,” “believes,” “could,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “may,” “plans,” “potential,” “predicts,” “projects,” “should,” “will,” “would”, “will likely continue,” “will likely result” and similar expressions that contemplate future events may identify forward-looking statements.
The information contained in this section is not a complete description of our business or the risks associated with an investment in our common stock. We urge you to carefully review and consider the various disclosures made by us in this report and in our other reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), which are available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The section entitled “Risk Factors” set forth in Part II, Item 1A of this report, and similar discussions in our other SEC filings, describe some of the important factors, risks and uncertainties that may affect our business, results of operations and financial condition and could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these or any other forward-looking statements made by us or on our behalf. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which are based on current expectations and reflect management’s opinions only as of the date thereof. We do not assume any obligation to revise or update forward-looking statements. Finally, our historic results should not be viewed as indicative of future performance.
Overview
We are a leading online provider of aftermarket auto parts, including replacement parts, hard parts, and performance parts and accessories. We principally sell our products to individual consumers through our flagship website at www.carparts.com, our app, and online marketplaces. Our proprietary product database maps our SKUs to product applications based on vehicle makes, models and years. Our corporate website is located at www.carparts.com/investor. The inclusion of our website addresses in this report does not include or incorporate by reference into this report any information on our websites.
We believe by disintermediating the traditional auto parts supply chain and selling products directly to customers online allows us to efficiently deliver products to our customers. Our vision of “Empowering Drivers Along Their Journey” underscores our mission to create a trusted platform that simplifies the historically stressful experience of vehicle maintenance & repair.
We have a significant opportunity to become the go-to destination for all automotive repair and maintenance requirements by focusing on our evolved strategy around: optimizing supply chain management and upgrading logistics, investing in technology, expanding into new business lines, and driving year-over-year increases in new customers, as well as repeat business from our existing customer base, all while maintaining our financial discipline approach of evaluating investments based on their impact on profitability.
To this end, we are continually working to transform our fulfillment center footprint. In June 2024, we began operations in our new semi-automated facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, which we expect to reduce last-mile transportation expenses to the West Coast and enhance customer service through expedited delivery. Furthermore, we continuously expand our technological capabilities, product offerings, and service portfolio to stay ahead of competitive pressures. By investing in new categories, brands, customer types and revenue streams across both premium and value segments, we seek to maximize gross profit and capture a larger market share.
In tandem, we have refined our eCommerce experience and marketing strategy, focusing on enhancing the mobile app experience, building brand awareness through innovative owned content channels, and fostering direct customer relationships. These efforts aim to position CarParts.com as the ultimate destination for vehicle maintenance knowledge
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and product purchases, thereby reducing reliance on performance marketing channels and improving customer acquisition efficiency.
Industry-wide trends that support our strategy and future growth include:
Factors Affecting our Performance
We believe that our performance and future success depend on a number of factors that present significant opportunities for us but also pose risks and challenges, including those discussed in Part II, Item IA, of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and in Part I, Item IA, in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2023.
Executive Summary
For the third quarter of 2024, the Company generated net sales of $144,751, compared with $166,864 for the third quarter of 2023, representing a decrease of 13.3%. The Company incurred a net loss of $10,018 for the third quarter of 2024 compared to a net loss of $2,517 for the third quarter of 2023. The Company’s net loss before interest (income) expense, net, income tax provision, depreciation and amortization expense, amortization of intangible assets, plus share-based compensation expense, workforce transition costs, and distribution center costs (“Adjusted EBITDA”) of $(1,162) in the third quarter of 2024 compared to $3,048 in the third quarter of 2023. Adjusted EBITDA is not a Generally Accepted Accounting Principle (“GAAP”) measure. See the section below titled “Non-GAAP measures” for information regarding our use of Adjusted EBTIDA and a reconciliation from net loss.
Net sales decreased in the third quarter of 2024 compared to the third quarter of 2023. The decrease in net sales was primarily driven by deliberate price increases to focus on higher value customers, support gross margin expansion, a continued challenging consumer environment in the industry, and one-time impacts from the Crowd Strike issue and hurricanes Helene and Milton in the quarter. Gross profit decreased by 7.0% to $50,982 and gross margin increased 230 basis points to 35.2% compared to 32.9% in the third quarter of 2023. The increase in gross margin was primarily driven by our price increases and lower product costs resulting in expanded product margins, partially offset by unfavorable freight costs.
Total expenses, which primarily consisted of cost of sales and operating expense, increased in the third quarter of 2024 compared to the same period in 2023. The changes in both cost of sales and operating expense are described in further detail under — “Results of Operations” below.
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Non-GAAP measures
Regulation G, “Conditions for Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures,” and other provisions of the Exchange Act, define and prescribe the conditions for use of certain non-GAAP financial information. We provide EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA, which are non-GAAP financial measures. EBITDA consists of net loss before interest (income) expense, net; income tax provision; depreciation and amortization expense; amortization of intangible assets; while Adjusted EBITDA consists of EBITDA before share-based compensation expense, workforce transition costs, and distribution center costs.
The Company believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide important supplemental information to management and investors. These non-GAAP financial measures reflect an additional way of viewing aspects of the Company’s operations that, when viewed with the GAAP results and the accompanying reconciliation to corresponding GAAP financial measures, provide a more complete understanding of factors and trends affecting the Company’s business and results of operations.
Management uses Adjusted EBITDA as one measure of the Company’s operating performance because it assists in comparing the Company’s operating performance on a consistent basis by removing the impact of share-based compensation expense as well as other items that we do not believe are representative of our ongoing operating performance. Internally, this non-GAAP measure is also used by management for planning purposes, including the preparation of internal budgets; for allocating resources to enhance financial performance; and for evaluating the effectiveness of operational strategies. The Company also believes that analysts and investors use Adjusted EBITDA as a supplemental measure to evaluate the ongoing operations of companies in our industry.
This non-GAAP financial measure is used in addition to and in conjunction with results presented in accordance with GAAP and should not be relied upon to the exclusion of GAAP financial measures. Management strongly encourages investors to review the Company’s consolidated financial statements in their entirety and to not rely on any single financial measure. Because non-GAAP financial measures are not standardized, it may not be possible to compare these financial measures with other companies’ non-GAAP financial measures having the same or similar names. In addition, the Company expects to continue to incur expenses similar to the non-GAAP adjustments described above, and exclusion of these items from the Company’s non-GAAP measures should not be construed as an inference that these costs are unusual, infrequent or non-recurring.
The table below reconciles net loss to Adjusted EBITDA for the periods presented (in thousands):
Thirteen Weeks Ended | Thirty-Nine Weeks Ended | |||||||||||
September 28, 2024 | September 30, 2023 |
| September 28, 2024 | September 30, 2023 | ||||||||
Net loss | $ | (10,018) | $ | (2,517) | $ | (25,183) | $ | (2,137) | ||||
Depreciation & amortization |
| 4,956 |
| 4,430 |
| 13,436 |
| 12,596 | ||||
Amortization of intangible assets |
| 12 |
| 8 |
| 33 |
| 28 | ||||
Interest (income) expense, net |
| (35) |
| (449) |
| (240) |
| (323) | ||||
Income tax provision |
| 135 |
| 114 |
| 260 |
| 396 | ||||
EBITDA | $ | (4,950) | $ | 1,586 | $ | (11,694) | $ | 10,560 | ||||
Stock compensation expense | $ | 3,057 | $ | 1,462 | $ | 8,967 | $ | 8,158 | ||||
Workforce transition costs(1) | 26 | — | 617 | — | ||||||||
Distribution center costs(2) | 705 | — | 1,882 | — | ||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | (1,162) | $ | 3,048 | $ | (228) | $ | 18,718 |
(1) | We incurred workforce transition costs, primarily related to severance, as part of our recent workforce reductions. |
(2) | We incurred certain non-recurring costs, primarily overlapping rent expense, attributable to moving to our new Las Vegas, Nevada distribution center. |
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Results of Operations
The following table sets forth selected statements of operations data for the periods indicated, expressed as a percentage of net sales:
| Thirteen Weeks Ended | Thirty-Nine Weeks Ended | |||||||
| September 28, 2024 |
| September 30, 2023 |
| September 28, 2024 |
| September 30, 2023 | ||
Net sales |
| 100.0 | % | 100.0 | % | 100.0 | % | 100.0 | % |
Cost of sales |
| 64.8 |
| 67.1 |
| 66.3 |
| 65.8 |
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Gross profit |
| 35.2 |
| 32.9 |
| 33.7 |
| 34.2 |
|
Operating expense |
| 42.1 |
| 34.6 |
| 39.2 |