Financial Performance - Net sales increased by 7.8% to 1.39billionforQ4andby10.43.88 billion for fiscal 2024, excluding the impact of the 53rd week in fiscal 2023[4][10] - Comparable sales decreased by 3.0% for Q4 and by 2.7% for fiscal 2024[4][10] - Operating income for Q4 was 246.8million,downfrom268.4 million in Q4 fiscal 2023; adjusted operating income decreased by 1.5%[4] - Net income for Q4 was 187.5million,comparedto202.2 million in Q4 fiscal 2023; adjusted net income decreased by 0.7%[4] - Diluted income per common share was 3.39forQ4,downfrom3.65 in Q4 fiscal 2023; adjusted diluted income per common share was 3.48,adecreaseof0.6253,611, a decrease of 15.7% from 301,106forthefifty−threeweeksendedFebruary3,2024[20]−OperatingincomeforthethirteenweeksendedFebruary1,2025,was246,764, down 8.1% from 268,442forthesameperiodin2024[22]−BasicincomepercommonshareforthethirteenweeksendedFebruary1,2025,was3.41, compared to 3.66forthesameperiodin2024,representingadeclineof6.84.21 billion to 4.33billion,withapproximately150newstoresplanned[10]−Thecompanyanticipatesnetincomeforfiscal2025tobebetween216 million and 250million,withadjustednetincomeexpectedbetween227 million and 261million[10]−Grosscapitalexpendituresforfiscal2025areprojectedtobeapproximately210 million to 230million[10]StoreOperations−Thecompanyopened22netnewstoresinQ4,bringingthetotalto1,771stores,a14.7331,718, an increase from 179,749atthebeginningoftheyear[20]−Totalcurrentassetsincreasedto1,351,367 as of February 1, 2025, compared to 1,203,542asofFebruary3,2024,markingagrowthof12.32,531,247 as of February 1, 2025, compared to 2,287,081asofFebruary3,2024,indicatinganincreaseof10.7430,648 for the fifty-two weeks ended February 1, 2025, down from 499,619inthepreviousyear[20]TaxRate−TheeffectivetaxrateforQ4was25.21,378,776, up from 1,273,825forthepreviousyear,reflectingan8.23.48, compared to $3.65 for the same period in 2024[24]