Financial Performance - Shoe Carnival reported quarterly earnings of 0.71pershare,exceedingtheZacksConsensusEstimateof0.61 per share, but down from 0.80pershareayearago,representinganearningssurpriseof16.39306.89 million for the quarter ended October 2024, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 1.18%, and down from 319.91millionyear−over−year[2]EarningsOutlook−ThecurrentconsensusEPSestimatefortheupcomingquarteris0.44 on revenues of 279.82million,andforthecurrentfiscalyear,itis2.54 on revenues of 1.22billion[7]−TheestimaterevisionstrendforShoeCarnivaliscurrentlyunfavorable,resultinginaZacksRank4(Sell),indicatingexpectedunderperformanceinthenearfuture[6]IndustryContext−TheRetail−ApparelandShoesindustry,towhichShoeCarnivalbelongs,iscurrentlyinthetop500.46 per share, reflecting a year-over-year decline of 6.1% [9]