Piper Sandler analyst Peter J. Keith reiterated the Underweight rating on Big Lots, Inc. (NYSE: BIG) and reduced the price target to $3.50 from $6.00.
The company reported a third-quarter FY23 sales decline of 14.7% year-on-year to $1.027 billion, missing the analyst consensus estimate of $1.03 billion. The decline to last year was driven by a comparable sales decrease of 13.2%.
While comp is trending toward less negative, the analyst still sees comp challenges in 2024 as BIG will still be lapping notable markdown activity from 2023.
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