Risk-factor diff
FY 2026 10-K vs. FY 2025Net-new paragraphs in the most recent 10-K's Item 1A. Companies rarely add risk language without a real reason — additions here are often a leading signal of management concerns.
“Our growth is dependent on our ability to open profitable new stores. We believe we have an opportunity to continue to grow our store base from 1,921 stores in 46 states as of January 31, 2026 to more than”
“Our reliance on merchandise manufactured outside of the United States subjects us to legal, regulatory, political and economic risks. In particular, tariffs imposed by the U.S. government have increased, and could further increase, the cost to us of certain products, which lowers our margins, increases our import related expenses, causes us to increase our prices to consumers, and reduces consumer spending on discretionary items, each of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of future operations.”
“In particular, recent U.S. tariffs imposed or threatened to be imposed on China, Mexico, Canada, and other countries (including after the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated certain tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (the “IEEPA Decision”)) and any retaliatory actions taken by such countries could result in lower gross margins on impacted products, unless we are able to successfully take any one or more of the following mitigating actions: negotiate lower product costs with our vendors, purchase products produced in countries with no or lower tariffs or transition…”
“We maintain shipcenters in Pedricktown, New Jersey, Forsyth, Georgia, Conroe, Texas, Buckeye, Arizona, and Indianapolis, Indiana. We continuously assess ways to maximize the productivity and efficiency of our existing distribution facilities and evaluate opportunities for additional shipcenters. In March 2019, we completed the purchase of an approximately 700,000 square foot shipcenter in Forsyth, Georgia, which we began operating in April 2019, and expanded to approximately 1,100,000 square feet in the first half of 2024. In August 2019, we acquired land in Conroe, Texas to build an approxima…”
“In addition to experiencing a security incident, third parties may gather, collect, or infer sensitive information about us from public sources, data brokers, or other means that reveal competitively sensitive details about our organization and could be used to undermine our competitive advantage or market position. Moreover, our proprietary, confidential, and/or sensitive information could be leaked, disclosed, or revealed as a result of or in connection with the use of generative artificial intelligence technologies.”
Policies & disclosures
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