Francesca's Holdings Corp. said its normalized net income for the fiscal second quarter ended Aug. 1 was 22 cents per share, compared with the S&P Capital IQ consensus estimate of 22 cents per share.

EPS declined 9.4% year over year from 24 cents.

Normalized net income, which excludes unusual gains or losses on a pre- and after-tax basis, was $9.4 million, a decrease of 9.3% from $10.3 million in the year-earlier period.

The normalized profit margin fell to 8.8% from 10.6% in the year-earlier period.

Total revenue climbed 9.0% year over year to $106.0 million from $97.3 million, and total operating expenses grew 12.6% on an annual basis to $90.9 million from $80.7 million.

Reported net income declined 8.2% from the prior-year period to $9.3 million, or 22 cents per share, from $10.2 million, or 24 cents per share.