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Tractor Supply fiscal Q4 profit falls YOY

Tractor Supply Co. said its normalized net income for the fiscal fourth quarter ended Dec. 26, 2015, was 80 cents per share, compared with the S&P Capital IQ consensus estimate of 83 cents per share.

In the prior-year period, the per-share result was a profit of 80 cents.

Normalized net income, which excludes unusual gains or losses on a pre- and after-tax basis, was $108.0 million, a decline from $110.7 million in the year-earlier period.

The normalized profit margin fell to 6.6% from 7.0% in the year-earlier period.

Total revenue climbed year over year to $1.65 billion from $1.58 billion, and total operating expenses rose from the prior-year period to $1.47 billion from $1.41 billion.

Reported net income came to $111.2 million, or 82 cents per share, compared to $111.9 million, or 81 cents per share, in the year-earlier period.

For the year, the company's normalized net income totaled $2.96 per share, compared with the S&P Capital IQ consensus normalized EPS estimate of $3.01.

EPS rose 12.3% from $2.63 in the prior year.

Normalized net income was $404.8 million, a gain of 10.2% from $367.2 million in the prior year.

Full-year total revenue grew 9.0% from the prior-year period to $6.23 billion from $5.71 billion, and total operating expenses increased 8.9% on an annual basis to $5.58 billion from $5.12 billion.

The company said reported net income grew 10.7% on an annual basis to $410.5 million, or $3.00 per share, in the full year, from $370.9 million, or $2.66 per share.