Fred's Down 23% After Quarterly Results
December 13 2018 - 11:46AM
Dow Jones News
By Michael Dabaie
Fred's Inc. (FRED) shares fell 23% to $1.94 in
heavier-than-average volume Thursday.
The retailer said earlier that third-quarter net sales declined
5.5% to $306.4 million, from $324.3 million a year earlier.
Comparable store sales fell 5.3% compared to a 1% decline in the
year-ago period.
Net loss from continuing operations was 83 cents a share, from a
loss of $1.35 a year earlier.
"We are continuing to evaluate potential opportunities to
monetize all our non-core assets including our retail pharmacy
script portfolio as well as our real estate," said Joe Anto,
interim chief executive and chief financial officer.
Fred's completed the sale of script files associated with 138
locations to Walgreens on Wednesday, it said. The retailer said it
expects to complete the remaining 41 location transfers by the end
of January.
Write to Michael Dabaie at michael.dabaie@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
December 13, 2018 11:31 ET (16:31 GMT)
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