Floor & Decor: 2Q26 Business Update
Floor & Decor’s same-store sales improved to minus 2%, while $45 million of tariff refunds lifted second-quarter gross profit and operating income.
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All letters- Palm Valley Capital First Quarter 2026 CHRD $7.4BDOX $6.2B
- Pershing Square Holdings 2025 HHH $4BBN $85B
- Palm Valley Capital Fourth Quarter 2025 DPUKY $1.1BFLO $1.3B
- Askeladden Capital Q2 2025 GO $1.1BBELFB $3.6B
- Berkshire Hathaway 2024 ITOCY $102BMARUY $51B
- Horizon Kinetics 2nd Quarter 2024 LB $6.8BTPL $23B
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