Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation provided earnings guidance for the fourth quarter of 2023. For the quarter, the company expects same store sales to decrease in the high single-digit to low double-digit range compared to the fiscal 2022 fourth quarter. The Company?s same store sales guidance reflects an expectation that macroeconomic headwinds will continue to impact discretionary consumer spending over the balance of the fourth quarter.

Fiscal 2023 fourth quarter net loss per share is expected in the range of $0.20 to $0.35, which compares to fiscal 2022 fourth quarter earnings per diluted share of $0.08.