Tractor Supply Company (TSCO) CEO Hal Lawton on Q1 2022 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Tractor Supply Company (NASDAQ:TSCO) Q1 2022 Results Conference Call April 21, 2022 10:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Mary Winn Pilkington - SVP, Investor and Public Relations

Hal Lawton - CEO

Kurt Barton - CFO

Seth Estep - EVP and Chief Merchandising Officer

Conference Call Participants

Scot Ciccarelli - Truist

Simeon Gutman - Morgan Stanley

Kate McShane - Goldman Sachs

Michael Baker - D.A. Davidson

Seth Estep - EVP and Chief Merchandising Officer

Steven Zaccone - Citi

Brian Nagel - Oppenheimer

Karen Short - Barclays

Michael Lasser - UBS

Steven Forbes - Guggenheim Securities

Chuck Grom - Gordon Haskett

Chuck Cerankosky - Northcoast Research

Operator

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to Tractor Supply Company’s Conference Call to the First Quarter 2022 Results. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later, we will conduct a question-and-answer session and instructions will follow at that time. [Operator Instructions] Please be advised that the reproduction of this call in whole or in part is not permitted without written authorization of Tractor Supply Company. As a reminder, this call is being recorded.

I would now like to introduce your host for today’s call, Mrs. Mary Winn Pilkington, Senior Vice President of Investor and Public Relations for Tractor Supply Company. Mary Winn, please go ahead.

Mary Winn Pilkington

Thank you, operator. Good morning, everyone. Thanks for taking the time to join us today, and I hope you’re all doing well.

On the call today are Hal Lawton, our CEO; Kurt Barton, our CFO. And after our prepared remarks, we’ll open the call up for your questions. Seth Estep, our EVP and Chief Merchandising Officer, will join us for the question-and-answer session. Please note that we’ve made a supplemental slide presentation available on our website to accompany today’s earnings release.

Now, let me reference the safe harbor provisions under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. This call may contain certain forward-looking statements that are subject to significant risks and uncertainties, including the future operating and financial performance of the Company.

In many cases, these risks and uncertainties are beyond our control. Although the company believes the expectations reflected in its forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations or any of its forward-looking statements will prove to be correct, and actual results may differ materially from expectations. Important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in the forward-looking statements are included at the end of the press release issued today and in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.