Tractor Supply Company (NASDAQ:TSCO) Q4 2023 Earnings Conference Call February 1, 2024 10:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Mary Winn Pilkington - Senior Vice President of Investor & Public Relations

Hal Lawton - Chief Executive Officer

Kurt Barton - Chief Financial Officer

Seth Estep - EVP, Chief Merchandising Officer

Conference Call Participants

Zach Fadem - Wells Fargo

Chris Horvers - JPMorgan

Kate McShane - Goldman Sachs

Jason Haas - Bank of America

Peter Benedict - Baird

Scot Ciccarelli - Truist

Chuck Grom - Gordon Haskett Research Advisors

Michael Lasser - UBS

Seth Basham - Wedbush

Peter Keith - Piper Sandler

Joe Feldman - Telsey Advisory Group

Michael Baker - D.A. Davidson

Operator

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to Tractor Supply Company's Conference Call to discuss Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2023 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. We ask that all participants limit themselves to one question and return to the queue for additional questions. Please be advised that reproduction of this call in whole or in part is not permitted without written authorization of Tractor Supply Company. And as a reminder, this call is being recorded.

The host for today's call is Mrs. Mary Winn Pilkington, Senior Vice President of Investor and Public Relations for Tractor Supply Company.

Now, first up is a year-end video.

[Video Presentation]

I would now like to pass the call to our host, Mrs. Mary Winn Pilkington. Mary Winn, please go ahead.

Mary Winn Pilkington

Thank you, Alissa. Good morning, everyone. Thanks for taking the time to join us today, and I hope you enjoyed watching the video of Tractor Supply's year-end review. On the call today are Hal Lawton, our CEO; and Kurt Barton, our CFO. After our prepared remarks, we will 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.