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JP Morgan's Matthew Boss raised their price target on Burlington Stores (NYSE: BURL) by 2.5% from $356 to $365 on 2026/03/06. The analyst maintained their Strong Buy rating on the stock.

Burlington Stores reported its Q4 and FY 2025 earnings.

Raising their price target, Boss referenced the quarter's beats.

Earnings Report

Burlington Stores reported:

For Q4 2025:

• EPS of $4.99, which beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $4.70 and Q4 2024's $4.13.
• Revenue of $3.65B, which beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.5B and was up 11.3% Y/Y.

For FY 2025:

EPS of

Revenue of

Management guided:

For Q1 2026:

• EPS of $1.60 to $1.75.
• 9% to 11% Y/Y revenue growth.

For FY 2026:

• EPS of $10.95 to $11.45.
• 8% to 10% Y/Y revenue growth.

CEO Michael O’Sullivan commented: “We are very pleased with our strong performance in the fourth quarter.

"Comparable store sales increased 4%, on top of a robust 6% increase the prior year.

"This represents a very strong 10% two-year comp stack.

"Adjusted EBIT margin was 100 basis points higher than last year, and 50 basis points above the high end of our expectations.

"This sales and margin performance drove 21% earnings per share growth.

"This was a very strong performance in our largest quarter of the year.

“Looking back on 2025 as a whole, total sales increased 9% on top of an 11% increase the prior year, and comparable store sales increased 2% on top of 4% last year.

"When tariffs were introduced in April, we took actions to offset the negative margin impact of tariffs.

"These actions were spectacularly successful in driving earnings.

"Despite tariffs, Adjusted EBIT margin increased 80 basis points, resulting in 22% earnings per share growth.

“We are feeling bullish about our prospects in Fiscal 2026.

"There are external and internal factors that are driving this optimism.

"Our full year comp guidance of 1% to 3% growth is now slightly ahead of our typical model, reflecting our optimism.

"In fact, we think that there may be potential upside to our expectations, and we have positioned the business to aggressively chase sales.”