02:37 PM EDT, 09/04/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Shoe Carnival ( SCVL ) shares rose 18% in recent Thursday trading after the company posted fiscal Q2 results.

Earnings in the 13 weeks ended Aug. 2 fell to $0.70 per diluted share from $0.82 a year earlier, the company said Thursday in a statement.

Three analysts polled by FactSet expected $0.58.

Net sales fell to $306.4 million from $332.7 million a year earlier.

Three analysts polled by FactSet expected $313.1 million.

The company expects full-year EPS of $1.70 to $2.10 on sales of $1.12 billion to $1.15 billion, compared with the previous forecast of EPS at $1.60 to $2.10 on sales of $1.15 billion to $1.23 billion.

Three analysts project EPS of $1.79 on sales of $1.15 billion.

Price: 25.38, Change: +3.85, Percent Change: +17.88