Dollar Tree (DLTR) risk factors: FY2025 10-K

1. Our profitability is vulnerable to cost pressures from increases in merchandise, shipping, freight and fuel, wages, benefits and other operating costs.reworded
2. Risks associated with merchandise supply could adversely affect our financial performance.
3. Higher costs and disruptions in our supply chain could have an adverse impact on our sales and profitability.reworded
4. Our growth is dependent on our ability to increase sales in existing stores.reworded
5. Our growth is dependent on our ability to expand our square footage profitably.new
6. Our sales and profitability are affected by our product assortment and customer response to the mix of products we sell.new
7. Changes in economic conditions or consumer spending habits could impact our sales or profitability.reworded
8. We face significant pressure from competitors which may reduce our sales and profits.
9. Our business is seasonal, and adverse events during the fourth quarter could materially affect our full-year financial results.
10. Failure to protect our inventory or other assets from loss and theft may impact our financial results.
11. We may stop selling or recall certain products for safety-related or other issues.
12. We could experience a decline in consumer confidence and spending because of concerns about the quality and safety of our products or our brand standards.
13. We have risks related to the security of our facilities including risks of personal injury to customers or associates.
14. Our business could be adversely affected if we fail to manage our organizational talent and capacity, including attracting and retaining qualified associates and key personnel.
15. We rely on third parties in many aspects of our business, which creates additional risk.

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1. We may not be successful in executing important strategic initiatives, which may have an adverse impact on our business and financial results.reworded
2. We may not achieve the anticipated benefits of the sale of the Family Dollar business.new
3. We could incur losses due to impairment of goodwill and other long-lived assets.reworded
4. We make estimates and assumptions in connection with the preparation of our consolidated financial statements, and any changes to those estimates and assumptions could adversely affect our results of operations.

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1. We rely on computer and technology systems in our operations, and any material failure, inadequacy, or interruption of those systems, including because of a cyberattack, could harm our ability to effectively operate and grow our business and could adversely affect our financial results.rewordedCybersecurity
2. The potential unauthorized access to our systems could disrupt operations or lead to the theft of data which may violate privacy laws and could damage our business reputation, subject us to negative publicity, litigation and costs, and adversely affect our results of operations or financial condition.
3. We use, and may over time increase the usage of, artificial intelligence and machine learning in our business, and challenges with properly managing its use could adversely affect our business.newAI
4. Legal and Regulatory Risks and Related Considerationsnew
5. Legal proceedings may adversely affect our reputation, business, results of operations or financial condition.
6. Our failure to comply with applicable law, or to adequately respond to changes to such laws, could increase our expenses, expose us to legal risks or otherwise adversely affect us.
7. Our business is subject to evolving disclosure requirements and expectations with respect to social, environmental, and similar matters that could expose us to numerous risks.reworded

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1. Our inability to access credit or capital markets, a downgrade of our credit ratings and/or increases in interest rates could negatively affect our financing costs, results of operations and financial condition.Interest rates
2. Our business or the value of our common stock could be negatively affected as a result of actions by shareholders.
3. The price of our common stock is subject to market and other conditions and may be volatile.
4. Certain provisions in our Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws could delay or discourage a change of control transaction that may be in a shareholder’s best interest.

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Headings in the FY2024 10-K with no match this year.

1. Our profitability is affected by the mix of products we sell.
2. The completion of the pending sale of the Family Dollar business is subject to various risks and uncertainties, may not be completed in a timely fashion or at all, and the pending sale may be disruptive to our business operations and adversely affect our profitability.
3. If the pending sale of the Family Dollar business is completed, we may not achieve the anticipated benefits of the transaction, and the transaction may expose us to new risks.