Evidence packet 3 · filing-time record

DOLLAR TREE, INC. (DLTR)

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Selection rule: Impairment. Case selection used evidence diversity and clarity—not future outcomes.
Current 10-K2022-03-15Open SEC filing
Prior 10-K2021-03-16Open SEC filing
ClassificationImpairment or write-downnegative · high · confidence 0.924
Noveltygenuinely new in the 10-KCorpus-bounded prior-source check

Prior filing excerpt

Item 1A. Risk Factors ” and elsewhere within this “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” If our assumptions and related estimates change in the future, we may be required to record impairment charges against earnings in future periods. Any impairment charges that we may take in the future could be material to our results of operations and financial condition.

Current filing excerpt

We recorded a non-cash goodwill impairment charge of $313.0 million in fiscal 2019, as discussed further in to our consolidated financial statements under the caption “Goodwill and Nonamortizing Intangible Assets.” Excluding the goodwill impairment charge in 2019, the selling, general and administrative expense rate was 23.2% in 2019. Operating Income

Added language

We recorded a non-cash goodwill impairment charge $313.0 million fiscal 2019, as discussed further consolidated financial statements under the caption “Goodwill Nonamortizing Intangible Assets.” Excluding the goodwill impairment charge in 2019, the selling, general and administrative expense rate was 23.2% in 2019. Operating Income

Removed language

Item 1A. Risk Factors ” and elsewhere within this “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” If our assumptions and related estimates change the future, we may be required to record impairment charges against earnings future periods. Any impairment charges that we may take in the future could be material results of operations financial condition.

Why an analyst may care

Impairments can reveal changed assumptions about asset values or business economics.

Earlier point-in-time evidence

Document provenance

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Prior primary-document SHA-256
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Method
deterministic-evidence-rule-v1

Limitation: This is deterministic, corpus-bounded research triage. Novelty is limited to searched frozen sources; the category is not a causal claim or investment recommendation.