In this Feb. 19, 2015 photo, shoppers visit a J.C. Penney store, in New York. The Texas-based retailer reports quarterly financial results after the market closes Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) (The Associated Press)
PLANO, Texas – Shares in J.C. Penney Co. are tumbling in aftermarket trading after the department store chain posted disappointing results for its key holiday-shopping-season quarter.
The company reported a loss of $59 million, or 19 cents per share, in the three-month period that ended Jan. 31.
But excluding one-time items, it said it broke even for the quarter. Analysts had expected a profit of 12 cents for the period on that basis, according to FactSet.
Revenue rose 2.9 percent to $3.89 billion, edging analysts' estimate of $3.87 billion.
Sales in stores open at least a year rose 4.4 percent for all of 2014. The company expects that metric, a key one for retail, to rise 3 to 5 percent in 2015.
Penney's shares slid almost 10 percent in aftermarket trading.
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