【biltmore hotel 4th of july】ONGOING INVESTIGATION REMINDER: The Schall Law Firm Announces it is Investigating Claims Against GFL Environmental Inc. and Encourages Investors with Losses of $100,000 to Contact the Firm
Los Angeles,biltmore hotel 4th of july California--(Newsfile Corp. - December 2, 2020) -
The Schall Law Firm
, a national shareholder rights litigation firm, announces that it is investigating claims on behalf of investors of GFL Environmental Inc. ("GFL" or "the Company") (NYSE: GFL) for violations of the securities laws.
The investigation focuses on whether the Company issued false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose information pertinent to investors. GFL is the subject of a report issued by Spruce Point Management on August 18, 2020. The report alleges that the Company engages in suspicious activity including "evidence that through his real estate holding company PJD Properties, [CEO Patrick Dovigi] leases office space to GFL," which was "not properly disclosed to investors." The report also states that the Company engages in aggressive accounting techniques such as, "restat[ing] both revenue and EBITDA, without explanation, by pulling from "intercompany," a sign it is minimizing financial issues. Based on this news, shares of GFL dropped over the next two trading sessions.
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We also encourage you to contact Brian Schall of the Schall Law Firm, 1880 Century Park East, Suite 404, Los Angeles, CA 90067, at 310-301-3335, to discuss your rights free of charge. You can also reach us through the firm's website at
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, or by email at
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This reflects a 7% increase in Dollar Tree units, offset by a 4% decline in Family Dollar units.</p><br><p>The top-line results at each banner flowed through to their respective income statements, with Dollar Tree gross margins and operating margins declining year-over-year while Family Dollar gross margins and operating margins expanded year-over-year. On a consolidated basis, gross margins contracted by 120 basis points in the quarter to 28.5%, reflective of a shift to lower-margin consumables, tariff costs and the impact of markdowns from the Easter headwinds at the Dollar Tree banner. The company saw slight operating leverage on SG&A from higher comps, with the net result being an 80 basis point contraction in operating margins to 5.8%, with operating income declining 5% to $366 million. This is not adjusted for $73 million of pandemic-related costs, such as PPE supplies.</p><br><p>In the first quarter, the company opened 85 stores (net of closures) and completed 220 Family Dollar renovations to the H2 format. Importantly, comps at renovated Family Dollar stores continue to outpace the chain average by more than 10%. On the call, management indicated that they plan on reducing both the number of new store openings (from 550 to 500) and the number of H2 renovations (from 1,250 to 750) in 2020.</p><br><p>Personally, given the fact that Family Dollar is seeing material benefits to its business from the pandemic with new or lapsed customers coming into its stores, I think the company should try to get more aggressive with its renovation plans, not less. 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As the CEO noted, the second quarter is off to a very good start at Family Dollar.</p><br><p>Here's the important question: how useful is that information is in terms of making future predictions about the business? Will recent success at Family Dollar translate into long-term success for the banner? The optimistic take is that new or lapsed customers, especially those visiting the renovated stores, could become recurring business for the banner. The pessimistic take is that they have experienced short-term success out of necessity as people went to any store that was open to try and find essentials like toilet paper and hand sanitizer that were largely out of stock throughout the retail landscape. From that view, many of these customers could abandon the retailer when life returns to normal. As Philbin noted on the conference call, early on [during the pandemic], folks needed us. 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