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Risk Overview Q3, 2026
Source: the company's latest filing for the period ended Aug 01, 2026, filed Sep 10, 2026
Risk Change Over Time
- Accounting & Financial Operations - Risk 1Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The risks described in our 2025 Form 10-K are not the only risks we face. We describe in in Part I of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q certain known trends and uncertainties that affect our business. Additional risks and uncertainties that we are unaware of, or that we currently believe are not material, may also become important factors that adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition. 50 | 2026 SECOND QUARTER FORM 10-Q PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Risk Highlights Q3, 2026
Risk Word Cloud
Risk Factors Full Breakdown - Total Risks 35
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 1Our common stock price may be volatile or may decline regardless of our operating performance.
The market price for our common stock has experienced extreme volatility. As a retailer, our results are significantly affected by factors outside our control, particularly consumer spending and consumer confidence, which can significantly affect our stock price. In addition, the market price of our common stock may fluctuate significantly in response to a number of other factors, including those described elsewhere in this "Risk Factors" section, as well as the following: macroeconomic conditions, including inflation, interest rates and mortgage rates and other factors affecting the housing market;quarterly variations in our results of operations compared to market expectations;changes in preferences of our customers;announcements of new products or significant price reductions by us or our competitors;size of our public float and the price per share of our common stock;stock price performance of our competitors;fluctuations in stock market prices and volumes;default on our indebtedness;actions by competitors or other shopping center tenants;changes in senior leadership or key personnel;changes in financial estimates by securities analysts or failure to meet their expectations;actual or anticipated negative earnings or other announcements by us or other retail companies;downgrades in our credit ratings or the credit ratings of our competitors;negative publicity, including short seller reports;natural or man-made disasters or other similar events, including global health emergencies;issuances or expected issuances of capital stock; and global economic, geopolitical, legal and regulatory changes unrelated to our performance. In the future, we may issue our securities in connection with financings or acquisitions. The number of shares of our common stock issued in connection with financings or acquisitions could result in dilution to our shares of common stock. Sales of substantial amounts of our common stock, or the perception that these sales could occur, could adversely affect the price of our common stock and impair our ability to use common stock or other instruments linked to our common stock as a means of obtaining future financing. In addition, stock markets have experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that have affected and continue to affect the market prices of equity securities of many retail companies. Stockholders can institute securities class action litigation following periods of market volatility. We have been subject to such class action securities litigation and may experience further claims of this kind. Any such securities litigation can result in substantial costs and expenses and the attention of our senior leadership could be diverted from our business.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 2Anti-takeover provisions in our charter documents and Delaware law might discourage or delay acquisition attempts for us that you might consider favorable.
Our restated certificate of incorporation ("Certificate of Incorporation") and our amended and restated bylaws ("Bylaws") contain provisions that may make the acquisition of our Company more difficult without the approval of our board of directors. These provisions: establish a classified board of directors so that not all members of our board of directors are elected at one time;authorize the issuance of undesignated preferred stock, the terms of which may be established and the shares of which may be issued without stockholder approval, and which may include super voting, special approval, dividend or other rights or preferences superior to the rights of the holders of common stock;prohibit stockholder action by written consent, which requires all stockholder actions to be taken at a meeting of our stockholders;provide that our board of directors is expressly authorized to make, alter or repeal our Bylaws; and establish advance notice, disclosure and other procedural requirements for stockholder nominations for elections to our board of directors or for stockholder proposals regarding matters that can be acted upon by stockholders at stockholder meetings. Our Certificate of Incorporation also contains a provision that provides us with protections similar to Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which prevents us from engaging in a business combination with a person who acquires at least 15% of our common stock for a period of three years from the date such person acquired such common stock unless board or stockholder approval is obtained prior to the acquisition, subject to certain exceptions. These anti-takeover provisions and other provisions under Delaware law could discourage, delay or prevent a transaction involving a change in control of our Company, even if doing so would benefit our stockholders. These provisions could also discourage proxy contests and make it more difficult for you and other stockholders to elect directors of your choosing and to cause us to take other corporate actions you desire.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 3Our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws contain provisions that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware and the federal district courts of the United States of America will be the exclusive forums for certain disputes between us and our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders' ability to choose a different judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or employees.
Our Certificate of Incorporation provides that, unless the Company consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (the "Court of Chancery") is the sole and exclusive forum for any stockholder (including a beneficial owner) to bring: any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf;any action asserting a claim of breach of fiduciary duty owed by any of our directors, officers or other employees to us or our stockholders;any action asserting a claim against us, our directors, officers or employees arising pursuant to any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law, our Certificate of Incorporation or our Bylaws; or any action asserting a claim against us or any of our directors, officers or employees that is governed by the internal affairs doctrine,except, in each case, any claim as to which the Court of Chancery determines that there is an indispensable party not subject to the jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery (and the indispensable party does not consent to the personal jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery within ten days following such determination), which is vested in the exclusive jurisdiction of a court or forum other than the Court of Chancery, or for which the Court of Chancery does not have subject matter jurisdiction. This exclusive-forum provision would not apply to suits brought (i) to enforce a duty or liability created by the Exchange Act or any other claim for which the federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction, or (ii) alleging violation of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). This exclusive-forum provision may limit a stockholder's ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees. While the Delaware courts have determined that such choice of forum provisions is facially valid, a stockholder may nevertheless seek to bring such a claim arising under the Securities Act against us or our directors, officers or other employees in a venue other than in the federal district courts of the United States of America. In such instance, we would expect to vigorously assert the validity and enforceability of the exclusive forum provisions of our Certificate of Incorporation. This may require significant additional costs associated with resolving such action in other jurisdictions and we cannot assure you that the provisions will be enforced by a court in those other jurisdictions. If a court were to find the exclusive-forum provisions in our Certificate of Incorporation to be inapplicable or unenforceable in an action, we may incur further significant additional costs associated with resolving the dispute in other jurisdictions, all of which could harm our business. Our Bylaws contain provisions that, unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the federal district courts of the United States of America will be the exclusive forum for resolving any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act. We adopted these exclusive forum provisions in our Bylaws in order to avoid having to litigate claims in multiple jurisdictions and the threat of inconsistent or contrary rulings by different courts, among other considerations. Section 22 of the Securities Act creates concurrent jurisdiction for federal and state courts over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder. Accordingly, both state and federal courts have jurisdiction to entertain such claims. As a result, there is uncertainty as to whether a court would enforce the exclusive form provision in our Bylaws with respect to Securities Act claims. Our Bylaws further provide that any person or entity holding, owning or otherwise acquiring any interest in any of our securities shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the exclusive forum provision. Investors also cannot waive compliance with the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 4We face various risks in connection with our share repurchase program.
We have allocated a substantial amount of capital to the repurchase of shares of our common stock in open market stock repurchases. During fiscal 2022, the Board of Directors authorized an additional $2.0 billion for the purchase of shares of our outstanding common stock, increasing the total authorized size of the share repurchase program to $2.45 billion. We repurchased approximately 3.7 million shares of our common stock during fiscal 2022 pursuant to our share repurchase program at an average price of approximately $269 per share, for an aggregate repurchase amount of approximately $1.0 billion. We repurchased approximately 3.9 million shares of our common stock during fiscal 2023 pursuant to our share repurchase program at an average price of approximately $321 per share, for an aggregate repurchase amount of approximately $1.3 billion. We did not repurchase any shares of our common stock during fiscal 2024 or fiscal 2025 and the remaining amount outstanding and available under our share repurchase program is $201 million. During fiscal 2022, we also repurchased $237 million of principal value of convertible senior notes in privately negotiated transactions and terminated all of the outstanding convertible note bond hedges and repurchased all of the outstanding warrants that had been previously issued in connection with the final two series of convertible senior notes. Although we believe that our previous decisions regarding the allocation of capital to repurchase common stock have been very beneficial to our investors, there can be no assurance that any decisions to allocate capital to the repurchase of our shares of common stock or other equity linked instruments will be a beneficial long-term decision for investors in our common stock or that we will receive the benefits from these repurchases that we anticipate. We may face a variety of risks associated with allocation of capital to the repurchase of our securities, including the incurrence of substantial indebtedness to fund such repurchases, the possibility that prices at which we purchase securities will not represent a good investment for our remaining securities holders or the possibility that the capital allocated to such repurchases may mean that adequate funds are not available for other aspects of our business. The amount, timing and execution of our share repurchase program and other repurchases of equity linked instruments from time to time may fluctuate based on our priorities for the use of cash for other purposes such as operational spending, capital spending, acquisitions or repayment of debt. Changes in our business operations and financial results, regulatory and other legal developments, including potential changes in tax laws, could also affect our share repurchase program and other capital allocation activities.
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