Company: CULP
Filing Date: 2025-03-07
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0000950170-25-035191
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Company: CULP INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-07
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 1
Chunk 45
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90.2%

Net Sales

Overall, our consolidated net sales for the third quarter of fiscal 2025 decreased by 13.5% compared with the same period a year ago, with mattress fabrics sales decreasing 4.6% and upholstery fabrics sales decreasing 22.3%.  Our consolidated net sales for the first nine months of fiscal 2025 decreased by 6.5% compared with the same period a year ago, with mattress fabrics sales decreasing 4.2% and upholstery fabrics sales decreasing 8.8%. 

We continue to see sales in key areas of our business impacted by macroeconomic and market conditions outside of our control. The year-over-year decrease in net sales for our mattress fabrics segment for both the third quarter and the first nine months of fiscal 2025 was driven primarily by continuing demand weakness in the domestic bedding industry and was also impacted by fewer shipping days due to weather-related disruptions. The year-over-year decrease in net sales for our upholstery fabrics segment for both the third quarter and the first nine months of fiscal 2025 was driven primarily by persistent softness in the home furnishings industry. Sales for the third quarter also reflect a related order reduction from a significant customer to better align its inventory with the low demand environment, as well as fewer shipping days due to weather-related disruptions. Despite what remains a challenging landscape across the industries in which we compete, we have made significant investments and enhancements to our production platform and go-to-market strategies that we believe will generate opportunities to increase sales and market share when overall business conditions ultimately improve. 

See the Segment Analysis section below for further details.

Loss Before Income Taxes

Overall, our loss before income taxes for the third quarter of fiscal 2025 was $(3.7) million, compared with loss before income taxes of $(2.2) million for the prior-year period, while our loss before income taxes for the first nine months of fiscal 2025 was $(16.4) million, compared with loss before income taxes of $(6.7) million for the prior-year period.

Loss before income taxes for both the third quarter and the first nine months of fiscal 2025, as compared to the prior-year periods, was negatively affected by lower sales and by manufacturing inefficiencies primarily related to the significant restructuring activity underway that mostly related to the mattress fabrics segment, along with a restructuring and restructuring related charge of $2.3 million during the third quarter of fiscal 2025, as compared to a restructuring and restructuring related credit of $(111,000)