Monro reported a non-GAAP loss of $0.09 a share for Q2 CY2026, missing analysts’ $0.02 profit estimate even as revenue of $287.1 million roughly matched forecasts.
A 4.6% year-on-year sales decline and a 1.7% same-store sales drop reflected weaker store traffic and pressure on higher-ticket services, which management tied to cautious consumers and elevated oil prices.
Adjusted operating income fell to $2.16 million from expectations of $5.14 million, leaving an adjusted operating margin of 0.8%; the reported operating margin improved to 1.3% from -2% a year earlier.
Management said marketing, merchandising and digital customer-acquisition investments should support future comparable-sales growth, but warned cost inflation and uncertain consumer demand could slow any recovery.