Thomas Taylor

Chief Executive Officer & Director, Floor Decor Hldgs

Search every verified Thomas Taylor interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Thomas Taylor, Chief Executive Officer of Floor & Decor Holdings, discussed the company's fiscal 2025 third quarter results on an October 30, 2025 earnings call, reporting diluted earnings per share of 53 cents, a 10.4% increase from the prior year's 48 cents, which he said exceeded the high end of guidance and marked the second consecutive quarter of double-digit earnings per share growth. He attributed the performance to operational discipline amid persistently soft demand in the hard surface flooring industry, and stated that the company reduced operating expenses in comparable stores by approximately $50 million over the past two years and lowered new store construction costs. Taylor also noted that existing home sales were showing "a little signs of life" and that nearly 50% of the company's stores are less than five years old, expressing confidence in the fleet's ability to post positive comparable sales if market conditions improve, while declining to provide specific guidance for fiscal 2026. On a July 31, 2025 earnings call for the second quarter of fiscal 2025, Taylor reported diluted earnings per share of 58 cents, an 11.5% increase year-over-year, with sales rising 7.1% to $1.214 billion and comparable store sales increasing 0.4%, which he described as the first quarterly increase since the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022. He commented that newer stores were outperforming more mature ones and that the company would benefit as those stores mature into the comparable base. Taylor also noted that the United States had become the company's largest country of manufacture, accounting for approximately 27% of products sold in fiscal 2024, up from about 20% in fiscal 2018.