Big 5 Sporting Goods (Nasdaq: BGFV) reported earnings on July 30. Here are the numbers you need to know.

The 10-second takeaway
 For the quarter ended June 30 (Q2), Big 5 Sporting Goods missed slightly on revenues and beat expectations on earnings per share.

Compared to the prior-year quarter, revenue expanded. GAAP earnings per share grew significantly.

Margins grew across the board.

Revenue details
 Big 5 Sporting Goods booked revenue of $239.9 million. The six analysts polled by S&P Capital IQ expected revenue of $243.7 million on the same basis. GAAP reported sales were 5.9% higher than the prior-year quarter's $226.6 million.

Source: S&P Capital IQ. Quarterly periods. Dollar amounts in millions. Non-GAAP figures are normalized by S&P Capital IQ and may vary to maintain comparability with normalized estimates.

EPS details
 EPS came in at $0.28. The six earnings estimates compiled by S&P Capital IQ predicted $0.27 per share. GAAP EPS of $0.28 for Q2 were 133% higher than the prior-year quarter's $0.12 per share.

Source: S&P Capital IQ. Quarterly periods. Non-GAAP figures are normalized by S&P Capital IQ and may vary to maintain comparability with normalized estimates.

Margin details
 For the quarter, gross margin was 33.2%, 100 basis points better than the prior-year quarter. Operating margin was 4.4%, 230 basis points better than the prior-year quarter. Net margin was 2.5%, 140 basis points better than the prior-year quarter. (Margins calculated in GAAP terms.)

Looking ahead
 Next quarter's average estimate for revenue is $265.1 million. On the bottom line, the average EPS estimate is $0.44.

Next year's average estimate for revenue is $1.01 billion. The average EPS estimate is $1.30.

Investor sentiment
 The stock has a two-star rating (out of five) at Motley Fool CAPS, with 87 members out of 133 rating the stock outperform, and 46 members rating it underperform. Among 54 CAPS All-Star picks (recommendations by the highest-ranked CAPS members), 39 give Big 5 Sporting Goods a green thumbs-up, and 15 give it a red thumbs-down.

Of Wall Street recommendations tracked by S&P Capital IQ, the average opinion on Big 5 Sporting Goods is hold, with an average price target of $20.92.

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