MONRO INC
For the period ended Mar 29, 2025. Filed May 28, 2025.
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FY2025 · Filed May 28, 2025
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of Monro, Inc.
Opinions on the Financial Statements and Internal Control over Financial Reporting
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Monro, Inc. and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of March 29, 2025 and March 30, 2024, and the related consolidated statements of (loss) income and comprehensive (loss) income, of changes in shareholders’ equity and of cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended March 29, 2025, including the related notes (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). We also have audited the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of March 29, 2025, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of March 29, 2025 and March 30, 2024, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended March 29, 2025 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also in our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of March 29, 2025, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the COSO.
Basis for Opinions
The Company’s management is responsible for these consolidated financial statements, for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management’s Assessment of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express opinions on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud, and whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects.
Our audits of the consolidated financial statements included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audits also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.
Definition and Limitations of Internal Control over Financial Reporting
A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
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Critical Audit Matters
The critical audit matters communicated below are matters arising from the current period audit of the consolidated financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that (i) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the consolidated financial statements and (ii) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matters below, providing separate opinions on the critical audit matters or on the accounts or disclosures to which they relate.
Interim Goodwill Impairment Assessment
As described in Notes 1 and 5 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company’s goodwill balance was $736 million as of March 29, 2025. The Company has one reporting unit which encompasses all operations. Management performs the annual goodwill impairment test as of October 1, or more frequently if impairment indicators exist. During the fourth quarter of 2025, the Company experienced a decline in market capitalization as a result of a decrease in stock price that was sustained throughout the quarter. Management viewed this as a triggering event and performed a quantitative analysis of the fair value of the Company’s single reporting unit as of March 29, 2025. When performing the quantitative analysis for goodwill impairment testing, management bases the fair value on a discounted cash flow model. The calculation of fair value is based on estimates including revenue projections, terminal values, EBITDA margin projections, and discount rate, among others.
The principal considerations for our determination that performing procedures relating to the interim goodwill impairment assessment is a critical audit matter are (i) the significant judgment by management when developing the fair value estimate of the reporting unit; (ii) a high degree of auditor judgment, subjectivity, and effort in performing procedures and evaluating management’s significant assumptions related to the revenue projections, certain terminal values, EBITDA margin projections, and discount rate; and (iii) the audit effort involved the use of professionals with specialized skill and knowledge.
Addressing the matter involved performing procedures and evaluating audit evidence in connection with forming our overall opinion on the consolidated financial statements. These procedures included testing the effectiveness of controls relating to management’s goodwill impairment assessment, including controls over the valuation of the reporting unit. These procedures also included, among others (i) testing management’s process for developing the fair value estimate of the reporting unit; (ii) evaluating the appropriateness of the discounted cash flow model used by management; (iii) testing the completeness and accuracy of underlying data used in the discounted cash flow model; and (iv) evaluating the reasonableness of the significant assumptions used by management related to the revenue projections, certain terminal values, EBITDA margin projections, and discount rate. Evaluating management’s assumptions related to revenue projections and EBITDA margin projections involved evaluating whether the assumptions used by management were reasonable considering (i) the current and past performance of the reporting unit; (ii) the consistency with external market and industry data; and (iii) whether the assumptions were consistent with evidence obtained in other areas of the audit. Professionals with specialized skill and knowledge were used to assist in evaluating (i) the appropriateness of the discounted cash flow model and (ii) the reasonableness of assumptions related to the discount rate and certain terminal values for the reporting unit.
Evaluation and Impairment of Long-Lived Assets for Certain Asset Groups
As described in Notes 1 and 4 to the consolidated financial statements, property and equipment, net, finance lease and financing obligation assets, net and operating lease assets, net were $259 million, $160 million and $182 million, respectively, as of March 29, 2025. During the year ended March 29, 2025, the Company recognized long-lived asset store impairment charges of $24 million. As disclosed by management, an assessment of potential impairment to long-lived assets is performed by management whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of an asset group may not be recoverable. The carrying value of an asset group is considered impaired when its carrying value exceeds its estimated undiscounted future cash flows. The amount of any impairment loss recorded is calculated as the excess of the asset group’s carrying value over its fair value. During the fourth quarter, management considered changes in the actual and forecasted financial performance of certain asset groups and determined that a triggering event occurred for certain asset groups. Management assessed the recoverability of certain asset groups through the use of an undiscounted cash flow model, which involved significant judgment in a number of assumptions, including projected revenues and operating income. Management assessed the fair value of certain asset groups through the use of a discounted cash flow model, which involved significant judgment in a number of assumptions, including projected revenues, operating income, comparable market rents, and estimated selling price of owned stores.
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The principal considerations for our determination that performing procedures relating to the evaluation and impairment of long-lived assets for certain asset groups is a critical audit matter are (i) the significant judgment by management when developing the undiscounted future cash flows attributable to certain asset groups and when developing the fair value estimates of certain asset groups for impairment and ii) a high degree of auditor judgment, subjectivity, and effort in performing procedures and evaluating management’s significant assumptions related to projected revenues and operating income when developing the undiscounted future cash flows and comparable market rents and the estimated selling price of owned stores when developing the fair value estimates.
Addressing the matter involved performing procedures and evaluating audit evidence in connection with forming our overall opinion on the consolidated financial statements. These procedures included testing the effectiveness of controls relating to management’s evaluation of long-lived assets for impairment, including controls over the recoverability test and valuation of certain asset groups. These procedures also included, among others (i) testing management’s process for developing the estimates of recoverability for certain asset groups and the fair value estimates of certain asset groups for impairment; (ii) evaluating the appropriateness of the models used by management in the recoverability test and in estimating the fair value of certain asset groups; (iii) testing the completeness and accuracy of underlying data used in the models; and (iv) evaluating the reasonableness of the significant assumptions used by management related to projected revenues and operating income when developing the undiscounted future cash flows and comparable market rents and the estimated selling price of owned stores when developing the fair value estimates. Evaluating management’s assumptions related to projected revenues and operating income involved evaluating whether the assumptions used by management were reasonable considering (i) the current and past performance of certain asset groups; (ii) the consistency with external market and industry data; and (iii) whether these assumptions were consistent with evidence obtained in other areas of the audit. Evaluating management’s assumptions related to comparable market rents and the estimated selling price of owned stores involved evaluating whether the assumptions used by management were reasonable considering the consistency with external market and industry data.
/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Fairport, New York
May 28, 2025
We have served as the Company’s auditor since at least 1984. We have not been able to determine the specific year we began serving as auditor of the Company.
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