FDO Guides Higher By Brian Gilmartin About this article: For Gilmartin's preview heading into the Family Dollar conference call, please click here. Family Dollar reported its first-quarter 2009 results thus morning, with earnings of 42 cents per share coming in 2 cents ahead of consensus and revenue of $1.754 billion slightly below the analyst estimate of $1.756 billion. Comps of 2.1% were impacted by one less week due to Thanksgiving. December's results (the first month of the company's fiscal second quarter 2009) were very strong relative to the economy: comp's of +6% were very strong and contributed to the upside in q2 2009 guidance. More important for Family Dollar was second-quarter and full-year 2009 EPS guidance. Management guided between 48 cents and 52 cents in EPS for the second quarter (and comps between 3% and 5%) while the consensus coming into the call was for 48 cents. For the full-year, the company guided EPS between $1.63... Or, call us at 1-866-321-TSCM (8726) Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. ET. Outside the U.S. and in Canada, call 1-212-321-5200. More Stories From RealMoney Durable Goods Up Move Down the Tech Food Chain Jobless Claims Still High Bulls' Tenacity Is the Big Question Mark Should You Buy It? Pharmaceutical Product Development Bad News Trumps All Support for Banks Holds, For Now Bummer, Yields Are on the Rise Money on the Line Makes a Big Difference Structured Products: Unsafe at Any Price MORE STORIES FROM REALMONEY

If you choose a 14-day free trial of RealMoney and you do NOT call to cancel within those 14 days, you will pay $129.95 — a $100 savings off the regular annual subscription price of $229.95. Unless you cancel before the end of that year, your subscription will automatically renew for another year at the then-current subscription price.

Offer applies only to new annual subscriptions, and is subject to change at any time. Void where prohibited.

If you choose a monthly subscription, you pay $34.95 per month. You will be notified if the current monthly rate of $34.95 changes at any time in the future.

TheStreet.com is a publisher. None of the contributors or their affiliates will provide you with personally tailored advice concerning the nature, potential, value or suitability of any particular security, portfolio of securities, transaction, investment strategy or other matter. From time to time, any or all of the contributors or their affiliates may hold positions in securities mentioned and they may trade for their own accounts. In cases where the position is held at the time of publication, appropriate disclosure is made.

© TheStreet.com, Inc., 14 Wall Street, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10005.