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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 31, 2026
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of components of the provision for income taxes | The components of the provision for income taxes are as follows for the fiscal years presented (in thousands):
| 2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2023
Current: |  |  |  |  |
Federal | $ | 124,523 |  |  | $ | 292,197 |  |  | $ | 212,369 |
State | 62,067 |  |  | 76,366 |  |  | 55,920 |
International | 6,328 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Total current provision | 192,918 |  |  | 368,563 |  |  | 268,289 |
Deferred: |  |  |  |  |
Federal | 94,068 |  |  | (13,255) |  |  | 4,301 |
State | 4,265 |  |  | (1,583) |  |  | (958) |
International | 1,483 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Total deferred provision | 99,816 |  |  | (14,838) |  |  | 3,343 |
Total provision | $ | 292,734 |  |  | $ | 353,725 |  |  | $ | 271,632 |
Reconciliation of the federal statutory income tax rate to the effective income tax rate | In accordance with the adoption of ASU 2023-09 on a prospective basis, the following table reflects the reconciliation of the federal statutory rate to the Company’s effective income tax rate for the current fiscal year (dollar amounts in thousands):
| 2025
| Amount |  | Percent
U.S. federal statutory tax rate | $ | 239,814 |  |  | 21.00 | %
Domestic state and local income taxes, net of federal income tax effect (1) | 47,689 |  |  | 4.17 | %
Foreign tax effects | 10,959 |  |  | 0.96 | %
Effect of changes in tax laws or rates enacted in the current period | — |  |  | — | %
Effect of cross-border tax laws | 3,957 |  |  | 0.35 | %
Tax credits | (17,290) |  |  | (1.51) | %
Changes in valuation allowances | (2,565) |  |  | (0.22) | %
Nontaxable or nondeductible items: |  |  |
Transaction costs | 13,674 |  |  | 1.20 | %
Other (2) | (7,905) |  |  | (0.70) | %
Changes in unrecognized tax benefits | 4,389 |  |  | 0.38 | %
Other adjustments | 12 |  |  | — | %
Effective income tax rate | $ | 292,734 |  |  | 25.63 | %
(1)State taxes in New York, California, Pennsylvania, Illinois, New Jersey and Massachusetts represent the majority (greater than 50%) of the tax effect in this category. (2)Includes $9.1 million of excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation, net of non-deductible amounts. For fiscal years prior to the adoption of ASU 2023-09, the following table is a reconciliation of the statutory federal income tax rate to the Company’s effective tax rate for the periods presented:
| 2024 |  | 2023
Federal statutory rate | 21.0 | % |  | 21.0 | %
State tax, net of federal benefit | 4.2 | % |  | 4.2 | %
Excess tax benefit related to stock-based compensation | (1.8) | % |  | (4.9) | %
Eliminated bond hedge deduction following Convertible Senior Notes exchanges | — | % |  | 0.2 | %
Other permanent items | (0.1) | % |  | 0.1 | %
Effective income tax rate | 23.3 | % |  | 20.6 | %
Schedule of the components of deferred tax assets (liabilities) | Components of deferred tax assets (liabilities) consist of the following as of the end of the fiscal years presented (in thousands):
| 2025 |  | 2024
Operating lease liabilities | $ | 1,521,547 |  |  | $ | 782,953 |
Inventory | 62,267 |  |  | 57,793 |
Employee benefits and withholdings | 75,456 |  |  | 49,653 |
Stock-based compensation | 22,780 |  |  | 18,395 |
Gift cards | 27,240 |  |  | 24,946 |
Other accrued expenses not currently deductible for tax purposes | 69,753 |  |  | 16,338 |
Net operating loss carryforward | 237,242 |  |  | — |
Capital loss, credits and other carryforwards | 72,882 |  |  | — |
Other | 33,789 |  |  | 13,973 |
Total deferred tax assets | 2,122,956 |  |  | 964,051 |
Valuation allowance | (315,687) |  |  | — |
Total deferred tax assets, net | 1,807,269 |  |  | 964,051 |
Operating lease assets | (1,191,771) |  |  | (605,401) |
Property and equipment | (407,708) |  |  | (274,823) |
Inventory valuation | (132,249) |  |  | (27,849) |
Intangibles | (189,325) |  |  | — |
Other | (7,635) |  |  | (3,294) |
Total deferred tax liabilities | (1,928,688) |  |  | (911,367) |
Net deferred tax (liability) asset | $ | (121,419) |  |  | $ | 52,684 |
Schedule of reconciliation of the Company's total unrecognized tax benefits balances, excluding interest and penalties | The following table provides a reconciliation of the Company’s total balance of unrecognized tax benefits, excluding interest and penalties (in thousands):
| 2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2023
Beginning of fiscal year | $ | 6,250 |  |  | $ | 2,851 |  |  | $ | 1,058 |
Increase as a result of Foot Locker acquisition (1) | 29,863 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Increases as a result of tax positions taken in a prior period | 1,961 |  |  | 3,201 |  |  | 1,463 |
Decreases as a result of tax positions taken in a prior period | (54) |  |  | (1,058) |  |  | — |
Increases as a result of tax positions taken in the current period | 5,424 |  |  | 1,364 |  |  | — |
Increases as a result of settlements during the current period | — |  |  | — |  |  | 364 |
Decreases as a result of settlements during the current period | (1,632) |  |  | (108) |  |  | (34) |
Reductions as a result of a lapse of statute of limitations during the current period | (1,578) |  |  | — |  |  | — |
End of fiscal year | $ | 40,234 |  |  | $ | 6,250 |  |  | $ | 2,851 |
(1)Fiscal 2025 includes foreign currency translation adjustments of $1.0 million.
Schedule of Income before Income Tax, Domestic and Foreign | In accordance with the adoption of ASU 2023-09 on a prospective basis, the following table reflects the domestic and international components of income before income taxes are as follows (in thousands):
| 2025 |  |  |  |
Domestic | $ | 1,145,517 |  |  |  |  |
International | (3,544) |  |  |  |  |
Total income before income taxes | $ | 1,141,973 |  |  |  |  |

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