I always cringe when a story I like has a CFO change. While Dollar Tree is no prize, Kevin Wampler leaving The Finish Line to be CFO of DLTR is a step-up for him. This was not a departure because fortunes have changed and FINL needs a fall guy, but rather an offensive move by Wampler to be the top finance guy at a company 7x the size of FINL (even though comp scales appear to be fairly similar between companies -- as outlined below). I can never say it is a ‘non event’ when leadership changes, but I’m looking for things to be rather smooth here – especially with zero debt, no covenant and credit exposure, a healthy lease portfolio, and an improving product cycle.
