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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2025
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies  
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Principles of Consolidation and Basis of Presentation

The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Camping World Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries, and are presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC. Accordingly, these interim financial statements do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) necessary for a fair statement of the results of operations, financial position and cash flows for the periods presented have been reflected. All intercompany accounts and transactions of the Company and its subsidiaries have been eliminated in consolidation.

The condensed consolidated financial statements as of and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 are unaudited. The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2024 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date but does not include all of the disclosures required by GAAP. These interim condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 filed with the SEC on February 28, 2025 (“Annual Report”). Operating results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year.

CWH has sole voting power in and control of the management of CWGS, LLC. As of September 30, 2025, December 31, 2024, and September 30, 2024, CWH owned 61.2%, 61.0%, and 53.1%, respectively, of CWGS, LLC. Accordingly, the Company consolidates the financial results of CWGS, LLC and reports a non-controlling interest in its condensed consolidated financial statements.

The Company does not have any material components of other comprehensive income recorded within its condensed consolidated financial statements, and, therefore, does not separately present a statement of comprehensive income in its condensed consolidated financial statements.

Revisions to Prior Period Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

Subsequent to the issuance of the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company's management identified prior period misstatements related to the measurement of the realizable portion of the Company’s outside basis difference deferred tax asset in CWGS, LLC, including the associated valuation allowance. As a result, deferred tax assets, net, additional paid-in capital, and income tax benefit (expense) as of and for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 were revised in the Company’s Annual Report. The misstatements impacted the beginning balances of deferred taxes, net, additional paid-in capital, and retained earnings, which have been revised from the amounts previously reported as of September 30, 2024. The Company evaluated the materiality of these errors, both qualitatively and quantitatively, and determined the effect of these revisions was not material to the previously issued financial statements.

The following table presents the effect of the immaterial misstatements on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet for the period indicated:

As of September 30, 2024

($ in thousands)

    

As Previously Reported

    

Adjustment

    

As Revised

Deferred tax assets, net

$

157,886

$

43,768

$

201,654

Total assets

4,645,224

43,768

4,688,992

Additional paid-in capital

94,217

33,385

127,602

Retained earnings

161,269

10,383

171,652

Total stockholders' equity attributable to Camping World Holdings, Inc.

107,816

43,768

151,584

Total stockholders' equity

172,691

43,768

216,459

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

4,645,224

43,768

4,688,992

The following table presents the effect of the immaterial misstatements on the condensed consolidated statements of stockholders’ equity for the periods indicated:

Additional Paid-In Capital

Retained Earnings

Total Stockholders' Equity

($ in thousands)

    

As Previously Reported

    

Adjustment

    

As Revised

    

As Previously Reported

    

Adjustment

    

As Revised

    

As Previously Reported

    

Adjustment

    

As Revised

Balance at January 1, 2024

$

98,280

$

33,385

$

131,665

$

185,244

$

10,383

$

195,627

$

214,207

$

43,768

$

257,975

Stock-based compensation

2,751

2,751

5,197

5,197

Exercise of stock options

(30)

(30)

51

51

Non-controlling interest adjustment for capital contribution of proceeds from the exercise of stock options

(22)

(22)

Vesting of restricted stock units

(2,234)

(2,234)

Repurchases of Class A common stock for withholding taxes on vested RSUs

209

209

(658)

(658)

Distributions to holders of LLC common units

(9,947)

(9,947)

Dividends(1)

(5,634)

(5,634)

(5,634)

(5,634)

Non-controlling interest adjustment

(126)

(126)

Net income

(22,307)

(22,307)

(50,806)

(50,806)

Balance at March 31, 2024

$

98,828

$

33,385

$

132,213

$

157,303

$

10,383

$

167,686

$

152,410

$

43,768

$

196,178

Stock-based compensation

2,858

2,858

5,397

5,397

Vesting of restricted stock units

(1,599)

(1,599)

Repurchases of Class A common stock for withholding taxes on vested RSUs

60

60

(96)

(96)

Distributions to holders of LLC common units

(8,848)

(8,848)

Dividends(1)

(5,640)

(5,640)

(5,640)

(5,640)

Non-controlling interest adjustment

(71)

(71)

Net income

9,771

9,771

23,414

23,414

Balance at June 30, 2024

$

100,076

$

33,385

$

133,461

$

161,434

$

10,383

$

171,817

$

166,637

$

43,768

$

210,405

Stock-based compensation

2,956

2,956

5,573

5,573

Exercise of stock options

(315)

(315)

498

498

Non-controlling interest adjustment for capital contribution of proceeds from the exercise of stock options

(217)

(217)

Vesting of restricted stock units

(9,783)

(9,783)

Repurchases of Class A common stock for withholding taxes on vested RSUs

1,544

1,544

(2,356)

(2,356)

Distributions to holders of LLC common units

(51)

(51)

Dividends(1)

(5,666)

(5,666)

(5,666)

(5,666)

Non-controlling interest adjustment

(44)

(44)

Net income

5,501

5,501

8,056

8,056

Balance at September 30, 2024

$

94,217

$

33,385

$

127,602

$

161,269

$

10,383

$

171,652

$

172,691

$

43,768

$

216,459

(1)The Company declared dividends per share of Class A common stock of $0.125 for each of the three months ended March 31, 2024, June 30, 2024 and September 30, 2024.

Seasonality

The Company has experienced, and expects to continue to experience, variability in revenue, net income, and cash flows as a result of annual seasonality in its business. Because RVs are used primarily by vacationers and campers, demand for services, protection plans, products, and resources generally declines during the winter season, while sales and profits are generally highest during the spring and summer months. In addition, unusually severe weather conditions in some geographic areas may impact demand.

The Company generates a disproportionately higher amount of its annual revenue in its second and third fiscal quarters, which include the spring and summer months. The Company incurs additional expenses in the second and third fiscal quarters due to higher sale volumes, increased staffing in its store locations and program costs. If, for any reason, the Company miscalculates the demand for its products or its product mix

during the second and third fiscal quarters, its sales in these quarters could decline, resulting in higher labor costs as a percentage of gross profit, lower margins and excess inventory, which could cause the Company’s annual results of operations to suffer and its stock price to decline.

Additionally, selling, general, and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses as a percentage of gross profit tend to be higher in the first and fourth quarters due to the seasonality of the Company’s business.

Due to the Company’s seasonality, the possible adverse impact from other risks associated with its business, including atypical weather, consumer spending levels, changes in the costs of the Company’s products including the impact of tariffs, and general business conditions, is potentially greater if any such risks occur during the Company’s peak sales seasons.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. This ASU requires that public business entities on an annual basis disclose (1) consistent categories and greater disaggregation of information in the rate reconciliation, and (2) income taxes paid disaggregated by jurisdiction. The standard is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. The Company adopted the provisions of this ASU as of January 1, 2025, with respect to the annual disclosures beginning with the year ending December 31, 2025, including the presentation of the comparable prior periods. The adoption of this ASU will result in additional annual income tax disclosures and does not otherwise have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement―Reporting Comprehensive Income―Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses. This ASU requires that at each interim and annual reporting period entities present a new tabular disclosure in the notes to the financial statements, presenting disaggregation of the amounts of purchases of inventory, employee compensation, depreciation, intangible asset amortization and depletion. Furthermore, the ASU requires entities to include certain amounts that are already required to be disclosed under GAAP in the same disclosure as other disaggregation requirements and disclose a qualitative description of the amounts remaining in relevant expense captions that are not separately disaggregated quantitatively. Additionally, entities are required to disclose the total amount of selling expenses and, in annual reporting period, an entity’s definition of selling expenses. The standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026 and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that the adoption of the provisions of the ASU will have on its condensed consolidated financial statements.

In July 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-05, Financial Instruments―Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses for Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets. This ASU provides a practical expedient for all entities and a related accounting policy election for entities other than public business entities for the calculation of current expected credit losses on current accounts receivable and current contract assets. The practical expedient allows all entities to assume that conditions at the balance sheet date will remain unchanged for an asset’s remaining life when estimating credit losses on current accounts receivable and current contract assets arising from transactions under ASC 606. The standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2025 and interim periods within those annual reporting periods, with early adoption permitted. The adoption of this ASU will result in a disclosure of the election of the practical expedient and does not otherwise have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-06, Intangibles―Goodwill and Other―Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software. This ASU removes all references to software development stages throughout Subtopic 350-40. Instead, an entity is required to start capitalizing software costs when both of the following occur: (1) management has authorized and committed to funding the software project, and (2) it is probable that the project will be completed and the software will be used to perform the function intended (referred to as the “probable-to-complete recognition threshold”). In evaluating the probable-to-complete threshold, an entity is required to consider whether there is

significant uncertainty associated with the development activities of the software, as described by the standard. This ASU specifies that the disclosures in Subtopic 360-10, Property, Plant, and Equipment—Overall, are required for all capitalized internal-use software costs, regardless of how those costs are presented in the financial statements. The standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027 and interim periods within those annual reporting periods, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that the adoption of the provisions of the ASU will have on its condensed consolidated financial statements.