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Supreme - Accelerated trading in the first three months

August 2023

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Having had two upgrades in the past six months, Supreme accompanied full year results with a statement saying it has seen “accelerated trading” in the first 3 months of this year and will “substantially beat FY24 expectations.” For FY23, sales were up 19% to £155.6m. Pretax profit was down by £1.9m to £14.4m due to carrying duplicate costs of the acquisitions prior to consolidation, a reduction in the Lighting division due to customer destocking as well as cost inflation in the Sports Nutrition and Wellness category. That is ‘old’ news but the eyepopping ‘new’ news is the £16m swing in cash to £3.2m net cash. Vaping continued to be a standout with sales +75% to £76m (40% from three acquisitions), of which own brand dispo ...

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