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Supergroup - US side moves into profit and plans to double China openings

June 2017

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  • Epic Code:
  • SGP
  • Price:
  • 1580p
SuperGroup issued its Q4 update confirming a strong end to FY17 with full year profit expected to be £86m-87m, slightly ahead of consensus (£85.8m). Within this, of course, SuperGroup is carrying double running costs of c£2m from new warehouse developments.Wholesale increased by a massive 42.9% to £248.9m. Retail grew 20.6% to £501.6m (9.4% LFL) bolstered by e-commerce sales up 35% year on year and the new store format refurbs continuing to materially outperform, sustaining at break even this year. SuperGroup has opened its first stores in China and is pressing the pedal on expansion. I, like several brokers, think these developments could see a “beat” to the eps forecast to 98.4p this year ...

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