Financial insights for the sporting goods industry – Page 43
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ArticleDriving toward breakeven results, Allbirds preps a wholesale strategy
Allbirds reported positive adjusted Ebitda of $0.4 million for the fourth quarter of 2021, compared with a loss of $5.3 million in the corresponding period of 2020, thanks to higher revenues combined with a reduction in marketing expenses from 29.8 percent to 19.1 percent of sales. The company attributed the ...
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ArticleSweaty Betty delivers for Wolverine as Q4 revenues rise
Wolverine Worldwide swung to a better-than-expected annual profit and narrowed final-quarter losses, boosted by its recent acquisition of Sweaty Betty, the U.K.-based brand of women’s fitness apparel, and it forecast sales growth of 15-18 percent for 2022. The Michigan-based owner of Merrell, Saucony, Sperry, Keds and other brands reported a ...
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ArticlePuma sees 2022 sales up at least 10%, headwinds from higher costs, China
With its traditional conservative approach, Puma said it expects currency-adjusted sales to increase by “at least 10 percent” in all the regions in 2022, despite a very strong order book, but warned that higher freight and raw material costs would weigh on profits, while an ongoing consumer boycott in China ...
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ArticleBrooks crosses the $1 bn milestone, growing by 31% globally and by 25% in EMEA
Crossing the magic $1 billion milestone for the first time, Brooks Running reported a 31 percent sales increase to $1.11 billion in 2021. Brooks EMEA added that its turnover in the region grew by 25 percent in terms of local currencies, despite retail closures and other challenges, with France, Italy ...
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News briefsJD raises its profit forecast
JD Sports Fashion indicated a few days ago that it expects to report pre-tax earnings of at least £900 million (€1,074m) for the financial year ended Jan. 29, up from previous guidance of £750 million given in September and £810 million on Jan. 12. On the other hand, the international ...
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ArticleYonex jumps by 51.1%
Yonex’ revenues jumped by 51.1 percent to 53.9 billion yen (€410m) in the first nine months of its financial year, including an indicated 41 percent increase to 19.2 billion yen (€150m) in the third quarter ended Dec. 31. Sales rose in the nine months by just 37.1 percent to ¥27.3 ...
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ArticleCrocs expects $6 billion in sales in 2026
Crocs exceeded $2.3 billion in revenues last year and expects to reach a turnover of $6 billion in 2026, thanks to the takeover of Heydude and organic growth driven by its digital business. The U.S. footwear company posted a strong fourth quarter with an increase of 42.6 percent in sales ...
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News briefsDunlop posts double-digit growth in Q4
Sumitomo Rubber’s Dunlop Sports business, which includes the Srixon, Cleveland and XXIO brands of tennis, squash, padel and golf products, reported a 29 percent increase in operating profit to 1.44 billion yen (€11.0m) from ¥1.12 billion, on fourth-quarter sales growth of 24 percent to ¥25.33 billion (€193.5m) from ¥20.46 billion. ...
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News briefsGloberide posts single-digit growth in Q3
Globeride, the Japanese parent company of the Daiwa golf and fishing brand, reported a third-quarter net income of 2.3 billion yen (€17.6 million), 5 percent more than in the same period of the previous year. Sales increased 8 percent from ¥26.9 billion to ¥28.9 billion (€221.2m). Sales in Europe declined ...
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ArticleGarmin says diversification is key to 2022 growth, but Q4 net dips
Garmin is currently forecasting 10 percent revenue growth in 2022 to $5.5 billion, driven by new product introductions and strong market trends in at least three of its operating segments. The company reported a 14.2 percent decline in fourth-quarter net income to $286.1 million from $333.5 million for the period ...
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ArticleAlpargatas sold over 12m pairs of Havaianas in Europe last year
Havaianas, the brand of rubber sandals owned by Alpargatas, generated the equivalent of €115.4 million in revenues in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) last year, representing a 35 percent year-over-year increase. Results were driven by the Sparkle flip-flop line and the Beyond Core category that grew 28 percent ...
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ArticleBasicNet sees significant sales growth in Q4
BasicNet said it posted “significant” growth at the end of 2021, with consolidated revenues in the fourth quarter jumping by 26.5 percent from the year-earlier period to €80.0 million, marking an improvement of over 14 percent on 2019. BasicNet, the Italian-based parent company for brands such as Kappa, K-Way, Superga ...
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ArticlePotential supply chain constraints may hamper Under Armour’s progress
The EMEA was the shining region for Under Armour in both the fourth quarter and the full year 2021. In the final period ended Dec. 31, the company’s EMEA revenues rose by 23 percent on a currency-neutral basis to $200.2 million, driven mostly by wholesale gains, lifting the operating margin ...
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ArticleKathmandu climbing despite Covid, supply chain impacts
Profits went up at Kathmandu Holding in its second quarter, ended Jan. 30, despite the global pandemic’s impact on its operations. In a preliminary trading update for its first half, the New Zealand-based parent of the Kathmandu, Oboz and Rip Curl brands said its results improved despite lower retail traffic, ...
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ArticleKuenzi will join The Athlete’s Foot after a 24% sales gain
The 550-odd stores and websites affiliated with The Athlete’s Foot (TAF) around the world raised their sales by 24 percent to a new record of $503 million in the past year, said the Arklyz Group, which acquired the chain from Intersport International Corp. in July, surpassing the originally set target ...
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ArticleSports & Leisure drove New Wave’s sales growth
The Swedish-based New Wave Group, which owns sports brands like Craft and Cutter & Back and distributes several others, saw total sales in the fourth quarter increase by 23 percent to 2,307 million Swedish kronor (€218.7m-$249.3m), with the growth driven by the Sports & Leisure segment. At constant currency rates, ...
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Amer may reach a 13% Ebit margin on 20% higher sales, says S&P
Standard & Poor’s Global has upgraded its ratings for Amer Sports, largely echoing the positive comments made last month by Moody’s. S&P sees Amer’s growth accelerating to 20 percent in 2022 from 15 percent in 2021, followed by mid-single-digit increases in 2023 and 2024, thanks in part to investments in ...
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ArticleCallaway sees robust growth continuing, Jack Wolfskin relaunch proceeding well
Callaway Golf predicted another year of robust topline growth in 2022, after revenues in the fourth quarter jumped by 90.0 percent to $711.7 million, benefiting from the addition of Topgolf earlier in the year and “strong momentum” at Jack Wolfskin and TravisMathew. The growth for the new year is expected ...
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ArticleCanada Goose cuts guidance as sales disappoint
Canada Goose cut its guidance for the full year, citing lower-than-expected revenues and retail traffic in EMEA and APAC regions in the ongoing fourth quarter of its financial year due to new restrictions imposed in the wake of outbreaks of the Omicron coronavirus variant. The company now expects to post ...
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News briefsDescente’s nine-month sales rise by 15%
Descente’s total sales grew by 15 percent to 76,681 million yen (€589.6m-$698.5m) in the nine-month period ended Dec. 31, 2021, with an increase of 13 percent in the third quarter, leading to an operating profit of ¥4,380 million (€33.7m-$39.9m) against a loss of ¥2,454 million in the corresponding nine-month period ...
