February 12, 2025
Birkenstock shares hunch as shoe firm warns on revenue outlook throughout first earnings since IPO

A Birkenstock banner hangs outdoors the New York Inventory Trade in New York on Oct. 11, 2023, as Birkenstock launches an preliminary public providing.

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Birkenstock shares slumped practically 10% Thursday after the corporate warned about its 2024 outlook throughout its first earnings report since its preliminary public providing.

The German shoe model reported a quarterly lack of about 28.3 million euros, or about $30.8 million, with an adjusted EBITDA margin of over 30% for its prior fiscal 12 months. Firm executives additionally warned that 2024 margins will seemingly face a “modest headwind” as the corporate spends extra money to ramp up operations — even because it expects income to develop 17% to 18%.

In its earnings report, Birkenstock mentioned it goals to considerably develop and make investments practically 150 million euros in retail retailer enlargement and manufacturing capability in 2024.

Birkenstock CEO Oliver Reichert mentioned in a press release that final 12 months was the corporate’s most profitable 12 months, and he stays assured the corporate can develop its enterprise in 2024. Reichert mentioned he plans to faucet into “important” geographic and manufacturing enlargement whereas the corporate stays “undeterred” by the broader macroeconomic panorama.

The corporate traded for the primary time in October, opening at $41 per share. The debut got here practically 250 years after the corporate was based by German cobbler Johann Adam Birkenstock.

“The very best factor for the model can be staying household owned, however throughout the household there have been so many issues, so we go for the second-best choice and that’s to be public and provides the model again to the folks,” Reichert mentioned through the firm’s IPO.

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