I think there was a bit left ‘unsaid’ in this announcement
Late March announcement will be interesting ....hopefully things improve dramatically
I can't see how that's going to happen. For the latest 7 weeks sales to have had such a dramatic effect on the first 15 weeks (more than double the period) the very latest trading performance must be extremely disappointing. That suggests to me that there's some big discounts coming in terms of very heavy summer discounting promotion activity coming which could impact margin.
Balance reckons downgrades come in three's. So this one, (effectively a downgrade on an eps basis) another in late March when they announce the half year and another one before the annual result in due course. $2.00 is on the cards here I reckon, maybe even a bit lower.
Last edited by Beagle; 03-01-2019 at 02:06 PM.
Ecclesiastes 11:2: “Divide your portion to seven, or even to eight, for you do not know what misfortune may occur on the earth.”
Ben Graham - In the short run the market is a voting machine but in the long run the market is a weighing machine
I can't see how that's going to happen. For the latest 7 weeks sales to have had such a dramatic effect on the first 15 weeks (more than double the period) the very latest trading performance must be extremely disappointing. That suggests to me that there's some big discounts coming in terms of very heavy summer discounting promotion activity coming which could impact margin.
Balance reckons downgrades come in three's. So this one, (effectively a downgrade on an eps basis) another in late March when they announce the half year and another one before the annual result in due course. $2.00 is on the cards here I reckon, maybe even a bit lower.
Jeez $2 or less, that’s pretty low
”When investors are euphoric, they are incapable of recognising euphoria itself “
I think its plainly obvious we're in a bear market now, (look what's happened to Apple sales, see CNBC.com if you want even more evidence) and KMD will be at best a zero growth eps company for the foreseeable future. People are going to pull their head in with consumer discretionary purchases, (this is not a consumer staple) so the clear risk to flat eps this year is to the downside going forward, if we're not already heading down now.
Ben Graham's well respected valuation methodology was to apply a PE of 8.5 for a no growth company. If they can make 23 cps earnings this year 8.5 x 23 = $1.95.5
If others want to pay more, good luck to them.
The company dropped a really ugly and unexpected downgrade clanger on the market today so a 20-30% correction wouldn't surprise me in the slightest.
There's a massive difference between a strong growth company and a no growth company as you know mate which is why I dropped this thing like a boiling hot potato this morning. When you make an investment mistake for whatever reason, yours's or the company's, in my experience its better to admit it, take the loss on the chin and move on.
Last edited by Beagle; 03-01-2019 at 03:46 PM.
Ecclesiastes 11:2: “Divide your portion to seven, or even to eight, for you do not know what misfortune may occur on the earth.”
Ben Graham - In the short run the market is a voting machine but in the long run the market is a weighing machine
Speaking from a customer's point of view. Recently I've been wanting to buy a bag and a few other items at Kathmandu. A few weeks ago in mid December, I saw on their website that sale ends on the 14th January 2019, so I decided to wait a wee bit into the new year before making any purchases.
Is it possible that this lower than expected sales update for the Christmas/Boxing Day period be partly due to Kathmandu making the sale period somewhat extended? Had they made the sale strictly end on boxing day or before end of the year, that would have given customers (like myself) more urgency to rush out and buy everything before the sale was over, and that could have made the December sales figures look better.
Market Value Added MVA is a measure that shows what the market per se thinks of a company. It is the company’s market cap less shareholder equity (the market value of shareholder equity). Positive MVA is good - adding value to equity and all that (rather than destroying value)
KMD’s MVA at Jan18 was $158m (good).
They acquired Oboz and raised $50m capital and the market loved that driving its MVA to an astounding $323m in Aug 18. Yes KMD’s market cap was $743m (up from $485m in Jan18)
Today KMD’s market cap is $528m and it’s MVA has fallen to a mere $78m
So since announcing the Oboz acquisition (and raising more capital) KMD’s MVA has fallen by about $80m (or cut it in half)
Seems like the market per se thinks Oboz is a bit of dud and worse still still have lost confidence in Kathmandu and it’s ability to perform well in the future.
”When investors are euphoric, they are incapable of recognising euphoria itself “
Not unexpected so no surprise. Not really a reason to conclude NZ consumers have stopped spending and the country is heading into a recession.
Not unexpected - just look at the chart below - Kathmandu in NZ not doing that well over the years eh ...and this year year looks like much of the same.
”When investors are euphoric, they are incapable of recognising euphoria itself “
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