India's Arvind Fashions swings to quarterly profit on demand for premium products
BENGALURU, Aug 1 (Reuters) -Indian retailer Arvind Fashions ARVF.NS swung to quarterly profit on Thursday, helped by strong demand for its premium products.
The company, which sells clothing from brands such as Arrow, Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger, reported a consolidated net profit of 13.2 million rupees ($157,621.35) against a loss of 164.3 million rupees a year ago.
Its revenue from operations rose 10.2% to 9.55 billion rupees.
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KEY CONTEXT
Indian retailers have been offering heavy discounts to sway customers amid heightened competition. Premium products, aimed at high-income consumers, have remained a key driver of sales growth.
For Arvind Fashions, sales of premium products and doubling of womenswear business were the major growth drivers in the June quarter.
Last month, Shoppers Stop SHOP.NS reported a dip in its quarterly profit.
PEER COMPARISON
Valuation (next 12 months) | Estimates (next 12 months) | Analysts' sentiment | |||||||
RIC | PE | EV/EBITDA | Revenue growth (%) | Profit growth (%) | Mean rating* | No of analysts | Stock to price target** | Div yield (%) | |
Arvind Fashions Ltd | ARVF.NS | 44.45 | 11.97 | 12.71 | 50.91 | Strong Buy | 5 | 0.89 | 0.25 |
Shoppers Stop Ltd | SHOP.NS | 83.76 | 20.57 | 16.87 | 30.58 | Hold | 6 | 0.95 | - |
Trent Ltd | TREN.NS | 120.93 | 69.78 | 35.59 | 52.91 | Buy | 12 | 1.35 | 0.06 |
Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd | ADIA.NS | - | 21.08 | 15.47 | - | Sell | 17 | 1.26 | - |
* Mean of analysts' ratings standardised to a scale of Strong Buy, Buy, Hold, Sell, and Strong Sell
** Ratio of the stock's last close to analysts' mean price target; a ratio above 1 means the stock is trading above the PT
APRIL-JUNE STOCK PERFORMANCE
-- All data from LSEG IBES
-- $1 = 83.7450 Indian rupees
Arvind Fashions June Qtr 2024 vs Peers https://tmsnrt.rs/3Ww3exB
Reporting by Ashish Chandra in Bengaluru; Editing by Mrigank Dhaniwala
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