- As there are no near-term catalysts and ongoing headwinds, we think that Emperador is overvalued at the current valuation levels. We downgrade Emperador to SELL.
Weak results, below expectations.
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- The soft top-and bottom line results were largely due to lower sales volumes for both the brandy and Scotch whisky segments along with increased operating and brand investment costs. As a result, 1H24 EBITDA and PATMI margins fell by 1.2ppt and 1.9ppt y-o-y respectively.
Soft quarter.
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- Management expects demand to pick up during the seasonally stronger 2H24.
Brandy: Underperformance as margins fell.
- 1H24 segmental revenue (-10.3% y-o-y) and PATMI (-11.5% y-o-y) were below our expectations, forming 41.4% and 33.8% of our full-year forecasts respectively. The underperformance was largely due to weaker demand and sales volumes as inflationary pressures dampened discretionary spending and customers traded down to lower-value alternatives. Furthermore, higher raw material costs compressed margins, with 1H24 gross margins falling 3.3ppt y-o-y.
- Although advertising and promotional (A&P) spending fell 28.9% y-o-y as the group reined in operating expenses, both 1H24 EBITDA and PATMI margins still tumbled 0.2ppt y-o-y. Similar to 1H24, both 2Q24 quarterly revenue (- 0.3% y-o-y) and PATMI (-6.8% y-o-y) also declined.
Expect better sequential performance.
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