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The volatile Burberry (LSE: BRBY) The price of shares increased 10% on Friday (January 27). Christmas trade did not set fire to the world, but I see a cause of optimism.
Executive President Joshua Schulman was optimistic about the “It is always Burberry's climate“Promotion and its”Wrapped in Burberry“Festive campaign. But comparable sales of the Q3 store fell 4% below the same period a year ago. I found a 9% drop in Asia Pacific's revenues of most concerns. The Burberry brand has traditionally been Very strong in China and the region.
The increase in the price of shares since September suggests greater hopes of long -term growth. We are still seeing a drop in the price of 45% shares in the last five years, mind.
Reasons to be cheerful
The full year, with the results owed on May 14, will continue to be a difficult year to reduce. Burberry embarks on a “Cost savings program to unlock annualized savings of around 40 million, with around £ 25 million that will be delivered in fiscal year 2015, and of which £ 8 million were obtained in H1 Fy25“
There will also be restructuring costs, estimated at around 20 million for the whole year. And the company has “Suspended dividends payments with respect to FY25 to maintain a solid balance and our ability to invest in Burberry's long -term growth“
How soon could these actions bear fruit? This update suggests that it could be before what we expected. Said: “In the light of our third quarter performance, our second half results are more likely to widely compensate for the operational loss adjusted in the first half, despite the uncertain macroeconomic environment.“
You can often take a new boss to really see what was having a bad time with a company. They have the advantage of not being responsible for anything. And they can take drastic measures without loss of face. Until now, the market seems to be along with the vision of the new CEO. But the actions have given some of their profits to resort to 4% at the time of writing.
The rest of 2025
We need to be cautious. As the boss himself said, “It is still very early in our transformation and there is much to do“I am careful to read too much in early reports of a brilliant perspective. How many times have I heard that the company's management is done on transformations, first days and much more to do? More than once, it can often take longer of the expected.
The economic perspective does not make me imagine exactly hordes of buyers who rush to wrap Burberry. Much could go wrong, particularly internationally. P3 sales in the Americas increased by 4%, but could tariff threats achieved it? And those weak sales from China are a concern.
I need to see results of the whole year, which we will have soon. But if the prospects for next year 2025-26 are up to optimism that investors seem to be feeling now, I think it could mark the beginning of a sustained price of Burberry's actions.
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