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ASC Asos Plc

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Share Name Share Symbol Market Type Share ISIN Share Description
Asos Plc LSE:ASC London Ordinary Share GB0030927254 ORD 3.5P
  Price Change % Change Share Price Bid Price Offer Price High Price Low Price Open Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  -5.60 -1.61% 342.00 341.00 342.60 355.60 342.00 355.00 199,114 16:05:20
Industry Sector Turnover Profit EPS - Basic PE Ratio Market Cap
Womens Accesory, Spcl Stores 3.55B -223.1M -1.8747 -1.84 410.1M

ASOS PLC Trading Statement (9094K)

13/07/2017 7:00am

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ASOS PLC

13 July 2017

13 July 2017

ASOS plc ("the Company")

Trading Statement for the four months ended 30 June 2017

 
                             Four months to 30                        Ten months to 30 June 
                                    June 
                                     Reported      CCY(3)                        Reported      CCY(3) 
 GBPm(1)           2017   2016(2)    Increase    Increase      2017   2016(2)    Increase    Increase 
---------------  ------  --------  ----------  ----------  --------  --------  ----------  ---------- 
 UK retail 
  sales           234.6     203.1         16%         16%     575.4     492.6         17%         17% 
   US retail 
    sales          94.4      68.3         38%         26%     218.7     145.1         51%         33% 
   EU retail 
    sales         196.6     139.5         41%         30%     445.5     307.4         45%         34% 
   ROW retail 
    sales         134.5      87.4         54%         41%     309.7     197.8         57%         47% 
 International 
  retail sales    425.5     295.2         44%         32%     973.9     650.3         50%         38% 
---------------  ------  --------  ----------  ----------  --------  --------  ----------  ---------- 
 Total retail 
  sales           660.1     498.3         32%         26%   1,549.3   1,142.9         36%         29% 
---------------  ------  --------  ----------  ----------  --------  --------  ----------  ---------- 
 
 Total group 
  revenue(4)      675.8     512.4         32%         26%   1,587.3   1,175.5         35%         29% 
---------------  ------  --------  ----------  ----------  --------  --------  ----------  ---------- 
 

(1) All numbers subject to rounding throughout this document

(2) Restated to remove the results of the discontinued operation in China

(3) Constant currency is calculated to take account of hedged rate movements on hedged sales and spot rate movements on unhedged sales

(4) Includes retail sales, delivery receipts and third party revenues

Highlights include:

   --    International retail sales growth of +44%, UK +16% 

-- Continued strong customer engagement: active customers(5) +25%, average basket value +3%, average order frequency(6) +6%, conversion +10bps

   --    Retail gross margin flat versus prior year 
   --    Total orders shipped 16.9m, +28% year on year 
   --    Phase 1 transition to Eurohub 2 warehouse operational and phase 2 underway 
   --    Over 300 tech releases in the period 

Guidance:

-- Current financial year reported sales growth anticipated to be at the upper end of the 30-35% range

   --    Full Year PBT anticipated to be in line with market consensus(7) 
   --    Full year capital expenditure anticipated to be in the GBP150-170m guided range 
   --    Medium term reported sales growth guidance remains unchanged at c.20-25% p.a. 

Nick Beighton, CEO, commented:

"Strong H1 sales momentum has continued through the third period supported by our ongoing investment in our customer proposition and in price.

This good performance has been underpinned by advances across all areas of our business including retail, technology, warehousing, delivery solutions and customer care. We have made a smooth transition to our new Eurohub 2 facility in Germany and anticipate confirming a new US logistics hub soon.

We remain on track and confident of meeting market expectations and will release our results for the year to 31 August 2017 on 17 October 2017."

(5) Defined as having shopped in the last 12 months as at 30 June 2017

(6) Calculated as last 12 months' total orders divided by active customers

(7) Company compiled PBT consensus for FY 2017 of GBP79.4m

Investor and Analyst conference call:

ASOS will be hosting a conference call for analysts and investors at 8.30am (UK Time) today. Please call Guy Scarborough at Instinctif Partners for dial-in details on 020 7457 2047 or email guy.scarborough@instinctif.com.

A recording of this conference call will be available on the ASOS Plc investor centre website later today: http://www.asosplc.com/investors.aspx

For further information:

 
 ASOS plc                                Tel: 020 7756 
                                          1000 
 Nick Beighton, Chief Executive 
  Officer 
  Helen Ashton, Chief Financial 
  Officer 
  Greg Feehely, Director of Investor 
  Relations 
  Website: www.asosplc.com/investors 
 Instinctif Partners 
  Matthew Smallwood / Guy Scarborough      Tel: 020 7457 
                                           2020 
 JPMorgan Cazenove                       Tel: 020 7742 
  Michael Wentworth-Stanley / Caroline    4000 
  Thomlinson 
 Numis Securities                        Tel: 020 7260 
  Alex Ham / Luke Bordewich               1000 
 
 

Forward looking statements:

This announcement may include statements that are, or may be deemed to be, "forward-looking statements" (including words such as "believe", "expect", "estimate", "intend", "anticipate" and words of similar meaning). By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty since they relate to future events and circumstances, and actual results may, and often do, differ materially from any forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statements in this announcement reflect management's view with respect to future events as at the date of this announcement. Save as required by applicable law, the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise any forward-looking statements in this announcement, whether following any change in its expectations or to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this announcement.

Background note:

ASOS is a global fashion destination for 20-somethings. We sell cutting-edge fashion and offer a wide variety of fashion-related content, making ASOS.com the hub of a thriving fashion community. We sell over 85,000 branded and own-label products through localised mobile and web experiences, delivering from our fulfilment centres in the UK, US and Europe to almost every country in the world.

We tailor the mix of own-label, global and local brands sold through each of our eight local language websites: UK, US, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Australia and Russia.

ASOS's websites attracted 146 million visits during June 2017 (June 2016: 123 million) and as at 30 June 2017 it had 15.0 million active customers(1) (30 June 2016: 12.0 million), of which 5.2 million were located in the UK and 9.8 million were located in our international territories (30 June 2016: 4.6 million in the UK and 7.4 million internationally).

(1) Defined as having shopped in the last 12 months as at 30 June 2017

Appendix 1 - Retail sales growth by period in sterling

Year ending 31 August 2017

 
                                                                     2016/17 
GBPm            P1(2)  YOY%  P2(2)  YOY%  P3(2)  YOY%  P4(2)  YOY%       YTD  YOY% 
--------------  -----  ----  -----  ----  -----  ----  -----  ----  --------  ---- 
UK retail 
 sales          244.0   18%   96.8   16%  234.6   16%                  575.4   17% 
  US retail 
   sales         82.7   66%   41.6   54%   94.4   38%                  218.7   51% 
  EU retail 
   sales        165.8   49%   83.1   46%  196.6   41%                  445.5   45% 
  ROW retail 
   sales        113.2   46%   62.0   88%  134.5   54%                  309.7   57% 
International 
 retail sales   361.7   52%  186.7   60%  425.5   44%                  973.9   50% 
--------------  -----  ----  -----  ----  -----  ----  -----  ----  --------  ---- 
Total retail 
 sales          605.7   36%  283.5   42%  660.1   32%                1,549.3   36% 
--------------  -----  ----  -----  ----  -----  ----  -----  ----  --------  ---- 
 

Year ending 31 August 2016(1)

 
 
GBPm            P1(2)  YOY%  P2(2)  YOY%  P3(2)  YOY%  P4(2)  YOY%    2015/16  YOY% 
--------------  -----  ----  -----  ----  -----  ----  -----  ----  ---------  ---- 
UK retail 
 sales          206.2   25%   83.3   26%  203.1   28%  111.2   32%      603.8   27% 
  US retail 
   sales         49.7   42%   27.1   38%   68.3   53%   34.1   67%      179.2   50% 
  EU retail 
   sales        111.0   29%   56.9   14%  139.5   32%   67.5   30%      374.9   28% 
  ROW retail 
   sales         77.4    3%   33.0  (5%)   87.4   16%   48.0   21%      245.8    9% 
International 
 retail sales   238.1   21%  117.0   12%  295.2   31%  149.6   34%      799.9   25% 
--------------  -----  ----  -----  ----  -----  ----  -----  ----  ---------  ---- 
Total retail 
 sales          444.3   23%  200.3   18%  498.3   30%  260.8   33%    1,403.7   26% 
--------------  -----  ----  -----  ----  -----  ----  -----  ----  ---------  ---- 
 

Year ending 31 August 2015(1)

 
GBPm            P1(2)  YOY%  P2(2)  YOY%  P3(2)  YOY%  P4(2)  YOY%   2014/15  YOY% 
--------------  -----  ----  -----  ----  -----  ----  -----  ----  --------  ---- 
UK retail 
 sales          165.5   24%   65.9   36%  158.4   27%   84.1   29%     473.9   27% 
  US retail 
   sales         34.9    8%   19.6   35%   44.5   43%   20.5   41%     119.5   29% 
  EU retail 
   sales         86.3  (1%)   49.9   24%  105.8   21%   52.0   26%     294.0   15% 
  ROW retail 
   sales         75.3  (8%)   34.7    8%   75.1  (1%)   39.7    3%     224.8  (2%) 
International 
 retail sales   196.5  (3%)  104.2   20%  225.4   16%  112.2   19%     638.3   10% 
--------------  -----  ----  -----  ----  -----  ----  -----  ----  --------  ---- 
Total retail 
 sales          362.0    8%  170.1   26%  383.8   20%  196.3   23%   1,112.2   17% 
--------------  -----  ----  -----  ----  -----  ----  -----  ----  --------  ---- 
 

(1) Restated to remove the results of the discontinued operation in China

(2) Periods are as follows:

P1: four months to 31 December

P2: two months to 28/29 February

P3: four months to 30 June

P4: two months to 31 August

Appendix 2 - Retail sales growth by period at constant currency(1)

Year ending 31 August 2017

 
                                                                     2016/17 
GBPm            P1(3)  YOY%  P2(3)  YOY%  P3(3)  YOY%  P4(3)  YOY%       YTD  YOY% 
--------------  -----  ----  -----  ----  -----  ----  -----  ----  --------  ---- 
UK retail 
 sales          244.0   18%   96.8   16%  234.6   16%                  575.4   17% 
  US retail 
   sales         82.7   42%   41.6   34%   94.4   26%                  218.7   33% 
  EU retail 
   sales        165.8   38%   83.1   36%  196.6   30%                  445.5   34% 
  ROW retail 
   sales        113.2   44%   62.0   70%  134.5   41%                  309.7   47% 
International 
 retail sales   361.7   41%  186.7   45%  425.5   32%                  973.9   38% 
--------------  -----  ----  -----  ----  -----  ----  -----  ----  --------  ---- 
Total retail 
 sales          605.7   30%  283.5   33%  660.1   26%                1,549.3   29% 
--------------  -----  ----  -----  ----  -----  ----  -----  ----  --------  ---- 
 

Year ending 31 August 2016(2)

 
 
GBPm            P1(3)  YOY%  P2(3)  YOY%  P3(3)  YOY%  P4(3)  YOY%    2015/16  YOY% 
--------------  -----  ----  -----  ----  -----  ----  -----  ----  ---------  ---- 
UK retail 
 sales          206.2   25%   83.3   26%  203.1   28%  111.2   32%      603.8   27% 
  US retail 
   sales         49.7   35%   27.1   32%   68.3   45%   34.1   47%      179.2   40% 
  EU retail 
   sales        111.0   40%   56.9   17%  139.5   22%   67.5   30%      374.9   28% 
  ROW retail 
   sales         77.4   15%   33.0     -   87.4   17%   48.0   20%      245.8   14% 
International 
 retail sales   238.1   29%  117.0   14%  295.2   25%  149.6   29%      799.9   25% 
--------------  -----  ----  -----  ----  -----  ----  -----  ----  ---------  ---- 
Total retail 
 sales          444.3   27%  200.3   19%  498.3   26%  260.8   30%    1,403.7   26% 
--------------  -----  ----  -----  ----  -----  ----  -----  ----  ---------  ---- 
 

Year ending 31 August 2015(2)

 
GBPm            P1(3)  YOY%  P2(3)  YOY%  P3(3)  YOY%  P4(3)  YOY%  2014/15  YOY% 
--------------  -----  ----  -----  ----  -----  ----  -----  ----  -------  ---- 
UK retail 
 sales          165.5   24%   65.9   36%  158.4   27%   84.1   29%    473.9   27% 
  US retail 
   sales         34.9    9%   19.6   25%   44.5   31%   20.5   31%    119.5   22% 
  EU retail 
   sales         86.3    6%   49.9   34%  105.8   37%   52.0   41%    294.0   26% 
  ROW retail 
   sales         75.3  (3%)   34.7   14%   75.1    5%   39.7   14%    224.8    5% 
International 
 retail sales   196.5    3%  104.2   25%  225.4   23%  112.2   28%    638.3   17% 
--------------  -----  ----  -----  ----  -----  ----  -----  ----  -------  ---- 
Total retail 
 sales          362.0   11%  170.1   29%  383.8   25%  196.3   29%  1,112.2   21% 
--------------  -----  ----  -----  ----  -----  ----  -----  ----  -------  ---- 
 

(1) From 1 July 2016, constant currency is calculated to take account of hedged rate movements on hedged sales and spot rate movements on unhedged sales

(2) Restated to remove the results of the discontinued operation in China

(3) Periods are as follows:

P1: four months to 31 December

P2: two months to 28/29 February

P3: four months to 30 June

P4: two months to 31 August

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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