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G4M Gear4music (holdings) Plc

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Share Name Share Symbol Market Type Share ISIN Share Description
Gear4music (holdings) Plc LSE:G4M London Ordinary Share GB00BW9PJQ87 ORD 10P
  Price Change % Change Share Price Bid Price Offer Price High Price Low Price Open Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  0.00 0.00% 137.00 135.00 139.00 137.00 137.00 137.00 28,355 08:00:00
Industry Sector Turnover Profit EPS - Basic PE Ratio Market Cap
Musical Instrument Stores 152.04M -644k -0.0307 -44.63 28.74M

Gear4music (Holdings) PLC Trading Update (6213Q)

22/10/2019 7:00am

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Gear4music (Holdings) PLC

22 October 2019

22 October 2019

Gear4music (Holdings) plc

Trading Update

Gear4music (Holdings) plc ("Gear4music" or "the Group"), the largest UK based online retailer of musical instruments and music equipment, today announces a trading update for the six months to 30 September 2019.

 
 GBPm                    6 months to 30       6 months to   % change 
                         September 2019    31 August 2018 
 UK sales                          24.8              24.0        +3% 
                       ----------------  ----------------  --------- 
 European and Rest 
  of the World sales               24.6              18.5       +33% 
                       ----------------  ----------------  --------- 
 Total sales                       49.4              42.5       +16% 
                       ----------------  ----------------  --------- 
 

Highlights

   --    Total sales growth of 16% to GBP49.4m (FY19 H1: GBP42.5m) 
   --    Gross margin improved by 250bps to 25.2% (FY19 H1: 22.7%) 
   --    Gross profit increased by 29% from GBP9.6m to GBP12.4m 

Gear4music's Chief Executive Officer, Andrew Wass, said:

"I am very pleased to report that we have achieved our primary objective for the period of materially improving our gross margins. By cutting out less profitable sales and focusing on higher margin products, we have delivered an FY20 H1 gross margin of 25.2% and a 29% increase in gross profit.

We have restored our gross margins to FY18 levels whilst at the same time continuing to grow our revenues and taking market share. International sales growth continues to be strong, and whilst the UK market remains highly competitive, we have returned to a more profitable margin structure and believe that this is the right strategy from which to grow our revenues going forward.

Our warehousing and infrastructure teams have worked tirelessly during the year to ensure we have a robust logistics operation in place ahead of our peak FY20 H2 trading period, and we are confident that we now have the capacity and efficiency required to make the most of the opportunities available to us.

Our re-focused growth strategy is now in place and we are confident that the business is effectively configured to achieve a sustainable level of profitable growth. As such, we continue to trade in line with our full year EBITDA expectations as we head towards our seasonal peak."

The Group will report interim results for the six months ending 30 September 2019 on 12 November 2019.

Note: references to FY20 H1 represent the period 1 April 2019 to 30 September 2019, following the change to the accounting reference date and financial year end from 28 February to 31 March, with FY19 H1 representing the period 1 March 2018 to 31 August 2018.

- Ends -

Enquiries:

 
 Gear4music 
  Andrew Wass, Chief Executive Officer 
  Chris Scott, Chief Financial Officer         +44 (0)20 3865 9668 
 
  N+1 Singer - Nominated Adviser and Broker 
   Peter Steel/Justin McKeegan, Corporate 
   Finance 
   Tom Salvesen, Corporate Broking              +44 (0)20 7496 3000 
 
  Alma - Financial PR                           +44 (0)20 3405 0205 
   Rebecca Sanders-Hewett                        gear4music@almapr.co.uk 
   Helena Bogle 
 

About Gear4music.com

Operating from a Head Office in York, and Distribution Centres and showrooms in York, Sweden and Germany, the Group sells own-brand musical instruments and music equipment alongside premium third-party brands including Fender, Yamaha and Roland, to customers ranging from beginners to musical enthusiasts and professionals, in the UK, Europe and, more recently, into the Rest of the World.

Having developed its own e-commerce platform, with multilingual, multicurrency websites delivering to over 190 countries, the Group has rapidly expanded its database and continues to build its overseas presence.

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014.

This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact rns@lseg.com or visit www.rns.com.

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