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ADIDAS DELIVERS RECORD RESULTS IN 2019 26/9/2019

We have made great strides toward and are confirming our 2020 financial ambition. Our strategic growth drivers – adidas North America, China and e-commerce – once again delivered double-digit growth. In 2019, we will continue to drive the execution of ‘Creating the New’ to deliver another year of quality top-line growth and overproportionate bottom-line improvements,” said adidas CEO Kasper Rorsted.To get more adidas china, you can visit shine news official website.

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE IN 2018

Currency-neutral sales increase 8% in 2018
In 2018, adidas delivered another year of significant top-line growth with currency-neutral revenues increasing by 8%. This development was driven by a 9% improvement at brand adidas, reflecting a double-digit sales increase in Sport Inspired as well as a high-single-digit gain in Sport Performance. The latter was driven by double-digit sales growth in the training and running categories. Currency-neutral Reebok brand sales were down 3% versus the prior year, as double-digit sales growth in Classics was offset by a decline in Sport. From a channel perspective, the company’s top line increase was largely driven by double-digit improvements in direct-to-consumer revenues with particularly strong support from e-commerce, where revenues grew 36% to more than € 2 billion in 2018. In euro terms, the company’s revenues grew 3% to € 21.915 billion (2017: € 21.218 billion), reflecting significant negative currency translation effects.

Double-digit growth in North America and Asia-Pacific
From a market segment perspective, the top-line expansion in 2018 was driven by ongoing strength in the company’s strategic growth regions: The combined sales of the adidas and Reebok brands continued to expand at strong double-digit rates in both North America (+15%) and Asia-Pacific (+15%), the latter driven by a 23% increase in Greater China. Currency-neutral revenues in Latin America were up 6% and sales in Russia/CIS increased 1% as the positive impact from World Cup-related sales offset the significant amount of store closures. While sales in Europe remained flat compared to the prior year level, revenues in Emerging Markets declined 3%.

Operating margin increases 1.1 percentage points to 10.8%
The company’s gross margin increased 1.4 percentage points to 51.8% (2017: 50.4%). This development was due to the positive effects from a better pricing, channel and product mix as well as lower input costs, which more than offset significant negative currency effects. Other operating expenses were up 5% to € 9.172 billion in 2018 (2017: € 8.766 billion).1 As a percentage of sales, other operating expenses increased 0.5 percentage points to 41.9% from 41.3% in 2017. This increase was mainly driven by higher marketing investments. In 2018, marketing and point-of-sale expenses amounted to € 3.001 billion reflecting growth of 10% compared to the prior year level (2017: € 2.724 billion). This development was largely due to activities related to the 2018 FIFA World Cup as well as overproportionate investments into the company’s brands and the sell-through of its products. As a percentage of sales, marketing and point-of-sale expenses grew 0.9 percentage points to 13.7% (2017: 12.8%). Operating overhead expenses increased 2% to € 6.171 billion (2017: € 6.042 billion), due to further investments into the company’s scalability. As a percentage of sales, operating overhead expenses decreased 0.3 percentage points to 28.2% (2017: 28.5%). The company’s operating profit grew 14% in 2018 to € 2.368 billion (2017: € 2.070 billion), representing an operating margin increase of 1.1 percentage points to 10.8% (2017: 9.8%). This development was mainly due to the gross margin increase, which more than offset the investment-led increase in other operating expenses. The operating margin increase was also supported by strong profitability improvements at the Reebok brand, which returned to profitability in 2018. This reflects a profit uplift of more than € 150 million for the brand since the launch of its turnaround plan ‘Muscle-Up’ at the end of 2016.

Net income from continuing operations up 20%
Excluding the negative one-time tax impact recorded in 2017, the company’s tax rate declined 1.2 percentage points in 2018 to a level of 28.1% (2017: 29.3%). Net income from continuing operations increased 20% to € 1.709 billion (2017: € 1.430 billion). Basic EPS from continuing operations grew 20% to € 8.46 from € 7.05 in 2017. Losses from discontinued operations, mainly related to the divestiture of the Rockport business, amounted to € 5 million (2017: € 254 million). As a result, net income attributable to shareholders, which in addition to net income from continuing operations includes the losses from discontinued operations, grew 45% to € 1.702 billion (2017: € 1.173 billion), resulting in basic EPS from continuing and discontinued operations of € 8.44, up 46% compared to € 5.79 in 2017.

Average operating working capital as a percentage of sales decreases
At the end of December 2018, inventories decreased 7% to € 3.445 billion (2017: € 3.692 billion). On a currency-neutral basis, inventories decreased 5%, reflecting the company’s focus on tight inventory management. Accounts receivable increased 4% to € 2.418 billion at the end of December 2018 (2017: € 2.315). Average operating working capital as a percentage of sales from continuing operations decreased 1.4 percentage points to 19.0% (2017: 20.4%), reflecting the strong top-line development during the last twelve months as well as the company’s continued focus on tight working capital management.

Net cash position of € 959 million
Net cash at December 31, 2018 amounted to € 959 million, compared to net cash of € 484 million in 2017, representing an improvement of € 475 million compared to the prior year. This development was driven by the increase in cash generated from operating activities, partly offset by the utilization of cash for the purchase of fixed assets as well as the repurchase of adidas AG shares and the dividend paid to shareholders. In addition, the conversion of convertible bonds into adidas AG shares also contributed to this improvement.

Strong focus on driving shareholder return
As a result of the strong operational and financial performance in 2018, the company’s strong financial position as well as Management’s confidence in adidas’ short- and long-term growth aspirations, the Executive and Supervisory Boards will recommend paying a dividend of € 3.35 per dividend-entitled share to shareholders at the Annual General Meeting on May 9, 2019. This represents an increase of 29% compared to the prior year dividend (2017: € 2.60) and a payout ratio of 39.0% (2017: 37.0%) of net income from continuing operations. This is within the target range of between 30% and 50% of net income from continuing operations as defined in the company’s dividend policy. In addition, adidas continues its multi-year share buyback program launched in March 2018. In total, under the current program, adidas plans to buy back own shares for up to € 3.0 billion between March 2018 and May 2021. After the completion of the first tranche, during which adidas bought back own shares for a total consideration of € 1 billion in 2018, the company intends to repurchase own shares worth around € 800 million in 2019.

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE IN Q4 2018

Currency-neutral sales increase 5% in the fourth quarter of 2018
During the fourth quarter, adidas revenues increased 5% on a currency-neutral basis, on top of 19% growth in the prior year period. This development reflects an increase of 5% at brand adidas. Double-digit growth in Sport Inspired and in the training category as well as high-single digit growth in running were partly offset by a strong decline in football revenues reflecting the non-recurrence of sales related to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in the prior year’s quarter. Revenues at the Reebok brand declined 1%, as the double-digit increase in Classics was more than offset by a decline in Sport. In euro terms, sales for the company were up 4% to € 5.234 billion in 2018 (2017: € 5.056 billion).

Double-digit growth in Asia-Pacific
On a currency-neutral basis, the combined sales of the adidas and Reebok brands continued to grow at double-digit rates in Asia-Pacific (+11%), driven by a 13% increase in Greater China. Sales in North America grew 9%, on top of a 31% increase in the prior year period, driven by continued double-digit growth for the adidas brand. Currency-neutral revenues in Latin America (-1%) and Russia/CIS (-2%) declined at a low-single-digit rate, while sales in Emerging Markets (-5%) and Europe (-6%) decreased at a mid-single-digit rate.

Gross margin up 0.5 percentage points to 52.2%
The company’s gross margin increased 0.5 percentage points to 52.2% (2017: 51.7%), mainly due to the positive impacts from a better product and channel mix as well as lower input costs, which more than offset significant negative currency effects. Other operating expenses were up 5% to € 2.645 billion (2017: € 2.517 billion). This development reflects a significant increase in marketing expenditure as well as higher operating overhead expenditure. As a percentage of sales, other operating expenses increased 0.7 percentage points to 50.5% (2017: 49.8%). The company’s operating profit decreased slightly to € 129 million from € 132 million in 2017, representing an operating margin of 2.5% (2017: 2.6%). Excluding the negative one-time tax impact recorded in the fourth quarter 2017, net income from continuing operations increased 29% to € 93 million (2017: € 72 million). Basic EPS from continuing operations was up 33% to € 0.47 from € 0.35 in 2017. Gains from discontinued operations amounted to € 15 million compared to losses of € 38 million in the prior year period. As a result, net income attributable to shareholders, excluding the negative one-time tax impact, grew to € 108 million (2017: € 34 million), resulting in basic EPS from continuing and discontinued operations of € 0.54, compared to € 0.17 per share in 2017.

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