Q4 2025 Rusta AB (publ) Earnings Call Transcript
Key Points
- Rusta AB (publ) (OSTO:RUSTA) reported a strong net sales growth of 12.6% in Q4, with a like-for-like growth of 8.6% in local currencies.
- The company opened six new stores during the quarter, expanding its total store count to 225, with a positive outlook on further expansion.
- Rusta AB (publ) (OSTO:RUSTA) increased its gross profit by 7% and improved EBITA profitability by 1.6%, indicating effective cost management.
- The company's loyalty program, Club Rusta, saw an increase in membership, reaching 6.4 million members, with a notable growth in younger demographics.
- Rusta AB (publ) (OSTO:RUSTA) has been approved for the Science Based Targets initiative, highlighting its commitment to sustainability and quality.
- The company faced a negative currency effect of 1.9% due to the strengthening of the Swedish crown, impacting sales in Norwegian crowns and euros.
- Rusta AB (publ) (OSTO:RUSTA) experienced a decrease in gross margin by 2.1 percentage points, attributed to increased campaign activity and negative currency effects.
- The fourth quarter remained loss-making due to seasonality, although the loss was reduced compared to previous years.
- The company is facing challenges with the Norwegian crown's weakness, which has negatively impacted profitability.
- CEO Goran Westerberg announced his intention to leave the company by June 2026, which may lead to transitional uncertainties.
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Good morning, and welcome to the presentation of Rusta's fourth quarter results. Today, the presentation will be held by myself, Goran Westerberg, CEO of Rusta; and our excellent CFO, Sofie Malmunger, who will run you through the numbers.
As usual, we have a quite simple agenda. I will go through a business update, telling you a little bit what's happened during the quarter and also the full year. And then we'll turn over to financial performance by Sofie, and then we'll do a quick summary and open up for Q&A.
As usual, we start the business update by having a look at the store network. And we have, at this time, 225 stores operational in all our markets. And during the quarter, last quarter, we opened up six new stores, which is more than the same quarter last year. We opened up one in Norway, taking us up to a total of 53 on that market, and a whole of five new stores in our home market of Sweden, taking the total up to 120.
Now the continuation of the positive development of the
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