Q4 2024 Synsam AB (publ) Earnings Call Transcript

Feb 21, 2025 / 09:30AM GMT
Release Date Price: kr43.05

Key Points

Positve
  • Synsam AB (OSTO:SYNSAM) reported a record year in 2024 with stable growth in line with their strategy and financial targets.
  • The lifestyle subscription business accounts for 53% of total sales, with high penetration in Sweden at 58%, indicating a strong customer base.
  • The company has successfully rolled out Synsam EyeView in all stores in Norway and half of the stores in Sweden, with plans to complete the rollout in 2025.
  • Synsam AB (OSTO:SYNSAM) opened 46 new stores in 2024, taking advantage of good opportunities, and plans to continue expanding with a target of 90 new stores between 2024 and 2026.
  • Customer satisfaction remains high, and the company is focused on maintaining a strong customer relationship to mitigate churn.
Negative
  • The consumer environment remains cautious, impacting sales, although there is hope for improvement with decreasing interest rates.
  • The rollout of Synsam EyeView involves significant costs, including training and process development, which are expected to continue until the end of 2025.
  • The Danish market remains intensely competitive with a weaker consumer market, posing challenges for growth.
  • Inventory levels have increased due to the expansion of store assortments, which could impact cash flow management.
  • The company faces ongoing costs related to the Synsam EyeView infrastructure, including license fees, which will persist beyond the rollout phase.
Operator

Welcome, everyone, to Synsam Group's Q&A session as we released a year-end report for 2024 this morning.

My name is Frida Leim, and I'm Head of Investor Relations at Synsam Group and the moderator of this Q&A.

Today I'm joined by our CFO, Per Hedblom; and our CCO, Jimmy Engstroem.

Those of you watching this live can ask your question in the YouTube chat and we will try to answer as many questions as possible.

We have also our analyst from Citi joining us. So, I would like to welcome and hand over to Giang Nguyen from Citi. Welcome, Giang.

Questions & Answers

Giang Nguyen
Citigroup, Inc - Analyst

Thanks, Frida, and thank you guys for hosting the call and allowing me time to ask questions. I guess if I could just start out the sessions with the questions to both the CFO and the CEO, what are you seeing in terms of the consumer environment across different geographies, exiting 2024 and entering 2025, and I know we ask this question every single quarter, but it is a good idea to have a State of the Union on

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