Q1 2025 El Puerto de Liverpool SAB de CV Earnings Call Transcript
Key Points
- El Puerto de Liverpool SAB de CV (ELPQF) reported a 10.4% increase in consolidated revenue for Q1 2025, with strong growth in retail, financial services, and real estate divisions.
- The company's omnichannel strategy is yielding positive results, with total GMV growth of 15.8% year over year and significant digital growth in both Liverpool and Suburbia.
- Liverpool's digital share expanded to 28.7%, and Suburbia's digital share reached 6.2% of sales, indicating successful digital transformation efforts.
- The company achieved a 6.5% rise in customer traffic and a 1.4% increase in average transaction value, demonstrating effective customer engagement strategies.
- El Puerto de Liverpool SAB de CV (ELPQF) received the 2025 Innovation Leadership Award from the World Retail Forum, recognizing its efforts in enhancing the shopping experience through technology and store design.
- Gross profit margin decreased by approximately 180 basis points year over year due to aggressive promotions and increased logistics expenses.
- Operating expenses increased by 11.1% due to rising minimum wages and costs associated with new locations, impacting profitability.
- The provision for bad debt increased by 28% year over year, reflecting challenges in managing credit risk.
- Consolidated net profit after tax decreased by 19% year over year, affected by increased financial expenses and exchange rate effects.
- Cash flow from operations was negative at 6.2 billion, primarily due to timing of investments in working capital and operational expenditures.
Good morning. My name is Sofia, and I will be your conference operator. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. This is Liverpool's first quarter 2025 earnings call. There will be a question and answer session after the speaker's opening remarks and instructions will be given at that time.
Today we have with us Mr. Gonzalo Gallegos, Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Jose Antonio Diego, treasury and Investor relations director.
Mr. Enrique Ran, investor relations officer, and Ms. Nydia Garrido, investor relations.
They will be discussing the company's performance as per the earnings released for the first quarter 2025, issued last Thursday, April 24th.
If you do not receive the report, please contact Liverpool's IR department and they will email it to you, or you can download it at its IR's website.
To ensure focused discussion, this call is for investor and analysts only, and we'll be taking questions exclusively from them.
Any forward-looking statements made during this earnings call are based on information that is
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