Sosandar PLC (STU:HXKB)

Full Year 2026 Sosandar PLC Earnings Call Transcript

Jul 14, 2026 / 08:00 AM GMT

Release Date Price: €0.129 (+5.74%)

Transcript

Key Points

Positve

Revenue increased by 14% to £42.3 million, driven primarily by a 24% growth in their own website sales.
Gross margin improved to 64%, up from 62% the previous year, indicating better profitability.
The company has zero debt and a strong cash position, with net cash increasing to £8.4 million.
Sosandar PLC (FRA:HXKB) has a highly efficient marketing strategy, with 75% of revenue coming from repeat customers.
The company has successfully expanded its third-party partnerships, contributing to 50% of group revenue.

Negative

The retail stores are still operating at a loss, with a combined loss of £0.9 million for the year.
The M&A cyber incident significantly impacted revenue, causing a period of zero revenue from this channel.
Despite improvements, the company still faces challenges with inventory management to ensure optimal stock levels.
Return rates remain a factor to manage, particularly for online sales, with rates averaging in the mid-40s.
The physical store in Bath was closed due to high operational costs, indicating challenges in store profitability.

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SOSS.L - Sosandar PLC
Full Year 2026 Sosandar PLC Earnings Call
Jul 14, 2026 / 08:00AM GMT

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Good morning everyone and thanks for joining us this morning. So just to run through the agenda for the presentation first, Ali and I are going to begin with the highlights, then Steve will run through the financial results in more detail and then back to us and we will talk further about product, marketing and the channels that we sell through.

So let's start off with why Sasanda is well positioned for growth. So first of all, looking at the clothing market in the UK. This is worth 60 billion pounds a year, and it's the second biggest retail market in the UK after groceries. 11p in every pound spent on retail is spent on clothes.

The clothing market has grown every single year as far back as data goes, apart from in COVID,

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