Birkenstock has submitted the quarterly figures for the first quarter of the 2025 financial year (end: December 31, 2024). Sales have increased by 19% to EUR 362 million. This exceeds the forecast sales growth of 15 to 17%. The growth was driven by a strong Christmas business in all segments, channels and categories. In North and South America, growth of 16% was recorded in EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) one of 17% and in the Asia-Pacific region of 47%. B2B growth is 30%, the D2C growth is 10%. However, the gross margin is from 61.0% by 70 basis points to 60.3% healthy. This explains Birkenstock with the increase in the B2B share. The net profit is 20 million euros. In the previous year, there was a net loss of 7 million euros. Accordingly, the profit/loss per share has increased from -0.04 euros to 0.11 euros. The adjusted net profit has almost doubled from EUR 17 million to EUR 33 million, as did the adjusted profit per share of EUR 0.09 to EUR 0.18. Adjusted EBITDA rose by 25% to EUR 102 million, the adjusted EBITDA margin by 130 basis points from 26.9% to 28.2%.
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