The latest financial results from the key players in the outdoor industry.
Solo Brands reports Q4 loss on impairment charge
A goodwill charge of $249 million related to its Solo Stove, Oru and Isle businesses negatively impacted Solo Brands’ Q4 results. The operating loss was $240.8 million against an operating profit of $26.8 million for the three months ended Dec. 31. The Q4 net loss was $210.9 million against a ...
Spinnova reports disappointing FY, announces new strategy and job cuts
Finnish sustainable fiber production specialist Spinnova, listed on Nasdaq First North Growth Market Finland, has closed its financial year 2023 with high losses and declining sales and has therefore announced a new strategic direction and a resulting reduction in staff.
Buff revises revenues for FY 2022-23
Buff, as Palco23 reported back in September, reported consolidated revenues of €48.2 million for its full year 2023, which ended last April. Buff has since revised the figure to €47.8 million, as the same source reported in February. Either way, there was a decline from the €49.6 million of FY ...
Slimmed down Clarus focused on outdoor, adventure
Having completed the divestiture of its former Precision Sport business on Feb. 29, Clarus Corp., the parent of Black Diamond, Rhino-Rack, Maxtrax and Tred Outdoors, says it has taken important steps to realign its brands and inventory levels and position its business for “long-term profitable growth as a pure-play, ...
Coats sees rebound in footwear, albeit destocking lags behind apparel sector
Coats expects modest revenue growth in 2024 as its markets started to recover in the second half of last year, helping it to deliver higher 2023 profits. The British group, which makes threads and components for the footwear and clothing industries, said destocking of inventories by footwear customers had lagged ...
Snow Peak’s lofty FY24 goals will be chased as private company
Snow Peak, the upscale Japanese camping business, which went public a decade ago, will reportedly go private through a management-led buyout with Bain Capital as a partner in a deal valued at approximately ¥50 billion (€310m). The pending transaction was first reported several weeks ago by multiple outlets, including Mergermarket ...
Rapala VMC eyes operating profit return in FY24
After a challenging FY23, where sales fell by double-digits in all its key geographic markets, Rapala VMC intends to return a full-year comparable operating profit this year, helped by retail inventory levels that are finally returning to normal levels. Other factors projected to bolster results for the Finnish outdoor group ...
Arc’teryx helps Amer Sports grow sales in first quarter as public company
Thirty-four days after raising $1.365 billion in an NYSE IPO, Amer Sports conducted its first earnings call as a public company yesterday. While the Arc’teryx, Salomon and Peak Performance parent delivered Q4 revenues some $20 million above expectations, the quarterly loss was wider than expected. Amre’s shares finished the trading ...