EBITDA CCC profit above consensus. The group's revenues increased by 11 percent. yard

The CCC Group initially estimates that in the second quarter of the 2025/26 financial year it had PLN 481 million EBITDA profit, PLN 466 million of corrected EBITDA profit and PLN 313 million of operating profit – the company informed in a communiqué. PAP Biznes consensus provided for PLN 475.3 million of EBITDA profit and PLN 307.7 million EBIT.

The group's revenues increased in the second quarter by 11 percent. yields up to PLN 2.88 billion. Analysts expected PLN 2.80 billion in revenues.

A year ago, CCC had PLN 263 million in operational profit, and EBITDA profit was PLN 407 million. The corrected EBITDA was PLN 388 million.

As stated, each of the group's business lines recorded a better Sales RDR – Halfprice by 22 %, in CCC the increase was 16 %, and in the Modivo group 2 percent.

According to the company's estimates, the gross margin on sales in the second quarter fell by 0.8 pp. yaws up to 48.7 percent

The company announced that in Q2 2025 the pace of development of the CCC stationary sales network was accelerated, mainly due to the increase in the surface of the Halfprice sign – in Q2 2025 21 new stores were opened (out of 28 launched from the beginning of the year).

It was added that in the past quarter the increase in the area was 75,000. sq m, compared to 35 thousand sq m in the first quarter. In the second half of the year, the group plans to open an additional 240,000 sq m of new commercial space.

“Ahead of us is important for the results of the whole year, the third quarter, for which we are very well prepared, especially from the product side. According to our assumptions, the group's offer will continue to grow high -level license brands, which will positively affect its profitability. In addition, we accelerated the delivery of the new collection to start the AW season well, including a very important sale period, Back is the school” Dariusz Miłek, president of the CCC group.

He added that in the second half of the year the group enters the settled all -season goals.

“We scale the business of the CCC group above our ambitious strategic assumptions. In the whole 2025 we plan to open as much as 350,000 sq m of the new retail space – in the first half of the year we increased it by approx. 110,000 sq m, but most openings, as much as 70 percent, will be cumulative in the second half of the year,” said Dariusz Miłek.

He added that the group also transforms the Eobuwie stores into the new format and develops the latest concept – Worldbox.

As the president of the CCC group pointed out, the group has already completed a plan for the next year. The CCC Group has contracts signed to launch at least 280 thousand. sq m of the new area.

“Thanks to the express expansion, we build the scale of our activity and strengthen the foundations of long-term growth. In the CCC group, we focus primarily on achieving strategic goals in the perspective of a 5-year expansion plan”-said Dariusz Miłek, president of the CCC Group.

In the second quarter, the gross margin of the CCC group remained at a similar rdr level of 49 percent. The group consistently maintains cost discipline in all business lines.

It was indicated that despite the development of business, for the eighth time in a row there was a decrease in the cost indicator to revenue in terms of yard (nearly 2 pp). A particularly visible improvement was recorded by the MODIVO group with a 5 pp RDR 5 pp, which, as indicated, is the result of extensive integration and maximum use of synergy with the CCC group.

“Despite the unfavorable trade of footwear weather, which is 70 percent of our business, and at a very high expansion pace and the costs associated with it, the group reaches a record level of EBITDA and improves profitability,” said Dariusz Miłek, president of the CCC Group.

The president announced that the CCC signboard showed a similar year -on -year EBITDA profitability at 24 percent.

“In turn, a jumping improvement in profitability was recorded by the Modivo group – as much as 7 pp to 10 percent from the Modivo group, however, we expect much more – we want it to be the most profitable online business in Fashion and we are consistently striving for this” – he added. (PAP Biznes)

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