May. 28 at 11:23 AM
$DTEAF DavidsTea reports Q4 adjusted EPS C
$0.10 vs. (C
$0.02) last year
Reports Q4 revenue C
$23.2M vs. C
$24.4M last year. "Fiscal 2024 proved to be a positive turnaround year for DAVIDsTEA, marked by incremental sales growth, gross profit improvement and positive cash flow from operations," said Sarah Segal, CEO, "These encouraging results reflect the disciplined execution of our omnichannel growth strategy by bringing our brand closer to consumers through the opening of two new retail stores and its spillover effect on wholesale and e-commerce sales.
These results also confirm that our premium specialty teas remain a comforting purchase despite an unpredictable economic landscape. Demand for healthy tea and matcha products continues to expand globally. With a constant focus on being responsive to our customers, our results validate that moving fulfillment services in-house more than a year ago and transitioning to a more agile, cost-effective IT platform in recent months will positively affect the Company's operations for years to come.
We are pleased with the progress across our omnichannel business towards profitability, stabilizing the business and preparing for the next phase of growth. In the fourth quarter, brick-and-mortar revenues were stable year-over-year despite one less week of sales than the fourth quarter of 2023. For their part, wholesale and e-commerce revenues slightly declined mainly due to the shorter selling season and a strike at Canada Post, respectively. The highlight of the quarter was unquestionably our return to profitability with net income of
$2.5M. We are proud of reaching this latest milestone and are determined to drive profitable growth in 2025 and beyond.
Looking ahead to the next three-year cycle, we intend to generate a sales compound annual growth rate between 10 and 12% on the strength of growing our number of Canadian retail stores, accelerating wholesale expansion in the U.S., and enhancing our online presence. We also plan to raise our gross profit margin to 48-50% on a sustained basis by taking advantage of our in-house fulfillment capabilities, focusing on innovation and differentiated product pipeline, and better absorbing our fixed costs on higher sales volume.
Finally, we expect to leverage annual cost savings of
$4M from the end of the third quarter of 2024 through the shift to our newly deployed IT platform and tight control on discretionary spending. As a result, we believe that we can achieve an adjusted EBITDA margin in the low double digits by the end of fiscal 2027 from mid-single digits in 2024."