Under-pressure online luxury retailer Cettire has released additional financial information after it was recently questioned by the Australian Securities Exchange and an earnings downgrade in June sent its share price falling to its lowest level since mid-2022.
The company confirmed to the market on Wednesday that it expects gross revenue for the 12 months ending in June to be between $975 million and $980 million, up from the $735 million to $745 million guidance it gave investors on June 24.
The June update also warned investors that full-year pretax profit would be between $32 million and $35 million, well below the consensus estimate of $44.1 million.
The company, founded at the time by Dean Mintz, said the global, luxury-only environment in which it operates had become “more challenging” in recent months.
Mr Mintz told investors that the number of repeat customers was “increasing” and that Cettire’s offering of selling a wide range of discounted designer clothing and accessories online was appealing to them.
However, he said that due to “more difficult market conditions”, Cettire had spent more on marketing and advertising to keep up with competitors who also offer end-of-season sales.
In its latest update on Wednesday, Cettire said the number of active customers increased 64 percent to 692,287 in fiscal 2023 (423,253), while the average order value increased 6-7 percent to $795-800.
The downgrade last month caused Cettire’s share price to plummet nearly 50 percent to $1.14.
Although the share price has since recovered, shortly after 11 a.m. the price was still 1.7 percent lower at $1.475, which corresponds to a decline of 57 percent over the past year.
Wednesday’s new disclosures also come just weeks after Cettire responded to a letter from the ASX confirming the company’s compliance with market disclosure procedures.
Cettire’s letter dated 28 June was in response to ASX questions about the materiality of key metrics that were not included in the 24 June update. Cettire provided the additional metrics on Wednesday.
The listed online retailer sells products from over 2,500 luxury brands, including Gucci, Christian Dior, Givenchy and Burberry.
Cettire operates exclusively on the drop-ship business model, which means that the company does not maintain any physical inventory and instead sources its products from third-party suppliers.
Cettire will announce its full-year results on August 8.