Kingfisher Q3 trading witnessed all banners performing ahead of market expectations. While lfls declined in the UK, the group’s lfl sales (+0.2% yoy) were led by the French and Polish businesses (+0.6% and +7.6%, respectively). Despite overall market share gains and a strong showing during the initial three weeks of Q4 (+2.8% yoy), investors disliked the hair cut in the FY22 PBT guidance (£730-760m vs £730-770m earlier). This is not a big issue in our view. We will upgrade our financial estimate ....

24 Nov 2022
Resilient performance in Q3!

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Resilient performance in Q3!
Kingfisher Plc (KGF:LON) | 312 29 3.1% | Mkt Cap: 5,559m
- Published:
24 Nov 2022 -
Author:
Nishant Choudhary -
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Kingfisher Q3 trading witnessed all banners performing ahead of market expectations. While lfls declined in the UK, the group’s lfl sales (+0.2% yoy) were led by the French and Polish businesses (+0.6% and +7.6%, respectively). Despite overall market share gains and a strong showing during the initial three weeks of Q4 (+2.8% yoy), investors disliked the hair cut in the FY22 PBT guidance (£730-760m vs £730-770m earlier). This is not a big issue in our view. We will upgrade our financial estimate ....