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The NASDAQ Playbook's avatar

Margin trajectory has been the cleaner story here. Wholesale order book reads better than sentiment for sizing this one. Curious how you weight brand momentum against China comp risk.

Rene Bruentrup's avatar

Would you mind clarifying what you mean by China comp risk?

The NASDAQ Playbook's avatar

China comps. Year over year same store sales in Greater China. Soft prints there have masked global brand momentum twice in the last 18 months.

Rene Bruentrup's avatar

Haven't looked into China specifically. but I would assume sales would benefit there as well if the adidas brand improves globally.

Aside from the adidas brand, interest rates are IMO the biggest hold back for Western consumer brand companies. Once they come down, discretionary spending will improve and companies like adidas will surprise positively on both revenue and margins.

Mats Lingblad's avatar

I learnt about marathons, but Nike and Adidas both went up when Nike was winning marathons. I suspect another explanation

Rene Bruentrup's avatar

Nike went up more though during those years. Certainly more than one driver though. Check out my Nike article. :)