G-III Announces Share Buyback Plan - Analyst Blog
October 05 2011 - 9:10AM
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G-III Apparel Group, Ltd (GIII), the designer,
manufacturer, and distributor and licensor of various women’s and
men’s apparels in the United States, announced recently that its
board of directors has approved a share repurchase program worth $2
million.
The repurchase will be executed from time to time in the open
market as well as through privately-negotiated transactions based
on market conditions, stock price and other factors.
We appreciate G-III’s effort to bolster shareholders’ value over
the long term. Moreover, an increase in share buy back
authorization affirms the company’s optimistic outlook and reflects
strong growth going forward. However, we believe the strategic move
is aimed at capitalizing a relatively undervalued share price
arising from the volatility in the market and soft second-quarter
2011 results.
As of July 31, 2011, G-III had about 20.3 million shares trading
in the market. The stock had historically traded between $20.44 and
$45.38 over the last 12 months. Currently, the common shares of the
company are trading toward its lower range.
In the recently concluded quarter, G-III posted earnings per
share of 8 cents missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 20 cents
and the year-ago quarter earnings of 15 cents per share. The
lower-than-expected result was mainly due to 370 basis points fall
in gross margin.
However, G-III Apparel’s net sales surged 21.7% year over year
in the second quarter to $230 million. Sales growth was aided by
improved performances of wholesale licensed apparel (up 22%),
wholesale non-licensed segment (up 24.5%) and retail operations (up
19%).
For the third quarter of 2012, G-III expects earnings per share
in the range of $2.25–$2.35 and net sales to be $500 million.
Based on poor second quarter results, the company also trimmed
its earnings guidance for fiscal 2012. G-III now expects
earnings per share in the range of $3.05 to $3.15, down from the
earlier-guided range of $3.15 to $3.25 per share. However, the
company has raised its sales outlook to $1.25 billion from its
previous forecast of $1.20 billion.
Currently, we maintain our long-term Underperform recommendation
on the stock. Moreover, G-III holds a Zacks #4 Rank, which
translates into a short-term Sell rating. G-III peers include
Polo Ralph Lauren Corp. (RL) and CROCS
Inc. (CROX).
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