Citi eyes mixed FY25 outlook for Australia's Michael Hill International
** Citi says overall FY25 prospects for jewellery seller Michael Hill International MHJ.AX look mixed based on the company's FY24 results
** Citi says same-store sales for the first eight weeks of FY25 of the company's Australia and Canada segments - an increase of 5% and 4%, respectively, came in ahead of brokerage's 1H25 estimates of 3% and 2% increase, respectively
** However, brokerage says the company's difficulties in its New Zealand segment from FY24 is carried into FY25, as co reported a 6.2% decline in same-store sales for the first eight weeks of FY25 for the segment, compared to Citi's estimate of a 2% increase in 1H25
** Company posted on Friday FY24 loss of A$479,000 compared to profit of A$35.2 mln ($23.81 mln) in FY23
** Stock has fallen 38.1% this year, as of last close
($1 = 1.4782 Australian dollars)
Reporting by Sherin Sunny in Bengaluru
Editing by Marguerita Choy
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