LVMH shares drop after missing second-quarter estimates
LVMH shares drop as much as 6.5% in early trade
Q2 sales rose 1% to 20.98 bln euros vs forecast 21.6 bln
Shares in Hermes, Kering dragged lower
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By Mimosa Spencer and Dominique Patton
PARIS, July 24 (Reuters) -Shares in LVMH LVMH.PA fell as much as 6.5% in early Wednesday trade and were on track for their biggest one-day drop since October 2023 after second-quarter sales growth at the French luxury goods giant missed analysts' consensus estimate.
The world's biggest luxury group said late Tuesday its quarterly sales rose 1% year on year to 20.98 billion euros ($22.76 billion), undershooting the 21.6 billion expected on average by analysts polled by LSEG.
At 1000 GMT, LVMH's shares were down 4.5%.
The earnings miss weighed on other luxury stocks, with Hermes HRMS.PA down around 2% and Kering PRTP.PA off 3%.
Kering is scheduled to report second-quarter sales after the market close and Hermes reports on Thursday.
Jittery investors are looking for evidence that the industry will pick up from a recent slowdown, as inflation-hit shoppers hold off from splashing out on designer fashion.
JPMorgan analyst Chiara Battistini cut full year profit forecasts by 2-3% for the group, citing softer trends at LVMH's fashion and leather goods division, home to Louis Vuitton and Dior.
"The soft print is likely to add to ongoing investors’ concerns on the sector more broadly in our view, confirming that even best-in-class players like LVMH cannot be immune from the challenging backdrop," said Battistini in a note to clients.
The weakness of the yen, which has prompted a flood of Chinese shoppers to Japan seeking bargains on luxury goods, added pressure to margins, another source of concern.
Equita cut 2024 sales estimates for LVMH by 3% - attributing 1% to currency fluctuations - and lowered its second half organic sales estimate to 7% growth from 10% growth previously.
The lack of visibility for the second half beyond the easing of comparative figures - as the Chinese post-pandemic lockdown bounce tapered off a year ago - is unlikely to improve investor sentiment to the luxury sector, Citi analyst Thomas Chauvet said in an email to clients.
"No miracle with the luxury bellwether; sector likely to remain out of favour," he wrote.
Jefferies analysts said the miss came as investors eye Chinese shoppers for their potential to "resume their pre-COVID role as the locomotive of industry growth and debate when Western consumers will have fully digested their COVID overspend".
LVMH shares have been volatile since the luxury slowdown emerged, and are down about 20% over the past year, with middle-class shoppers in China, the world's No. 2 economy, a key focus as they rein in purchases at home amid a property slump and job insecurity.
LVMH offered some reassurance, with finance chief Jean-Jacques Guiony telling analysts during a call on Tuesday that Chinese customers were "holding up quite well," while business with U.S. and European customers was "slightly better".
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Reporting by Dominique Patton and Mimosa Spencer, further reporting by Samuel Indyk; Editing by Jason Neely and Mark Potter
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