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R.J. Hottovy
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Narrow-Moat Adidas on Track for Fiscal 2018 Targets Despite Weakness in Europe; Shares Overvalued

Narrow-moat Adidas reported third-quarter results that place the firm on track to meet our full-year assumptions that call for currency-neutral sales growth of 8% and operating margins of 10.4%. While revenue growth slowed more than management expected (up 8%) because of weakness in Western Europe (down 1%, 28% of fiscal 2017 sales), the firm’s gross margin outperformed, growing 140 basis points to 51.8% (outpacing our 50.7% full-year estimate). The primary driver for gross margin were sales thr...
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adidas AG ADS

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Morningstar
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