Higher basket sizes, foot traffic boost Puregold's performance in H1
Puregold Price Club, Inc. President Ferdinand Vincent Co (left) and Chairman Lucio L. Co (right)
Lucio Co-led grocery retail leader Puregold Price Club, Inc. reported a 7.1 percent improvement in consolidated net income to ₱5.3 billion for the first half of 2025 from ₱4.95 billion, driven by strong topline growth and complemented by stable gross margins.
In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said it grew consolidated revenues by 11.6 percent to ₱109.9 billion for the first half of 2025 versus ₱98.5 billion in the same period last year.
For the first half of 2025, the enterprise experienced positive same-store sales growth (SSSG) of 6.4 percent from Puregold Stores, driven by higher basket size, and 4.7 percent from S&R Warehouse clubs, driven by higher traffic.
As of end June 2025, Puregold operates a total of 764 stores nationwide comprising 666 Puregold stores, 31 S&R Membership Shopping Warehouses, and 67 S&R New York Style QSRs.
For the period ended June 30, 2025, the Group realized an increase of 11.9 percent in consolidated gross profit to ₱20.95 billion at 19.1 percent margin from ₱18.72 billion at 19.0 percent margin in the same period of 2024.
Other operating income increased by 21.0 percent from ₱1.54 billion in the six months of 2024 to ₱1.86 billion in the same period of 2025.
Gross operating income for the six months of 2025 amounted to ₱22.81 billion at a gross operating margin of 20.8 percent and an increase of 12.6 percent from ₱20.25 billion at 20.6 percent margin in the same period of 2024.
Operating expenses increased by 16.4 percent from ₱12.88 billion in the six-month period ended June 30, 2024 to ₱14.99 billion in the same period of 2025.
Other expenses net of other income amounted to ₱966 million and ₱965 million for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.