Hugo Boss Group (BOSSn.DE): Touchdown execution continues; FY26 outlook unchanged as Frasers deepens exposure

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Hugo Boss Group (BOSSn.DE): Touchdown execution continues; FY26 outlook unchanged as Frasers deepens exposure

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04 Aug 2026 02:28:13 ET │ 11 pages

Hugo Boss Group (BOSSn.DE)

Touchdown execution continues; FY26 outlook unchanged as Frasers

deepens exposure

CITI'S TAKE Neutral

Price (03 Aug 26 17:30) €38.01 1H26 results represent the first tangible outcome of the 2026 brand reset

Target price €38.00 under the “Claim5 Touchdown” plan, with 2Q26 sales -9% cFX (cons-

8%/Citi -7%, 1Q26 -6%), landing towards the weaker end of FY26E Expected share price return 0.0%

revenue guidance, left unchanged. By channel (cFX YoY): Retail -8% Expected dividend yield 0.8%

(vs.cons.-6%/Citi.-7%, 1Q26 -3%) including B&M -6%/Digital -18%, and Expected total return 0.8%

Wholesale -10% (cons.-11%/Citi.-8%), reflecting deliberate channel Market Cap €2,623M

optimisation/SKU rationalisation/volume reset and cautious order US$3,019M

behaviour. EBIT deleverage was slightly better-than-feared (2Q26

€59m/adj.€64m ex-one-off advisory fees vs.cons.€52m/Citi €59m),

down 28% YoY (cons.-36%)/-21% adjusted. 2Q26 gross margin expanded

200bp YoY to 64.9% (cons.+70bp), from sourcing efficiencies and higher Thomas ChauvetAC

AUR (price increases and higher full-price sell-through), and ongoing opex +44-20-7986-4147

discipline (opex -4%YoY vs.cons.-4%, 1Q26 -4%). FCF of €105m (1H25: thomas.chauvet@citi.com

€71m) reflects further capex normalisation (€60m vs.1H25 €72m) and Alberto Cecchetto

inventory reduction (-15%YoY cFX). We expect consensus to remain +44-20-7986-5408

unchanged towards the mid-point and lower-end of reiterated FY26E alberto.cecchetto@citi.com

guidance for sales decline and EBIT, respectively. Neutral.

FY26E guidance unchanged — i) Sales: mid-to-high single digit percentage in cFX