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Deckers Outdoor Corporation stock research

Sep 30, 2024

FY2025 Q2

Deckers Outdoor (DECK) Gross Margin — Quarter Ended Sep 30, 2024

Revenue, gross profit, and cost of revenue all increased compared to both the prior quarter and the same quarter last year. Gross margin declined slightly from the prior quarter but improved year-over-year, reflecting a shift in the relationship between revenue and cost of revenue.

Gross margin takeaway

Quarter ended Sep 30, 2024 · FY2025 Q2

Revenue, gross profit, and cost of revenue all increased compared to both the prior quarter and the same quarter last year. Gross margin declined slightly from the prior quarter but improved year-over-year, reflecting a shift in the relationship between revenue and cost of revenue.

  • The strongest observable margin driver is the relative growth rates of revenue and cost of revenue. In the current quarter, revenue grew faster than cost of revenue compared to a year ago, lifting the margin, but sequentially cost of revenue grew faster than revenue, slightly compressing the margin.
  • Compared to the immediately preceding quarter, gross margin weakened as the proportion of cost of revenue to revenue increased. Compared to the same quarter one year earlier, gross margin improved as revenue grew at a higher rate than cost of revenue.

Gross margin snapshot

The selected quarter's reported revenue, gross profit, direct costs, and margin comparisons.

Gross margin

55.9%

Gross profit

$733.3M

Revenue

$1.3B

Cost of revenue

$578.0M

Quarter-over-quarter change

-1.0 pts

Year-over-year change

+2.5 pts

Quarterly gross margin trend

A four-quarter view of the revenue and direct-cost bridge behind gross margin.

PeriodRevenueGross profitCost of revenueGross margin
Sep 30, 2023$1.1B$583.0M$508.9M53.4%
Dec 31, 2023$1.6B$916.6M$643.7M58.7%
Jun 30, 2024$825.3M$470.0M$355.3M56.9%
Sep 30, 2024$1.3B$733.3M$578.0M55.9%

Quarterly comparisons

Compare the selected margin with the preceding quarter and the same fiscal quarter one year earlier.

Previous-quarter change

Jun 30, 2024

-1.0 pts

Year-over-year change

Sep 30, 2023

+2.5 pts

What the margin says

Filing-constrained interpretation of margin direction, comparisons, and what to monitor next.

The strongest observable margin driver is the relative growth rates of revenue and cost of revenue. In the current quarter, revenue grew faster than cost of revenue compared to a year ago, lifting the margin, but sequentially cost of revenue grew faster than revenue, slightly compressing the margin.

Compared to the immediately preceding quarter, gross margin weakened as the proportion of cost of revenue to revenue increased. Compared to the same quarter one year earlier, gross margin improved as revenue grew at a higher rate than cost of revenue.

Monitor the trend of cost of revenue growth relative to revenue growth in the coming quarters to assess whether the sequential margin compression persists.