Strong Revenue Growth
Total revenue for Q1 2026 increased 33% year over year to $23.0 billion pesos.
Robust Same-Store Sales and Traffic
Same-store sales grew 16% versus 2025; Eduardo noted two-thirds of this SSS growth came from volume (transactions and SKUs per ticket) and one-third from average price per SKU (mix).
Rapid Store Expansion
Opened 123 net new stores in the quarter for a total of 3,469 stores. LTM net store openings = 580 (a 20% increase vs March 2025).
Adjusted EBITDA and Margin Improvement
Reported EBITDA was $554 million pesos; excluding non-cash share-based compensation EBITDA rose 39% year over year to $1.3 billion pesos. Adjusted EBITDA margin increased by 22 basis points YoY.
Strong Operating Cash Generation and Negative Working Capital
Cash flow from operating activities reached $2.0 billion pesos in Q1, a 64% increase YoY. Adjusted negative working capital expanded to $9.4 billion (from $6.5 billion in 2025), representing ~11.3% of LTM revenue (excluding IPO proceeds), supporting self-funded growth.
Execution on Infrastructure and CapEx Plan
20 distribution centers are operational. CapEx for the year disclosed at ~ $5.2 billion pesos to fund store openings, new DCs, trucks and equipment; management says they are comfortable executing on this plan.
Product & Format Innovation Showing Promise
"Irrepetibles" category, fresh produce pilots (FRESH), fridges and frozen categories and other tests are performing well; pilots show ticket uplift in test stores. ERP deployment is mid-way through a planned three-year modular rollout. Investments in IT/AI and talent continue to drive efficiencies.