iFabric Corp.

iFabric Corp.

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Q1 FY2026 · Earnings Call TranscriptMay 14, 2026

Hey, good morning, good afternoon, depending on where you're dialling in from. Thanks for joining us today.

We have an update with iFabric, who just reported their Q1 numbers earlier this week. With me today, I have Hylton Karon, CEO, Hilton Price, CFO, and Giancarlo Beevis, COO.

I don't think we're going to work off a presentation, but as always, this session will contain forward-looking statements. If you'd like to know more about those, you can find them on the presentation on the company's website.

There will be a Q&A section, feel free to enter any questions you have in the Q&A box. I'm just going to read a quick little disclaimer.

As announced in the press release yesterday, the company is undertaking a short form prospectus offering. Due to Canadian securities laws and regulatory quiet period, management is strictly prevented from discussing the proposed financing, the offering terms, or the specific use of proceeds.

Therefore, the remarks today will focus entirely on the recently released financial results, and we'll not be taking any questions regarding the offering. Apologies that we can't get into that until after the close, but those are the rules.

With that out of the way, I'll turn the mic over to Hylton to talk a little bit about the quarter. Thanks for joining.

Hylton Karon

Thank you. Good afternoon, everyone.

Thanks for joining us. As I normally preface my discussion, I just want to advise everybody that we did a fairly comprehensive press release on the quarterly results and financial position, which you can find on our website together with the financial statements and the MD&A, and you can also find those on SEDAR+, they're available at both places.

I'm going to focus, as I normally do, on what I consider the important aspects of the results and our financial position to help you get a better understanding of where we're at and what we achieved in Q1. Starting with the revenue, that came in at $27.5 million compared to $7.1 million in 2025, and that was slightly ahead of the guidance we provided previously, which was $20 to $25 million, and an absolute record for the company.

I think I should smile. I'm often accused of not smiling enough, but that makes me smile.

Looking at revenues by division: Intelligent Fabrics, $23.6 million compared to $5.8 million last year. Intimate Apparel, $3.9 million compared to $1.3 million, both records or huge records for the divisions.

In terms of the main drivers for revenues, Intelligent Fabrics, we had new scrubs and footwear programs, plus we saw some expansion of existing programs as well as organic growth in our core lines. For the Intimate Apparel division, we saw the launch of our new brand, Nudish, to replace the Maidenform brand.

We had to repopulate all the stores at our major clients, in particular Kohl's and Target. Also, we saw the launch of a new major intimates program at Walmart US, and we're hoping that's going to do well.

Next item I'd like to deal with is inventory. We were carrying $16.9 million in inventory at the end of the quarter, and that may appear high, but generally we normally carry about 4 to 6 months' worth of inventory.

We actually employ three full-time analysts to track sales trends and sell-throughs, and which products are doing well, and which products are doing less well. However, even with this, sell-through rates on new programs are a guess at best.

When we have as many new programs as we have now, we tend to bring in a bit more inventory than we need because if we run out of inventory, that's an absolute momentum breaker. We'd rather carry a bit more.

Our goods are not fashion items, there's no real chance of us being stranded with any of these products. It just may take a little longer to sell, but it's all good inventory.

Actually, I see with the spark in oil prices, I'm expecting that fabric prices are going to go up. A lot of the fabrics are used are polyester-based, investment into inventory might have been even a wise move if that happens.

Next item is accounts receivable. We were sitting with $25.5 million on the book, obviously related to the revenues for the quarter.

Our collection cycle is normally around 75 days, so that would be in line with that. When you're dealing with the likes of Walmart, Costco, the collections tend to run like clockwork.

If we have any doubt as to the creditworthiness of a new customer or client, we will obtain credit insurance. In fact, very little risk actually attaches to our book.

Gross margin: The quarter came in at 33%, which was up from 26% in the prior quarter. Definitely headed in the right direction.

My target for the year would be 35% or just north of 35%, we seem to be moving towards that. The real driver there of the margin is the high proportion of Intelligent Fabrics sales, which do carry a lower margin than Intimate Apparel.

Intimate Apparel is the highest gross margin earner in the business. There was also a small impact from tariffs, and I'm glad to see that mid-February or towards the end of February they were struck down.

In fact, we've got a claim pending to recover around $850,000 in tariffs that we paid to the date that the tariffs were declared no longer in effect. I don't know how long that's going to take.

I haven't recognized that as an asset on the books. I've taken a cautious approach and will recognize any recoveries in income as and when we receive the cash.

Selling and admin costs: There was a $1.5 million increase there, and that's mainly attributable to variable costs, royalties, commissions, and the like, some small cost increases in our base overhead. I think I mentioned a while back that above $35 million, I expected a large proportion of the margin to drop to the bottom line, and the $5.7 million in adjusted EBITDA in this quarter bears that out.

In fact, in terms of variable costs, I just cut a check to Roots for $1 million for royalties paid on Roots product sales to Costco. Our current ratio is a healthy 2:1 at the end of the quarter.

When I calculate the current rate, I exclude a term loan, which was actually the mortgage in our building, which is shown as current, unfortunately, even though it's a term loan. In terms of our banking agreement, it's also a demand loan, when that happens, we need to classify it as current even though we'll only pay the minimum payments during the course of the year.

I exclude that, and as I say, the ratio is 2:1, which I believe is fairly healthy. Forward deposits for purchasing down to $1.3 million compared to $6 million peak.

Obviously, far less product is coming in in the short term, but I would expect a build-up of that amount again as we begin the process of ordering for the year-end programs. Q4 is normally one of our massive or bigger quarters, it takes a while to put things into production, order the goods, design everything.

We'll see a build-up in deposits over the course of the year. The last item I would deal with is our operating debt.

We were carrying $9.3 million in operating debt at the end of the quarter. With our earnings converting to cash and the collection of our receivables, I would expect that to be paid down at a fairly rapid rate.

I suppose with the capital raise now in effect, that's moot. I think that's all I really have to say.

Questions?

Thanks, Hylton. I don't see any questions coming—oh, there are a couple.

Give me a second here. All right.

Did the higher volume of Intimate Apparel revenue this quarter have a positive impact on gross margin in the quarter? If so, could you indicate by how much?

Hylton Karon

Absolutely. Again, it's mix-related, and we had a massive amount of Intelligent Fabrics sales in that quarter.

I don't have the exact number. If I was to give a number off the top of my head, I would say 1 to 2 points, 2 points, at least 2 points.

Okay. Could you quantify the Q1 '26 revenue for us again?

Is it largely in fulfilling the 1,000 additional Walmart stores? Did it include some of the $8 million related to the Roots contract?

How much is related to the fulfillment of the Walmart stores?

Hylton Karon

I'll defer to Giancarlo.

Giancarlo Beevis

Q1 obviously had some of those additional 1,000 stores going into Walmart, but also was an expansion of our leak-proof program within Walmart USA. It was the addition of the new Walmart program in the intimates side of the business as well.

Then obviously the relaunch of our Nudish brand in the other two major retailers being Kohl's and Target. It was kind of a mix of all of it.

To address the Roots part, yes, part of it was in Q1, but also part of it was in Q4. It was a mix of all of those different things in Q1.

What's the status of Walmart adding more stores? Do you have an update on that?

Giancarlo Beevis

I'm not sure that that's something we're allowed to speak about at this point for future business given our quiet period. I'll defer to that as my response.

Hylton Karon

I'll just jump in here very quickly and say I know people would like a lot of forward-looking, what we've got planned, but we are, as Giancarlo said, in a quiet period because of the raise, and the raise has not closed. We've been cautioned by counsel to really try stick to this review as the review of Q1.

We'll gladly have another webinar once the raise is closed so that we can talk with a lot more clarity about future plans that obviously we raise the money for. Once it's done, we will circle back to everyone and have another webinar and address that.

I just hope people appreciate the fact where we are today.

Understood. I am going to have to skip a couple of those questions then.

This one maybe you can answer: What's the expected quarterly revenue cadence? Historically, Q1 and Q4 are your seasonally strongest quarters.

Would you expect that to remain the same?

Hylton Karon

That again is forward-looking. I think we should leave that for the next webinar.

Let's try and hold something shortly after the capital raise to deal with those kind of questions. Okay.

What are your payment terms with Walmart and Costco?

Hylton Karon

Our payment terms generally run from around 60 to 90% 90 days at the longest. Generally 60 days.

Before we collect, it will extend out to 75 by the nature of our clients' computer systems, etc., etc., and the time that it takes for goods to hit their warehouse. As the terms are between 60 and 90, and our average collection period is around 75 days.

Were there any one-time items impacting the adjusted EBITDA margin in Q1?

Hylton Karon

Yes, tariffs was one, and I think we had a couple hundred thousand in the residual cost of transitioning from the Maidenform license to our own brand, where we were setting through residual product. Giancarlo, what other costs were there on the transition?

Giancarlo Beevis

There was a little bit of mark down, not a great deal.

Hylton Karon

Mark down is the one, yeah.

Giancarlo Beevis

Yeah.

Hylton Karon

Yeah. It wasn't an overly material figure.

It was about 150 or 200,

Giancarlo Beevis

and

Hylton Karon

I would guess you're right, the vast majority of that would have been mark downs.

Okay. The level of deposits has fallen sharply.

Previously, deposits were used to suggest the coming two quarters' revenue. You can't answer that?

Giancarlo Beevis

No, I think just to Hilton's point before, if our inventory is up already, I would suggest that that might indicate that we've been priming the pump already. Deposits might be down, but inventory is at an all-time high, so.

Got it. What's the principal market for your new Nudish line?

Is it US or Canada?

Giancarlo Beevis

I would say both, and it expands not only the traditional solution bra and bra accessory market, but expands into our leak-proof product, into some sleepwear product, and then traditional intimates as well.

Hylton Karon

The Maidenform license restricted us in what we could do, and I think the unburdening is the fact that now we can do a lot more without a license, and it opens up new areas for us. Again, we'll discuss that at the follow-up webinar, and we'll provide more color on that.

Okay. I think the rest of the questions that I have are all forward-looking.

I'm assuming you can't talk about the leaching study?

Giancarlo Beevis

Not other than things are moving ahead. I don't know that we can give any further color on that at this stage, but it is moving ahead.

Okay. Here's: Polyester prices have seen sharp increases due to the Strait of Hormuz.

Have you seen any price changes for your materials?

Giancarlo Beevis

No, and I think again to Hilton's previous point is that even having this inventory in place has been a benefit to us that we're not seeing that, and we do do some polyester, but not a lot of it is polyester. We're into some other fabrications as well, we've been able to avoid it to a large degree.

Okay. Congrats on a fantastic quarter and start to the year.

[unclear] numbers. Hylton, Giancarlo, Hylton, anything you want to add that we didn't cover that we can cover?

Hylton Karon

I know people are looking for forward statements, and as I said, we will have a webinar. If there is a dip from one quarter to another, that's by no means an indication of a soft quarter.

I think that the business is still in unbelievable shape and really everything is pointing forward in a very nice manner, and it's really positive. I think that there's really no alarm bells in any way, shape, or form.

As I said, let's get through this raise, and then we'll be able to give more color on that going forward.

Giancarlo Beevis

You're on mute, Devon.

Thanks, Giancarlo. I was saying, yeah, thank you so much for your time.

I think you're scheduled to close, is it June 4th?

Hylton Karon

I think closing is around,

yeah, it's sometime

Hylton Karon

in the first week of June,

very

Hylton Karon

very soon thereafter we'll schedule something to go forward.

Great. Thanks for your time.

Thanks to the audience members for your questions. Sorry we couldn't get to all of them, but we'll get to them as soon as we can.

Thanks, everyone, and have a good day.

Hylton Karon

Thank you.

Giancarlo Beevis

Thanks, everyone.