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Company · DSE:LEGACYFOOT · Footwear & leather · Analysis · 31 Oct 2026
Legacy Footwear: revenue BDT 55.8m against BDT 300m in FY2019; FDR interest exceeded pre-tax profit
A 100% export shoe maker that nearly stopped selling in FY2023 (revenue BDT 1.76m) raised its share capital to BDT 430.8m, settled its Rupali Bank loan and is rebuilding volume: FY2025 revenue rose to BDT 55.8m and 9M FY2026 revenue more than doubled, while the BDT 7.1m of FDR interest was larger than the BDT 3.8m profit before tax.
Legacy Footwear PLC describes itself as a 100% export-oriented footwear manufacturing company that started commercial production in 1999 and listed in 2000, selling in Europe and Japan. Its factory is at Vannara, Mouchak, Kaliakair in Gazipur, and since FY2024 it consolidates a 98%-owned subsidiary, Legacy…
Company · DSE:APEXFOOT · Footwear & leather · Analysis · 31 Oct 2026
Apex Footwear: finance cost takes 79% of operating profit, so a 30% gross margin leaves a 1% net margin
Exports fell 32.5% in FY2024 and came back in FY2026 (Q3 export sales +40.3%), domestic retail kept growing, and FY2026 profit rose 15% to BDT 155m; the auditor qualified the FY2025 accounts over BDT 827m of capitalised borrowing costs.
Apex Footwear Limited (AFL) does two different businesses inside one company. Its export unit makes leather and textile athletic footwear for foreign brands, mostly in Europe, and its domestic unit sells footwear and other products through its own Apex outlets, franchises and dealers in Bangladesh.…