Investors will expect Marks & Spencer to shed light next week on the impact of a harmful cybercheamante that has stopped all online orders in the retail giant.
The company will present its financial performance during the last year in an update of the stock market on Wednesday, May 21.
However, attention will focus strongly on how the company is in front of the interruption weeks.
Almost a month ago since the retailer was first affected by an important “cyber incident”, which is reported that it is linked to the Spider dispersed piracy group.
The company has stopped online orders during the last three weeks as a result, while payments and clicks and charges were also affected.
The availability of M&S Saw in stores also hit the interruption, causing some empty shelves as parts of their IT systems changed, but said that this was quickly recovering in an update on Thursday.
The hackers in the attack took customer personal data, which could have included names, email addresses, postal addresses and birth dates.
The retailer has not yet disseminated the financial cost of the incident, but it is believed that dozens of millions of pounds have been lost in sales.
Analysts have said that shareholders will expect the company's orientation on profits and income for the current year as a result.
Susannah Streeter, director of money and markets at Hargreaves Lansdown, said: “Although the annual numbers will not show the effect, since they end before the interruptions of the operations occur, it is expected that an orientation for next year will be expected, and it is very cautious.
“With online orders still suspended, the rape is expected to cost around £ 4 million per day in lost sales.”
He added that fashion sales could be a particular victim, with interruption in the middle of a warm climate spell for a key period for spring/summer clothing lines.
Barclays analysts have suggested that the cyber attack could result in a cost of £ 200 million for financial year 2025/26, but that it is likely that this will be compensated with an insurance payment of around 100 million.
The attack knocked down the business after a positive period under the leadership of Stuart Machin, with actions that reach a scope of almost nine years last month before a recent value fall.
It is expected that M&S reports that the total sales of the group increased by around 5% to £ 13.8 billion for the year until March 31, according to analysts in the sector.
The company is also expected to reveal profits before taxes of around £ 840 million for the year.
This compares to around £ 716 million a year earlier.
