Lojas Americanas S.A. reported consolidated and company earnings results for the first quarter of 2018. For the quarter on consolidated basis the company presented a growth by 29.6% of net sales and 33.9% of the adjusted EBITDA. Apart from that, the first 4 months of the year, the company registered growth of 8.5% of sales in the concept-same stores. Net revenue consolidated was BRL 4.0 billion, a growth of 17.5% compared to the first quarter of last year. Gross profit consolidated in the quarter was BRL 1.3 billion, with gross margins of 33.3%, representing growth of 3.1 percentage points if compared to the same period last year. The adjusted consolidated EBITDA totaled BRL 523.3 million, with EBITDA margins of 13%, an increase of 1.8 percentage points compared to the first quarter of 2017. For the quarter the company reported net revenues of BRL 2.6 billion, an increase of 29.6% in relation to the first quarter of 2017. In sales growth, on the concept-same stores of 8.5% in the initial four months of the year. EBITDA totaled BRL 456 million, with a margin of 17.7%, an increase by 0.5 percentage points, which is the result of expenses dilution due to sales increase influenced by Easter.