British American Tobacco Drops 10% as it Books $31.5 Billion Charge on US Brands
British American Tobacco Drops 10% as it Books $31.5 Billion Charge on US Brands
The company cited “macro-economic pressures in the US impacting combustibles performance.” The cigarette maker said it’s now assessing the carrying value and useful economic lives of the brand over an estimated period of 30 years. It expects about half of its revenue to come from non-combustibles by 2035. By Luzi Ann Santos | Moomoo News
作者：露茲·安·桑托斯 | Moomoo News
$British American Tobacco (BTI.US)$ saw its shares fall as much as 10% after the company said it’s taking a 25 billion pound ($31.5 billion) non-cash adjusting impairment charge related to some of its US combustible brands.
$英美煙草 (BTI.US)$ 該公司表示將收取與部分美國可燃品牌相關的250億英鎊（合315億美元）的非現金調整減值費用，此後，其股價下跌了10％。
The stock touched a new 52-low week of $28.35 before trading at $28.85, down 8.5% in US trading. That took this year's slump to 28%.
該股觸及52周新低，至28.35美元，之後交易價格爲28.85美元，在美國交易中下跌8.5％。這使今年的跌幅達到28％。
The company cited “macro-economic pressures in the US impacting combustibles performance.” The cigarette maker said it’s now assessing the carrying value and useful economic lives of the brand over an estimated period of 30 years. It expects about half of its revenue to come from non-combustibles by 2035.
該公司列舉了 “影響可燃物性能的美國宏觀經濟壓力”。這家捲菸製造商表示，目前正在評估該品牌在大約30年內的賬面價值和有用經濟壽命。該公司預計，到2035年，其收入中約有一半將來自不可燃物。
The company is facing difficult US conditions as smokers switch to next-generation products, the Wall Street Journal quoted AJ Bell as saying. The company is targeting half of its revenue coming from non-combustible products like vapes by 2035.
《華爾街日報》援引AJ Bell的話說，隨着吸菸者轉向下一代產品，該公司正面臨美國的困境。該公司的目標是到2035年其一半的收入來自電子煙等不可燃產品。
That will hurt the company’s near-term financial results, sending shares declining, the Journal quoted AJ Bell investment director Russ Mould as saying.
《華爾街日報》援引貝爾投資董事拉斯·莫爾德的話說，這將損害該公司的短期財務業績，導致股價下跌。
