Merger-Bound Albertsons Companies' Q1 Sales Beats Estimate With Pharmacy And Digital Sales Boost
Merger-Bound Albertsons Companies' Q1 Sales Beats Estimate With Pharmacy And Digital Sales Boost
Albertsons Companies Inc (NYSE:ACI) reported first-quarter FY24 sales growth of 0.9% year-on-year to $24.27 billion, beating the analyst consensus estimate of $24.14 billion.
艾伯森公司（NYSE:ACI）報告FY24第一季度營業額同比增長0.9%，達242.7億美元，超出分析師一致預期的241.4億美元。
The increase was driven by a 1.4% increase in identical sales, with strong growth in pharmacy sales driving the identical sales increase. Digital sales increased 23%.
同店銷售增長1.4%，其中藥房銷售強勁增長推動了同店銷售的增長，數字化銷售增長了23%。
Gross margin rate expanded 10 basis points to 27.8%. The operating margin was 1.9%, and operating income for the quarter declined 26.1% to $459.6 million.
毛利率增加10個點子至27.8%。本季度營業利潤率爲1.9%，營業收入下降了26.1%，僅爲45960萬美元。
The company held $291.1 million in cash and equivalents as of June 15. Operating cash flow totaled $960.9 million.
截至6月15日，公司持有現金及現金等價物爲29110萬美元，經營現金流總額爲96090萬美元。
Adjusted EBITDA of $1.183 billion decreased 10.2% Y/Y. Adjusted EPS of $0.66 missed the consensus estimate of $0.67.
調整後的EBITDA爲11.83億美元，同比下降10.2%。調整後的每股收益爲0.66美元，低於預期的0.67美元。
Net debt totaled $7.57 billion as of June 15, 2024. Net debt ratio was 1.81.
截至2024年6月15日，淨負債爲75.7億美元，淨負債比率爲1.81。
"Our Customers for Life strategy is placing the customer at the center of everything we do, and we continued to drive strong year-over-year growth in loyalty members as we launched our new simplified 'for U' loyalty program. Amidst an evolving economic and industry backdrop, we continued to deliver outsized growth in our digital and pharmacy businesses," said CEO Vivek Sankaran.
“我們的終身客戶策略將客戶置於我們所做的一切中心，我們繼續推動忠誠會員年增長強勁增長，同時推出了我們新的簡化版‘爲您’忠誠計劃。在不斷演變的經濟和行業背景下，我們在數字化和藥房業務方面繼續實現超額增長，”首席執行官Vivek Sankaran說。
Recently, Kroger Co. (NYSE:KR) reportedly revealed the comprehensive list of stores, distribution centers, and plants it plans to divest to gain regulatory approval for its proposed merger with Albertsons.
近日，Kroger Co. （NYSE:KR）據稱公佈了全面的店鋪、分銷中心和工廠清單，以獲得監管機構批准其與艾伯森的提議合併。
Price Action: ACI shares are trading higher by 0.75% at $20.09 at last check Tuesday.
股票價格變動：截至上週二最後一次檢查，ACI股份上漲0.75%，報20.09美元。
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