U-Kroger, umthengisi wegrosari owaziwayo waseMelika, kutshanje ukhuphe ingxelo yakhe yezemali kwikota yesibini, zombini ingeniso kunye nokuthengisa bekungcono kunokuba bekulindelwe, inyumoniya yenoveli ye-coronavirus ibangele ukuqhambuka kwexesha elitsha kubangela ukuba abathengi bahlale ekhaya rhoqo, inkampani. ngokunjalo iphucule ingqikelelo yayo yokusebenza kwalo nyaka.

Ingeniso ye-Net kwikota yesibini iphelele kwi-819 yezigidi zeedola, okanye i-$ 1.03 ngesabelo ngasinye, isuka kwi-$ 297 yezigidi, okanye i-$ 0.37 ngesabelo ngasinye, ngexesha elifanayo kunyaka ophelileyo.Imivuzo ehlengahlengisiweyo ngesabelo ngasinye yayiyi-0.73 yeesenti, idlula ngokulula okulindelwe ngabahlalutyi be-0.54 yeedola.

Intengiso kwikota yesibini inyuke yaya kutsho kwi-30.49 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ukusuka kwi-28.17 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kunyaka ophelileyo, ingcono kunoqikelelo lweWall Street lwe-29.97 yeebhiliyoni zeedola.URodney McMullen, umlawuli oyintloko weKroger, uthe kwintetho yabahlalutyi, udidi lwabucala lweKroger luqhuba ukuthengisa ngokubanzi kwaye lunika inzuzo yokhuphiswano.

Ukuthengiswa kokhetho lwabucala, uphawu lwevenkile ephezulu yenkampani, lukhule nge-17% kwikota.Intengiso yenyaniso elula ikhule ngeepesenti ezingama-20, kwaye iimveliso zokupakishwa kweevenkile zanda ngama-50 ekhulwini.

Ukuthengiswa kwedijithali ngaphezu kokuphindwe kathathu ukuya kwi-127%.Intengiso efanayo ngaphandle kwepetroli inyuke nge-14.6%, nayo igqithise oko bekulindelwe.Namhlanje, i-Kroger ineendawo ezingaphezu kwe-2400 zokuhanjiswa kwegrosari kunye neendawo ze-2100 zokuthatha kumasebe ayo, ukukhanga i-98% yabathengi kwindawo yayo yemarike ngokusebenzisa izitolo eziphathekayo kunye neziteshi zedijithali.

“Inyumoniya entsha ye-coronavirus yeyona nto iphambili kubasebenzi bethu nakubathengi.Siza kuqhubeka nokusebenza nzima ukuhlangabezana nemingeni njengoko inyumoniya entsha iqhubeka,” utshilo uMike Mullen.

“Abathengi basembindini wento esiyenzayo, ke ngoko siyasandisa isabelo sethu sentengiso.Ishishini ledijithali elomeleleyo likaKroger yeyona nto iphambili kolu kukhula, njengoko utyalo-mali lokwandisa inkqubo yethu yedijithali ihambelana nabathengi.Iziphumo zethu ziyaqhubeka zibonisa ukuba i-Kroger yibrendi ethembekileyo kwaye abathengi bethu bakhetha ukuthenga nathi kuba baxabisa umgangatho, ukutsha, ukulungeleka kunye neemveliso zedijithali esizinikezelayo.“

Ukuthetha nabahlalutyi, izinga lezehlo zenyumoniya zenoveli ye-coronavirus yenkampani "lalisezantsi kakhulu kunezehlo zoluntu esisebenza kulo," utshilo uMcMullen.Wongeze wathi: "Inyumoniya entsha ye-coronavirus ivulelwe thina ngexesha elitsha lenyumoniya kwaye sifunde okuninzi kwaye siza kuqhubeka nokufunda."

Kuyaqondwa ukuba i-Kroger ivume isicwangciso esitsha sokuthengwa kwe-stock ye-1 yebhiliyoni ukuze sithathe indawo yesigunyaziso sangaphambili.Unyaka opheleleyo, uKroger ulindele ukuba ukuthengiswa okufanayo ngaphandle kwepetroli kukhule ngaphezu kwe-13%, kunye nengeniso ngesabelo ngasinye kulindeleke ukuba ibe phakathi kwe-$ 3.20 kunye ne-3.30 yeedola.Uqikelelo lweWall Street luyafana, kunye nokuthengiswa kwe-9.7% kunye nemivuzo ngesabelo ngasinye se-2.92 yeedola.

Kwixesha elizayo, imodeli yezemali ye-Kroger ayiqhutywa kuphela kwiivenkile ezithengisayo, amafutha kunye nempilo kunye namashishini ezempilo, kodwa kunye nokukhula kwenzuzo kumashishini ayo ahlukile.

Isicwangciso sezemali sika-Kroger kukuqhubela phambili ukusebenzisa imali esomeleleyo ephuma simahla eveliswa lishishini kwaye isetyenziswe ngendlela enesidima ukuqhubela phambili ukukhula okuzinzileyo kwexesha elide ngokuchonga iiprojekthi zembuyekezo ephezulu ezixhasa isicwangciso sayo.

Ngelo xesha, i-Kroger iya kuqhubeka nokwabela iimali zokuqhuba ukukhula kweentengiso kwiivenkile kunye neemveliso zedijithali, ukuphucula imveliso, kunye nokwakha i-ecosystem ye-digital ecosystem kunye nokubonelela.

Ukongezelela, u-Kroger uzibophelele ekugcineni ityala le-net kwi-EBITDA ehlengahlengisiweyo yoluhlu lwe-2.30 ukuya kwi-2.50 ukuze kugcinwe ukulinganisa kwamatyala ebakala lotyalo-mali lwangoku.

Inkampani inethemba lokuqhubeka nokunyusa izabelo ekuhambeni kwexesha ukubonisa ukuzithemba kwayo ekuhambeni kwemali simahla kunye nokuqhubeka nokubuyisela imali engaphezulu kubatyali-mali ngokuthengwa kwezabelo.

U-Kroger ulindele ukuba imodeli yakhe inike iziphumo ezingcono zokusebenza ekuhambeni kwexesha, iqhubeke nokugcina ukuhamba kwemali esomeleleyo simahla, kwaye iguqulelwe kwimbuyekezo eyomeleleyo nenomtsalane yabaninizabelo kwixesha elide le-8% ukuya kwi-11%.

Abadlali abakhulu bakaKroger baquka i-Costco, i-target kunye ne-Wal Mart.Nalu uthelekiso lwevenkile yabo: