U-Kroger, umthengisi wegrosa owaziwayo waseMelika, usanda kukhipha umbiko wakhe wezezimali wekota yesibili, imali engenayo kanye nokuthengisa bekungcono kunalokho obekulindelwe, inyumoniya yenoveli ye-coronavirus ibangele ukuqubuka kwenkathi entsha ukuze kubangele abathengi ukuthi bahlale ekhaya njalo, inkampani. iphinde yathuthukisa isibikezelo sayo sokusebenza kwalo nyaka.

Isamba semali engenayo kwikota yesibili ifinyelele ku-$819 million, noma ama- $1.03 ngesabelo ngasinye, isuka ku-$297 million, noma i-$0.37 isabelo ngasinye, ngesikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka odlule.Iholo elishintshiwe ngesheya ngalinye libe ngamasenti angu-0.73, lidlula kalula okulindelwe abahlaziyi okungu-$0.54.

Ukuthengiswa kwekota yesibili kukhuphuke kwafinyelela ku-$30.49 billion kusukela ku-$28.17 billion ngonyaka odlule, okungcono kunesibikezelo se-Wall Street sika-$29.97 billion.URodney McMullen, isikhulu esiphezulu sakwaKroger, uthe enkulumweni yakhe nabahlaziyi, umkhakha wezinkampani ezizimele ze-Kroger yiwona oshayelayo ukuthengisa jikelele futhi uwunikeza ithuba lokuncintisana.

Ukuthengiswa kokukhethwa kwangasese, uhlobo lwesitolo senkampani esisezingeni eliphezulu, kukhule ngo-17% ngekota.Ukuthengiswa kweqiniso elilula kukhule ngamaphesenti angama-20, futhi imikhiqizo yokupakishwa kwemikhiqizo yasesitolo ikhule ngamaphesenti angama-50.

Ukuthengiswa kwedijithali kungaphezu kokuphindwe kathathu kuya ku-127%.Ukuthengiswa okufanayo ngaphandle kukaphethiloli kukhuphuke ngo-14.6%, nakho kwedlula obekulindelwe.Namuhla, i-Kroger inezindawo zokulethwa kwegrosa ezingaphezu kuka-2400 kanye nezindawo zokulanda ezingu-2100 emagatsheni ayo, iheha abathengi abangu-98% endaweni yayo yemakethe ngezitolo ezibonakalayo kanye neziteshi zedijithali.

“I-Novel coronavirus pneumonia yinto yokuqala ebaluleke kakhulu kubasebenzi bethu nakubathengi.Sizoqhubeka nokusebenza kanzima ukubhekana nezinselelo njengoba kuqhubeka inyumoniya entsha,” kusho uMike Mullen.

“Abathengi basemoyeni walokho esikwenzayo, ngakho sandisa isabelo sethu semakethe.Ibhizinisi ledijithali eliqinile lika-Kroger liyisici esibalulekile kulokhu kukhula, njengoba utshalomali lokukhulisa uhlelo lwethu lwendawo yedijithali luthinta abathengi.Imiphumela yethu iyaqhubeka nokubonisa ukuthi i-Kroger iwuphawu oluthembekile nokuthi abathengi bethu bakhetha ukuthenga nathi ngoba bazisa ikhwalithi, ukusha, ukunethezeka kanye nemikhiqizo yedijithali esiyinikezayo.“

Ekhuluma nabahlaziyi, izinga lenkampani ye-coronavirus pneumonia "laliphansi kakhulu kunezigameko zomphakathi esisebenza kuwo," kusho uMcMullen.Ubuye wengeza wathi: “Inyumoniya entsha ye-coronavirus isivulelwe thina ngesikhathi esisha senyumoniya futhi sifunde okuningi futhi sisazoqhubeka nokufunda.”

Kuyaqondakala ukuthi u-Kroger ugunyaze uhlelo olusha lokuthenga kabusha isitoko esingu-$1 billion ukuze luthathe indawo yokugunyazwa kwangaphambilini.Unyaka ogcwele, u-Kroger ulindele ukuthengiswa okufanayo okungabandakanyi uphethiloli ukuthi kukhule ngaphezu kuka-13%, kanti imali engenayo ngesheya ngalinye kulindeleke ukuthi ibe phakathi kuka-$3.20 no-$3.30.Isilinganiso se-Wall Street siyefana, ngokuthengiswa kukhuphuke ngo-9.7% kanye nenzuzo ngesabelo ngasinye esingu-$2.92.

Esikhathini esizayo, imodeli yezezimali ka-Kroger ayiqhutshwa nje kuphela izitolo ezinkulu zezitolo, amafutha kanye namabhizinisi ezempilo nempilo, kodwa futhi nokukhula kwenzuzo kwamanye amabhizinisi.

Isu lezezimali lika-Kroger wukuqhubeka nokusebenzisa imali engenamandla eqinile ekhiqizwa ibhizinisi futhi isetshenziswe ngendlela ehlelekile ukuze iqhubekisele phambili ukukhula okusimeme kwesikhathi eside ngokuhlonza amaphrojekthi anenzuzo ephezulu asekela isu lalo.

Ngesikhathi esifanayo, u-Kroger uzoqhubeka nokwaba izimali zokuqhuba ukukhula kokuthengisa ezitolo nemikhiqizo yedijithali, ukuthuthukisa ukukhiqiza, nokwakha i-ecosystem yedijithali engenamthungo kanye nochungechunge lokuhlinzeka.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, u-Kroger uzibophezele ekugcineni isamba sesikweletu ebangeni le-EBITDA elilungisiwe elingu-2.30 ukuya ku-2.50 ukuze kugcinwe isilinganiso sesikweletu sebanga lokutshala izimali.

Le nkampani inethemba lokuthi izoqhubeka nokwenyusa izinzuzo ngokuhamba kwesikhathi ukuze ibonise ukuzethemba kwayo ekugelezeni kwemali kwamahhala futhi iqhubeke nokubuyisela imali eningi kubatshalizimali ngokuthenga amasheya.

I-Kroger ilindele ukuthi imodeli yayo ilethe imiphumela engcono yokusebenza ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, iqhubeke nokugcina ukugeleza kwemali okuqinile kwamahhala, futhi ihumushele ezimbuyiselweni eziqinile nezikhangayo zabanikazi bamasheya ebangeni lesikhathi eside lika-8% kuya ku-11%.

Izimbangi ezinkulu zika-Kroger zihlanganisa i-Costco, i-target ne-Wal Mart.Nasi isiqhathaniso sesitolo sabo: