U-Kroger, umthengisi wegrosari owaziwayo waseMelika, kutshanje ukhuphe ingxelo yakhe yezemali kwikota yesibini, zombini ingeniso kunye nokuthengisa bekungcono kunokuba bekulindelwe, inyumoniya yenoveli ye-coronavirus yabangela ukuqhambuka kweminyaka emitsha ukuba kubangele abathengi ukuba bahlale ekhaya rhoqo, inkampani iphinde yaphucula uqikelelo lwayo lokusebenza kulo 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 kulo nyaka uphelileyo, ingcono kunoqikelelo lwe-Wall 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. Ukuthengiswa kwenyaniso elula kuye kwanda 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.

"I-novel coronavirus pneumonia yinto yokuqala ephambili kubasebenzi bethu kunye nabathengi. Siya kuqhubeka sisebenza nzima ukuhlangabezana nemingeni njengoko i-pneumonia entsha yesithsaba iqhubeka," kusho uMike Mullen.

"Abathengi basentliziyweni yento esiyenzayo, ngoko sandisa isabelo sethu semarike. Ishishini ledijithali elomeleleyo likaKroger yinto ephambili kolu kukhula, njengoko utyalo-mali lokwandisa i-ecosystem yethu yedijithali ihambelana nabathengi. Iziphumo zethu ziyaqhubeka zibonisa ukuba i-Kroger yi-brand ethembekileyo kwaye abathengi bethu bakhetha ukuthenga nathi ngenxa yokuba 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 kuthi 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.

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

Isicwangciso sezemali sika-Kroger kukuqhubela phambili ukusebenzisa imali esomeleleyo yasimahla eveliswa lishishini kwaye isetyenziswe ngendlela ephucukileyo ukuze iqhube 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 igcine umlinganiselo wetyala 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 eyomeleleyo yasimahla, kwaye iguqulela kwimbuyekezo eyomeleleyo nenomtsalane yomnini-zabelo kwixesha elide le-8% ukuya kwi-11%.

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