U-Kroger, umthengisi wegrosa owaziwayo waseMelika, usanda kukhipha umbiko wakhe wezezimali wekota yesibili, imali engenayo nokuthengisa bekungcono kunalokho obekulindelwe, inyumoniya ye-coronavirus yenoveli 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 isuka ku-$28.17 billion ngonyaka odlule, okungcono kunesibikezelo sika-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 esisezingeni eliphezulu senkampani, 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 ezingaphezu kuka-2400 zokulethwa kwegrosa kanye nezindawo zokulanda ezingu-2100 emagatsheni ayo, eheha abathengi abangu-98% endaweni yayo yemakethe ngezitolo ezibonakalayo neziteshi zedijithali.

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

"Abathengi basenhliziyweni yalokho esikwenzayo, ngakho-ke sandisa isabelo sethu semakethe. Ibhizinisi ledijithali eliqinile lika-Kroger liyisici esibalulekile kulokhu kukhula, njengoba utshalomali lokukhulisa uhlelo lwethu lwezemvelo lwedijithali luthinta abathengi. Imiphumela yethu iyaqhubeka nokubonisa ukuthi i-Kroger iwuphawu oluthembekile nokuthi abathengi bethu bakhetha ukuthenga nathi ngoba bazisa ikhwalithi, ubusha, lula kanye nemikhiqizo yedijithali esiyinikezayo ".

Ekhuluma nabahlaziyi, izinga lenkampani ye-coronavirus pneumonia "liphansi 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 ezidayisayo, amafutha kanye namabhizinisi ezempilo nempilo, kodwa futhi nokukhula kwenzuzo kwamanye amabhizinisi ayo.

Isu lezezimali lika-Kroger wukuqhubeka nokusebenzisa imali engenamandla eqinile ekhiqizwa ibhizinisi futhi isetshenziswe ngendlela ehlelekile ukuze iqhubekisele phambili ukukhula okuzinzile 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 imali.

Inkampani 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%.

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