Carlsberg Backs Guidance After Posting Forecast-Beating Revenue
May 02 2019 - 2:01AM
Dow Jones News
By Dominic Chopping
Carlsberg AS (CARL-A.KO) on Thursday backed its full-year
guidance after delivering a 9.3% rise in first-quarter revenue, as
all of its markets made a good start to the year and with
particularly strong growth in Asia.
Revenue rose to 13.89 billion Danish kroner ($2.09 billion) in
the quarter, from DKK12.7 billion a year earlier, as overall
beverage volumes rose 6.7% to 29.0 million hectolitres. Analysts
polled by FactSet had expected revenue of DKK13.54 billion and
total volumes of 28.3 million hectolitres.
The company doesn't disclose any further financial information
in its quarterly trading statements.
"We had a good start to the year, with particularly strong
volume growth in Asia and continued solid progress of our craft and
specialty and alcohol-free portfolios, which improved the
price/mix," said Chief Executive Cees 't Hart.
Asia saw organic revenue growth of 15.3%, with China and Vietnam
the standout performers, it said. In India, volumes grew by
mid-single-digit percentages despite very tough comparables with a
strong first quarter last year.
The price/mix improvement in Asia was the result of price
increases and continued premiumization, with its international beer
brands delivering strong results in most markets in the region,
Carlsberg added.
In Western Europe, revenue grew organically by 2.4%, with
particularly strong growth at the beginning of the quarter, whereas
the end of the quarter was softer due to the timing of Easter
compared with last year.
Eastern European revenue grew organically by 5.1% with a strong
price/mix partly offset by volume decline of 2.4%. Volumes in
Russia declined by 4% as a result of market-share losses following
price increases in the final quarter of 2018 and the first quarter
of 2019.
The company expects to deliver mid-single-digit-percentage
organic growth in operating profit in 2019.
Based on spot rates as of May 1, Carlsberg now assumes a
positive translation impact of DKK150 million to operating profit
this year, from a previous expectation of around zero.
Write to Dominic Chopping at dominic.chopping@wsj.com;
@domchopping @WSJNordics
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