Carlsberg Revenue Beats Amid Continued Strength in Asia -- Earnings Review
October 31 2019 - 8:12AM
Dow Jones News
By Dominic Chopping
Carlsberg AS (CARL-A.KO) reported a third-quarter trading
statement on Thursday. Here's what we watched:
REVENUE FORECAST: The Copenhagen-based brewer posted a
forecast-beating 5.3% rise in third-quarter revenue to 18.53
billion Danish kroner ($2.76 billion) from DKK17.59 billion a year
earlier. Analysts polled by FactSet had expected revenue of
DKK18.28 billion. It said that solid earnings from Asia and Western
Europe more than offset weakness in Russia.
EARNINGS FORECAST: Carlsberg doesn't disclose a third quarter
net profit figure.
WHAT WE WATCHED:
GUIDANCE: Carlsberg earlier this week upgraded its full-year
guidance for the second time in two months due to solid earnings
performance in western Europe and China which it said has more than
offset weakness in Russia. It now expects 2019 organic growth in
operating profit of around 10% on the year, from previous guidance
of high-single-digit percentage growth. This guidance remained
unchanged in Thursday's release. However, the brewer did say it now
sees a positive currency effect on operating profit this year of
around DKK150 million, from a previous estimate of DKK100
million.
BEVERAGE VOLUMES: Overall beverage volumes were flat at 38.5
million hectolitres. In Asia, Carlsberg had particularly strong
volume growth in China, Laos, Malaysia/Singapore and Vietnam. In
China, volumes grew by 6%. In western Europe, the company had good
revenue and volume growth in markets such as Switzerland, Denmark,
Poland, Serbia, Greece, Croatia and Bulgaria, whereas volumes
declined in markets such as France and the U.K. Volumes in Russia
and Ukraine were hit by intensified competition, cool weather and
in the case of Russia, tough comparables due to the World Cup last
year, it said.
Write to Dominic Chopping at dominic.chopping@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
October 31, 2019 07:57 ET (11:57 GMT)
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