服装零售商Macy第三季度稀释后每股利润上涨30%
Total sales in the third quarter of 2014 were however down 1.3 per cent to $6.195 billion from total sales of $6.276 billion in the third quarter of 2013.
Comparable sales together with comparable sales of departments licensed to third parties also fell 0.7 per cent in the third quarter of 2014 over same quarter of 2013.
Third quarter comparable sales exclusive of licensed businesses were down 1.4 per cent in 2014 compared with a year ago quarter.
Macy’s, Inc.’s operating income totalled to $422 million or 6.8 per cent of sales for the quarter ended November 1, 2014, up from $360 million or 5.7 per cent of sales for the same period last year.
Net cash provided by operating activities amounted to $777 million in the first three quarters of 2014 versus $819 million in the first three quarters of 2013.
Macy’s said net cash used for investing activities in the first nine months of 2014 touched $596 million, rising from $541 million from the prior year quarter.
While, net cash used for financing activities in the first three quarters of 2014 reached $1.406 billion, up from $943 million in the corresponding three quarters of 2013.
Macy’s repurchased approximately 9.0 million shares of its common stock for a total of approximately $534 million, in the third quarter of 2014.
In the fiscal year to date, the retailer repurchased approximately 25.3 million shares of its common stock for approximately $1.48 billion.
And as of November 1, 2014, it had remaining authorization to repurchase up to approximately $1.45 billion of its common stock.
Macy’s has also revised its full year guidance. It now forecasts earnings per diluted share for the full-year 2014 to be in the range of $4.25 to $4.35 from its earlier guidance of $4.40 to $4.50.
It also now expects comparable sales together with comparable sales of departments licensed to third parties to increase by 1.2 per cent to 1.5 per cent, down from previous guidance of 2 per cent to 2.5 per cent.
“We are very pleased with our third quarter earnings, even though the sales performance fell short of our expectations,” CEO, Terry Lundgren said.
He added, “However, we were able to maintain gross margin flat to last year and reduced SG&A expense, even excluding the timing benefit of some items, including the sale of certain assets.”
服装零售商Macy第三季度稀释后每股利润上涨30%
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然而2014年第三季度的总销售额相比2013年第三季度的62.76亿美元下降了1.3%至61.95亿美元。
同店销售以及授权给第三方的部门同店销售在2014年第三季度相比2013年也下降了0.7%。
除去独家授权业务2014年第三季度可比销售额同比下降了1.4%。
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在2014年前三个季度，通过经营活动获得的净现金达7.77亿美元，而2013年前三个季度为8.19亿美元。
Macy表示，在2014年的前九个月，用于投资活动的净现金为5.96亿美元,而上一年同季度为5.41亿美元。
在2014年的前三个季度, 用于融资活动的净现金达到14.06亿美元,高于2013年同一季度的9.43亿美元。
在2014年第三季度，Macy百货回购了约900万的普通股，股份总数约为5.34亿美元。
当前财政年度到目前为止,零售商回购了2530万股普通股，约14.8亿美元。
Macy百货也修改了全年的指导。现在预测2014年全年盈利摊薄后每股收益在4.25美元至4.35美元之前，而早些时候的指导为4.40美元到4.50美元之间。
它也预计可比销售额以及授权给第三方的部门同店销售将增加1.2%到1.5%,低于此前定下的2%到2.5%。
“尽管销售业绩低于我们的预期,但我们非常满意我们第三季度的收益,”首席执行官Terry Lundgren说道。
他补充道,“我们能够保持毛利率与去年持平并降低销售总务支出。”