中國區銷售增長推升百勝股價 Yum shares pop as China sales grow

Shares in the company behind KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell rose nearly 4 per cent in extended trading, after the company reported a 6 per cent rise in first quarter same-store sales at its China division, eclipsing estimates for a 2.1 per cent gain. That compared to a 12 per cent drop in the prior year quarter.

週三，百勝(Yum)公佈了一季度財報，中國區同店銷售額上升6%，遠超此前2.1%的預估增益，去年同期則下跌了12%。財報公佈後，百勝股票在盤後交易中上漲近4%，該公司旗下品牌包括肯德基(KFC)、必勝客(Pizza Hut)和塔可鍾(Taco Bell)。

KFC China saw a 12 per cent jump in same-store sales growth, which the company attributed to a Chinese New Year bucket promotion.

中國肯德基同店銷售猛增12%，百勝將此歸因於春節全家桶推廣活動。

Comparable sales increased at all of the company’s divisions and were up 2 per cent worldwide.

百勝各部門可比銷售額都有增長，全球銷售額上漲2%。

That helped the Kentucky-based company report profits of $391m or 93 cents a share, up from $362m or 81 cents a share in the year ago quarter*. Sales were largely flat at $2.6bn. Analysts on Wall Street were looking for earnings of 83 cents, on sales of $2.7bn.

受此帶動，百勝第一季度淨利報收3.91億美元，每股收益0.93美元，去年同期利潤爲3.62億美元，每股收益0.81美元，銷售額基本持平在26億美元。華爾街分析師此前預計百勝今年首季每股收益爲0.83美元，營收預估爲27億美元。

Adjusting for one-time items earnings of 95 cents a share, topped estimates for 83 cents.

經一次性項目調整後，每股收益達到0.95美元，超過預期的0.83美元。

Greg Creed, chief executive, said: While it’s early in the year and there may be bumps in the road, we’re confident in raising core operating profit growth guidance to 12%, from 10% previously.

百勝首席執行官格雷格•克里德(Greg Creed)表示：雖然現在還是年初，前路可能還有顛簸，但我們有信心將核心業務營利增長從之前的10%提高到12%。

Failure to revive sales in Asia’s largest economy following a food safety scare prompted Yum to announce a plan to spin off its China business late last year. Yum has also reportedly been in talks with KKR and other private equity funds to sell a minority stake in the Chinese business — its largest division.

由於中國區發生的一次食品安全恐慌，百勝沒能重振這個亞洲最大經濟體的銷售，促使該公司在去年年底宣佈計劃分拆中國業務。據報道百勝還曾與KKR等私人股本集團洽談出售中國業務的少數股權。中國業務是百勝旗下最大部門。

The company has previously said the split should allow each company to target a 15 per cent shareholder return per year.

百勝此前曾表示拆分中國區業務應該可以讓每家公司實現每年15%的股東回報率。

Yum shares have advanced 13 per cent since the start of last year.

自去年年初以來，百勝股價已上漲13%。