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加拿大皇家銀行表示，Sprouts Farmers Market第一季業績可能基本上符合預期。

-- 加拿大皇家銀行資本市場（RBC Capital Markets）週二發布報告稱，Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM) 預計第一季度業績將“符合預期”，並重申其2026年業績預測，同店銷售額趨勢略有改善。 RBC表示，由於2月中旬以來「交易數據」有所改善，該公司將第一季同店銷售額預期從先前預測的下降2%上調至下降1.5%，略高於市場普遍預期。該公司還表示，由於持續投資於定價和會員忠誠度計劃，利潤率受到一定影響，預計調整後每股收益將維持在1.69美元，與華爾街預期基本一致。 Sprouts Farmers Market計劃於4月29日發布第一季財務業績。 該券商表示，預計該公司管理層將在業績發布後重申其2026年業績指引，並指出本季度迄今為止的趨勢保持“穩定”，這應該有助於“保持”對第二季度兩年業績預測的“信心”。報告預測，第二季同店銷售額將年減2%至持平，與市場普遍預期基本一致。 加拿大皇家銀行（RBC）表示，市場「主要關注點」預計將是4月份的同店銷售額表現，因為這是衡量同店銷售額在經歷了去年同期較為嚴峻的基數後能否開始「加速成長」的關鍵指標。 加拿大皇家銀行維持對Sprouts Farmers Market的「跑贏大盤」評級，目標價維持在114美元不變。

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