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受流感季疲軟影響,利潔時股價暴跌,第一季營收下滑

-- 受一系列不利因素影響,包括流感季期間持續低發病率,利潔時集團(RKT.L)股價週三午盤在倫敦下跌超過5%。 截至3月31日的三個月內,這家總部位於英國的消費品巨頭集團的國際財務報告準則(IFRS)淨收入下降11.8%至32.5億英鎊,主要原因是匯率波動以及近期出售的家居用品業務Essential Home的銷售損失。此外,歐洲持續的市場逆風以及影響中東業務和供應的區域不穩定也對第一季業績造成了衝擊。 同時,得益於新興市場淨收入7.6%的成長,同店銷售額成長0.6%。集團兩大主要市場的成長部分被中東、北非、俄羅斯和巴基斯坦地區的壓力所抵銷。另一方面,利潔時在歐洲的銷售額下降了4.2%,在北美下降了0.9%。 在此背景下,該公司重申了對2026財年核心業務同店銷售額成長4%至5%的預期。管理層預計,隨著流感和感冒疫情週期的正常化以及新產品的推出,將為公司提供必要的成長動力,以抵消中東持續衝突的不利影響。 如果到年底油價均價維持在每桶110美元,利潔時預計投入成本將增加1.3億至1.5億英鎊,但該公司認為這筆支出「可控」。集團計劃透過提高供應鏈效率、避險和策略定價來抵消成本,同時指出,持續的高位大宗商品價格最終可能會抑制消費者需求,因為家庭購買力會下降。 「我們維持2026年同店淨收入預期不變。這主要得益於我們市場領先的強勢品牌持續增長,隨著季節更替,我們將不斷推出包括Mucinex 12小時感冒發燒片在內的創新產品,同時歐洲市場業績也將有所提升,中國、印度以及非季節性市場北美地區也將保持強勁增長。」首席執行官克里斯·利希特表示。 加拿大皇家銀行資本市場(RBC Capital Markets)的分析師對利潔時(Reckitt)的最新業績報告持負面看法,指出其新興市場成長預期較市場普遍預期低280個基點,且利潤率前景尚不明朗。 該研究機構寫道:「利潔時對全年利潤率的指引仍然模糊不清,『維持我們對集團調整後營業利潤率的預期,但該預期主要取決於下半年的實現情況』。預計上半年調整後營業利潤率將同比下降約200個基點,但下半年利潤率有望改善,這得益於擱淺成本的進一步削減、抵消大宗商品價格上漲的措施以及感冒和流感業務的調整。

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