Carlsberg Raises 2021 View After 1st Half Recovery in Sales, Profit
August 18 2021 - 2:49AM
Dow Jones News
By Adria Calatayud
Carlsberg AS on Wednesday raised its earnings guidance for 2021
after posting first-half net profit and revenue that beat
expectations as it recovered from the hit caused by the pandemic
last year.
The Copenhagen-based brewer said the strength of its first-half
results enabled it to upgrade its guidance and to launch a new
share buyback. It now expects organic growth in operating profit
within the range of 8% to 11%, up from its previous range of 5% to
10%.
The company said it will launch its third quarterly
share-buyback program, amounting to one billion Danish kroner
($157.4 million), in line with its buyback for the second
quarter.
"Although we see a gradual return to a more normal environment
in markets across Europe, other markets, particularly in Asia,
remain subject to severe restrictions due to new waves of the
infection," Chief Executive Cees't Hart said.
For the first six months of the year, Carlsberg made a net
profit of DKK3.03 billion, compared with DKK2.86 billion a year
earlier. Analysts had expected a net profit of DKK2.97 billion,
according to consensus estimates provided by the company.
Revenue for the first half increased to DKK31.69 billion from
DKK28.83 billion, it said. Analysts had forecast revenue at
DKK30.97 billion.
Total organic volumes grew 10% in the first half, and were up
8.8% in the second quarter, it said.
Write to Adria Calatayud at adria.calatayud@dowjones.com
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