Tesco Swings to Full-Year Profit
13 April 2016 - 8:50AM
Dow Jones News
By Saabira Chaudhuri
LONDON-- Tesco PLC swung to a full-year profit as the British
supermarket giant bounced back from a year-earlier period weighed
down by property write-downs, even as revenue continued to
decline.
Under Dave Lewis who became chief executive in 2014, Tesco has
been working to reverse a period of slumping sales and falling
market share in the U.K. Mr. Lewis has made moves to cut costs,
shed noncore assets and simplify Tesco's range and store
operations. He recently launched a new fresh food "Farm" range to
compete with the step up in this area by discounters Aldi and
Lidl.
For the year to Feb. 27, Tesco's pre-tax profit was GBP162
million ($230.8 million), compared with a loss of GBP6.33 billion a
year ago.
Tesco's operating profit excluding one-time items, a figure
closely watched by investors, rose 1.1% to GBP944 million from a
year earlier. Tesco had guided to a trading profit of GBP940
million to GBP950 million.
Adjusted per-share earnings, stripping out one-time items, were
3.41 pence from 4.14 pence a year earlier.
Revenue excluding VAT was down to GBP54.43 billion from GBP56.93
billion a year earlier.
Write to Saabira Chaudhuri at saabira.chaudhuri@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
April 13, 2016 02:35 ET (06:35 GMT)
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