Kroger Pauses Buybacks ua ntej txo cov nuj nqis tom qab Albertsons Deal Kaw

Cincinnati-based Kroger tau hais rau hnub Friday tias nws yuav them rau $ 24.6 nphom nrog cov nyiaj ntsuab thiab tau txais los ntawm cov nuj nqis tshiab. Lub tuam txhab tau txais 364-hnub, $ 17.4 billion choj qiv los ntawm

Citigroup Inc.

thiab Wells Fargo & Co., nws tau hais hauv daim ntawv pov thawj. Cov nyiaj qiv yog qhov thib ob loj tshaj plaws thoob ntiaj teb kev qiv nyiaj qiv nyiaj xyoo no rau hnub tim, tom qab

Broadcom Inc. Cov

$ 32 billion qiv raws li ib feem ntawm nws deal tshaj tawm nyob rau lub Tsib Hlis yuav

VMware Inc.,

Raws li Dealogic, tus muab ntaub ntawv nyiaj txiag.

Kroger yuav ncua kev yuav khoom ib ntus nrog lub hom phiaj ntawm kev muab qhov tseem ceeb rau kev txo cov nuj nqis tom qab kev sib pauv kaw, lub tuam txhab tau hais rau hnub Friday. Lub tuam txhab tau thim rov qab $ 309 lab hauv cov khoom lag luam thaum lub quarter kawg ntawm Lub Yim Hli 13, thiab hais tias lub Cuaj Hli nws pawg thawj coj tau tso cai tshiab $ 1 nphom rov qab txoj haujlwm. Kroger muaj $ 1.1 nphom hauv cov nyiaj ntsuab thiab kev nqis peev ib ntus ntawm nws daim ntawv tshuav nyiaj li cas thaum Lub Yim Hli 13, nqis los ntawm $ 1.8 nphom thaum pib lub xyoo.

"Peb yuav cia siab tias, raws li peb tau ncua kev yuav khoom, kom muaj nyiaj ntsuab ntau rau thaum peb kaw qhov kev sib pauv," Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Nyiaj Txiag

Gary Millerchip

tau hais rau hnub Friday thaum lub sijhawm tus kws tshuaj ntsuam hu. Lub tuam txhab tsis teb tam sim ntawd rau qhov kev thov kom Mr. Millerchip muaj rau kev xam phaj.

Kroger lub hom phiaj kom ua tiav qhov sib piv ntawm cov nuj nqis rau cov nyiaj tau los hloov kho ua ntej paj paj, se thiab txo qis ntawm 2.3 npaug rau 2.5 npaug hauv 18 txog 24 lub hlis tom qab qhov kev txiav txim raug kaw, uas xav tau thaum ntxov 2024. Daim duab ntawd sawv ntawm 1.63 npaug ntawm Lub Yim Hli. 13. Lub tuam txhab rau hnub Friday tsis tau hais tias nws qhov kev sib piv yuav ua li cas tom qab qhov kev lag luam kaw.

Kroger muaj $ 19.28 nphom hauv cov nuj nqis li ntawm Lub Yim Hli 13, piv nrog $ 18.98 nphom hauv ib xyoos ua ntej, raws li S&P Global Market Intelligence, tus muab ntaub ntawv.

"Hauv kev ua lag luam tam sim no, muab cov nqi nce ntxiv thiab kev lag luam tsis muaj zog, cov tub ua lag luam tau ceev faj me ntsis ntawm cov tuam txhab uas muaj nuj nqis siab," Rupesh Parikh, tus kws tshuaj ntsuam ntawm peev tuam txhab Oppenheimer & Co Inc., hais txog cov nuj nqis ntxiv. lub tuam txhab tab tom ua rau nyiaj txiag kev lag luam. Kroger cov shares poob 7% rau hnub Friday, kaw ntawm $ 43.16.

Kev txwv tsis pub yuav rov qab yuav tso nyiaj rau hauv daim ntawv tshuav nyiaj uas lub tuam txhab tuaj yeem siv los deleverage, ntxiv rau cov nyiaj ntsuab los ntawm cov nyiaj tau los ntawm ob lub tuam txhab thiab kev txuag nqi, cov kws tshuaj ntsuam tau hais. Ob lub tuam txhab muaj cov khw muag khoom hauv cov chaw suav nrog Southern California, Washington, Texas thiab Washington, DC, thiab tau hais rau hnub Friday lawv xav tias yuav muag cov khw muag khoom sib tshooj los pab kom tau txais kev pom zoo rau kev lag luam.

Lub tuam txhab credit rating

Moody's Corp.

Hnub Friday tau lees paub Kroger qhov kev nqis peev-qib credit rating. Tab sis, lub tuam txhab tau hloov lub tuam txhab txoj kev xav mus rau qhov tsis zoo los ntawm qhov ruaj khov, feem ntau yog vim muaj kev pheej hmoo cuam tshuam nrog kev kaw thiab kev koom ua ke xws li kev lag luam loj, tus kws tshuaj ntsuam Chedly Milord Louis tau hais. Moody's cia siab tias Kroger tus piv ntawm tag nrho cov nuj nqis rau Ebitda, uas tam sim no sawv ntawm 2.5 npaug, kom ncav cuag li 3.8 npaug tom qab kev sib pauv kaw thiab 3.2 zaug hauv 18 txog 24 lub hlis tom qab kev sib pauv, raws li Ms. Milord Louis.

Tseem, qhov kev pom zoo ua rau muaj kev nkag siab zoo rau qhov loj ntawm lub tuam txhab uas nws yuav tsim thiab qhov dav ntawm nws cov khoom muag, Ms. Milord Louis tau hais. “Qhov no yog tus neeg sib tw muaj zog. Thiab lawv yeej ib txwm ua tus neeg sib tw muaj zog. Kuv tsis tas yuav pom qhov hloov pauv nrog qhov tau los ntawm Albertsons, "nws hais.

Sau rau Kristin Broughton ntawm [email tiv thaiv]