LONDON (Reuters) - British online supermarket and technology group Ocado reported a ballooning annual pretax loss and a 27% fall in core earnings, mainly due to a fire which destroyed a hi-tech flagship warehouse in Andover, southern England.
倫敦(路透社)-英國在線超市和科技集團Ocado報告稱，年度稅前虧損不斷膨脹，核心收益下降27%，主要原因是一場火災摧毀了英格蘭南部安多弗的一座高科技旗艦倉庫。
Ocado has transformed itself over the last two years from a domestic grocery delivery firm to a provider of state-of-the-art online retail technology, winning partnerships with Kroger in the United States, Casino in France and most recently Aeon in Japan.
Ocado在過去兩年中從一家國內食品雜貨遞送公司轉變為一家提供最先進的在線零售技術的供應商，贏得了與美國克羅格(Kroger)、法國賭場(Casino)以及最近日本永旺(Aeon)的合作伙伴關係。
Those deals have helped push its shares 31% higher in the last year, giving it an 8.6 billion pound stock market valuation, well above those of traditional British supermarket groups such as Sainsbury’s, which is worth 4.4 billion pounds and Marks & Spencer at 3.5 billion pounds, according to Refinitiv Eikon data.
根據Refinitiv Eikon的數據，這些交易幫助其股價在過去一年上漲了31%，使其股票市值達到86億英鎊，遠高於塞恩斯伯裡(Sainsbury‘s)和瑪莎百貨(Marks&Spencer)等傳統英國超市集團，後者的市值為44億英鎊，瑪莎百貨(Marks&Spencer)的市值為35億英鎊。
The shares were up 1.2% at 0830 GMT, even though Ocado said its loss before tax widened to 214.5 million pounds ($276.8 million) in the year to Dec. 1, 2019 versus 44.4 million pounds in 2017-18.
在格林威治時間0830，該公司股價上漲了1.2%，儘管Ocado表示，截至2019年12月1日的財年，其稅前虧損擴大至2.145億英鎊(2.768億美元)，而2017-18財年為4440萬英鎊。
The loss reflected exceptional charges of 94.1 million pounds relating to the write-down of the Andover site.
這一損失反映了與Andover網站的減記有關的9410萬英鎊的特殊費用。
Ocado made earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) of 43.3 million pounds ($55.9 million), versus a re-stated 59.5 million pounds for 2017-18.
Ocado實現了4，330萬英鎊(合5，590萬美元)的利息、稅項、折舊和攤銷前利潤(EBITDA)，而2017-18年度重報了5950萬英鎊。
That outcome, which also reflected accounting changes and the costs of share schemes, was broadly in line with analysts’ consensus forecast.
這一結果也反映了會計變化和股票計劃的成本，與分析師的共識預測大體一致。
The losses and drop in core earnings were despite a 9% increase in group revenue to 1.76 billion pounds.
儘管集團收入增長了9%，達到17.6億英鎊，但虧損和核心收益下降仍然存在。
“We are pleased to report results which show strong momentum in the business,” said Chief Executive Tim Steiner.
首席執行官蒂姆·施泰納(Tim Steiner)表示：“我們很高興報告顯示業務強勁勢頭的業績。”
“Although statutory results reflected a combination of factors, including the impact of the Andover fire, the underlying performance of Ocado Retail and the successful growth of Ocado Solutions were very encouraging.”
雖然法定結果反映了多種因素，包括安多弗火災的影響，但Ocado零售公司的基本業績和Ocado解決方案公司的成功增長非常令人鼓舞。“
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