Britvic FY 2021 Pretax Profit Rose; Increases Dividend
Britvic FY 2021 Pretax Profit Rose; Increases Dividend
By Kyle Morris
凱爾·莫里斯(Kyle Morris)著
Britvic PLC said Wednesday that pretax profit increased for fiscal 2021 and that it has raised its dividend.
Britvic PLC週三表示，2021財年税前利潤增加，並提高了股息。
The U.K. maker of soft drinks--which houses the Fruit Shoot, Robinsons and J2O brands among its portfolio--said pretax profit for the year ended Sept. 30 was 142.9 million pounds ($191.2 million) compared with GBP111.2 million a year earlier.
這家英國軟飲料製造商表示，截至9月1日的一年，該公司實現了税前利潤。該公司的投資組合包括Fruit Shoot、Robinsons和J2O等品牌。30英鎊為1.429億英鎊(1.912億美元)，而去年同期為1.112億英鎊。
Revenue for the period was GBP1.41 billion compared with GBP1.41 billion a year earlier.
這一時期的收入為14.1億英鎊，而去年同期為14.1億英鎊。
Britvic said it has had an encouraging performance to date in fiscal 2022, with volumes in first six weeks of the year ahead of the prior year. It is confident of further progress, with revenue, profit and margin growth expected for 2022 despite inflationary cost pressures.
Britvic表示，到目前為止，該公司在2022財年的表現令人鼓舞，今年前六週的銷量比上一年高出一倍。該公司有信心取得進一步進展，儘管存在通脹成本壓力，但預計2022年收入、利潤和利潤率仍將增長。
"While there are multiple operational headwinds leading to increased inflation, we are confident we will mitigate them through a combination of our agile and resilient supply chain, revenue management and cost saving actions," Chief Executive Officer Simon Litherland said.
該公司首席執行官西蒙·利瑟蘭(Simon Litherland)表示：“雖然存在多種導致通脹上升的運營逆風，但我們有信心通過我們靈活而有彈性的供應鏈、收入管理和成本節約行動的結合來緩解這些逆風。”
The board declared a final dividend of 17.7 pence a share, taking the full-year dividend to 24.2 pence a share.
董事會宣佈末期股息為每股17.7便士，使全年股息達到每股24.2便士。
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