By Kosaku Narioka
Fast Retailing shares rose sharply after the proprietor of attire retailer Uniqlo posted a document annual web revenue because of stronger international gross sales and projected additional earnings development forward.
The firm’s shares have been not too long ago 5.4% increased at 35,560 yen on Friday morning after rising as a lot as 6.2% earlier.
Fast Retailing stated Thursday after market shut that web revenue climbed 8.4% to a document excessive of Y296.23 billion ($1.98 billion) within the fiscal yr ended Aug. 31.
Uniqlo’s working revenue for North America surged 92% and that for Europe, excluding Russia, climbed 82.5%, serving to the corporate diversify the supply of its earnings away from its earlier reliance on Japan and China.
Fourth-quarter web revenue was Y57.71 billion, given web revenue of Y238.52 billion within the previous 9 months, in accordance with a Wall Street Journal calculation. That beat the estimate of Y25.07 billion taken from a ballot of analysts by FactSet.
Fiscal-year income grew 20% to Y2.767 trillion, pushed by gross sales development internationally.
The firm forecast that web revenue would to extend 4.6% to Y310.00 billion within the new fiscal yr and that income would rise 10% to Y3.050 trillion because it plans to open extra Uniqlo shops abroad.
Write to Kosaku Narioka at kosaku.narioka@wsj.com
Source web site: www.marketwatch.com
