STG公布2023年一季度财务指标

世界最大的烟草集团、总部位于丹麦的斯堪的纳维亚烟草集团，日前公布了一季度财务数据，2023年第一季度该公司销售收入增长1.3%，达到19.63亿丹麦克朗，折合2.85亿美元。然而，利润下降了10.9%。息税折旧摊销前利润为4.74亿丹麦克朗，折合6900万美元，对比去年一季度的5.32亿丹麦克朗的利润，下降较大。

STG将原因归于通货膨胀和生产问题，首席执行官尼尔斯·弗雷德里克森表示，公司有望实现2023年的指导计划，虽然今年一季度的业绩对比强劲的2022年一季度有所下降，但是公司生产方面稳定，我们将从成本通胀中恢复过来，成本通胀侵蚀了一季度的利润。公司在扩大公司业务规模方面取得了良好进展，过去几个月内有两笔兼并案，其中一笔是对亚历克·布拉德利公司的收购。

STG是通用雪茄公司的母公司，后者持有麦克纽杜、CAO、非古版本高希霸、潘趣等著名雪茄品牌。STG旗下还有雪茄国际公司，这是一家有实力的雪茄零售公司。

Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S, one of the world’s largest cigarmakers, reported a small increase in sales for the first quarter of 2023. The company, which is based in Denmark, posted net sales growth of 1.3 percent, to 1.963 billion Danish kroner ($285 million). Profits, however, were down 10.9 percent with earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization at 474 million kroner ($69 million), compared to 532 million kroner ($77 million) in the first quarter of 2022.

The company placed blame on inflation and production issues. “STG remains on track to deliver on the 2023 guidance with results for the first quarter being up against strong comparisons in 2022. We have stabilized our production issues, but we are still recovering from this impact as well as cost inflation into 2023, affecting margins negatively,” said chief executive officer Niels Frederiksen. “The Group is making good progress on our ambition to grow the size of the company with two transactions announced within the last few months.” 

The company is the parent of General Cigar Co., makers and distributors of such leading brands as Macanudo, CAO and the non-Cuban versions of Cohiba and Punch. It also owns Cigars International, the major retailer of cigars. In its statement, STG called consumer demand for handmade cigars in the United States “resilient.” STG recently completed the acquisition of Alec Bradley.