MKC hat heute Quartalszahlen veröffentlicht, die sehr erfreulich sind ... so erfreulich wie der wahnwitzige Kursverlauf der letzten Monate:
Lawrence E. Kurzius, Chairman, President and CEO, stated, "McCormick's strong first quarter results were a great start to the year reflecting the successful execution of our strategies. We delivered against our plans for both sales growth and profit realization and are excited about our momentum. Our fundamentals are very strong and we are confident the initiatives we have underway in 2019 position us to continue on our growth trajectory.
"Both our consumer and flavor solutions segments contributed to our constant currency sales growth of 4%. Growth in both segments was entirely organic, driven by higher volume and product mix on base business and new products as we had no acquisition impact in the quarter.
....adjusted earnings per share was $1.12 in the first quarter of 2019 compared to $1.00 in the year-ago period. The increase in adjusted earnings per share was driven primarily by higher adjusted operating income and a lower adjusted income tax rate. This was an increase in adjusted earnings per share of 12%, ..."
https://ir.mccormick.com/news-releases/news-release-details/mccormick-reports-strong-first-quarter-performance-and-reaffirms
Lawrence E. Kurzius, Chairman, President and CEO, stated, "McCormick's strong first quarter results were a great start to the year reflecting the successful execution of our strategies. We delivered against our plans for both sales growth and profit realization and are excited about our momentum. Our fundamentals are very strong and we are confident the initiatives we have underway in 2019 position us to continue on our growth trajectory.
"Both our consumer and flavor solutions segments contributed to our constant currency sales growth of 4%. Growth in both segments was entirely organic, driven by higher volume and product mix on base business and new products as we had no acquisition impact in the quarter.
....adjusted earnings per share was $1.12 in the first quarter of 2019 compared to $1.00 in the year-ago period. The increase in adjusted earnings per share was driven primarily by higher adjusted operating income and a lower adjusted income tax rate. This was an increase in adjusted earnings per share of 12%, ..."
https://ir.mccormick.com/news-releases/news-release-details/mccormick-reports-strong-first-quarter-performance-and-reaffirms
