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Wal-Mart suffers deepest decline in 25 years

English.news.cn   2015-10-16 10:49:31

BEIJING, Oct. 16 (Xinhuanet) -- Wal-Mart is facing tough competition on multiple fronts, from the quick expansion of online leader Amazon.com to a stronger dollar, which has been eating into its international sales.

On Wednesday, the company's share value fell more than 10 percent, the worst one-day decline in 25 years since it was listed. Analysts the biggest challenge for Wal-Mart is that more consumers are choosing to buy online. That's why Wal-Mart decided to take several moves in the following years to recover lost territories with e-commerce companies.

These moves include raising wages, cutting prices and a US$20 billion share buyback. Wal-Mart Chief Executive Doug McMillon was trying to convince investors that the company will regain its steam within a few years.

Under these moves, Wal-Mart forecast its earnings per share would drop to US$4.4 to US$4.7, while 2017's EPS would continue to drop by 6 to 12 percent. But it added that the company's EPS would likely grow 5 to 10 percent in the fiscal year ending January 2019.

(Source: CNTV.cn)

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Wal-Mart suffers deepest decline in 25 years

English.news.cn 2015-10-16 10:49:31

BEIJING, Oct. 16 (Xinhuanet) -- Wal-Mart is facing tough competition on multiple fronts, from the quick expansion of online leader Amazon.com to a stronger dollar, which has been eating into its international sales.

On Wednesday, the company's share value fell more than 10 percent, the worst one-day decline in 25 years since it was listed. Analysts the biggest challenge for Wal-Mart is that more consumers are choosing to buy online. That's why Wal-Mart decided to take several moves in the following years to recover lost territories with e-commerce companies.

These moves include raising wages, cutting prices and a US$20 billion share buyback. Wal-Mart Chief Executive Doug McMillon was trying to convince investors that the company will regain its steam within a few years.

Under these moves, Wal-Mart forecast its earnings per share would drop to US$4.4 to US$4.7, while 2017's EPS would continue to drop by 6 to 12 percent. But it added that the company's EPS would likely grow 5 to 10 percent in the fiscal year ending January 2019.

(Source: CNTV.cn)

[Editor: xuxin]
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