French spirits maker Pernod Ricard posted a stronger-than-expected 18.3% organic rise in full-year 2020/21 operating profit, driven by a strong rebound in demand in China and the United States with the removal of COVID-19 curbs and by tight cost control.
This was higher than the company’s guidance for a profit rise of as much as 17%.
For the year ahead, the owner of Mumm champagne, Absolut vodka and Martell cognac, said it expected its strong sales momentum to continue with a “very dynamic” first quarter.
Over the twelve months to June 30, profit from recurring operations reached 2.423 billion euros ($2.86 billion), an organic rise of 18.3%.
Sales reached 8.824 billion euros, an organic rise of 9.7%, with sales in the fourth quarter alone jumping 56.5% , on a low basis of comparison.
In June, the world’s second-biggest spirits group after Britain’s Diageo (DGE.L), had raised its organic profit growth guidance for 2020/21 to 16% from 10%.
And last month, Pernod said a U.S. court ruling that it could make a refund claim on spirits exported from the United States would add a further 1% to its organic profit growth.
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