Zale, The US Jewellery Group, Has Made Its First Profit In Six Years.

< p > American jewellery group Zale Corp. (NYSE: ZLC) released its fourth quarter and full year earnings as early as July 31, 2013 on August 28th, achieving its first profit in six years, increasing 5.6% in the same quarter and exceeding analysts' expectations. By the good news, Zale Corp. (NYSE: ZLC) shares jumped more than 20% after the market, and the time for sending the news to China without stylish was $10.95, or 22.22%.

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Theo Killion, CEO of P > Zale Corp. (NYSE: ZLC), said that she was pleased that the company had a strong financial season, while the same store sales and profit margins had improved, and more importantly, the company achieved its first profit in six years.

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< p > up to the four quarter of July 31, 2013, Zale Corp. (NYSE: ZLC) revenue increased by 2.46% to 417 million US dollars, compared with 407 million US dollars in the same period last year. On the basis of a 8.3% increase in sales in the fourth quarter of last year, the same store sales grew 5.6% in the fourth quarter of this year. The sales of Zales brands, including Zales Jewelers and Zales Outlet, increased by 8.1% (a year-on-year increase of 12.3% in the same store), and the growth rate of the sales of Peoples brand stores was 5.6%.

Sales of us brand stores in the region, including Zales and Gordon 's Jewelers, grew by 7.2% (11.2% over the same period last year), including sales of Canadian brands and Peoples Jewellers and Mappins Jewellers grew by 3.3% (2% over the same period last year).

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< p > gross profit increased by 5.71% to 222 million dollars in the fourth quarter and 210 million US dollars in the same period last year. Gross profit margin increased by 150 basis points to 53.1%; operating profit was -300 million, narrowing sharply compared with last year's -800 dollar loss; net loss 8 million US dollars or share loss 0.25 US dollars, also narrowed sharply compared with net loss of 20 million US dollars in the same period of last year or a loss of 0.61 dollars per share.

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< p > in the 2013 fiscal year ending July 31, 2013, Zale Corp. (NYSE: ZLC) revenue increased by 1.07% to 1 billion 890 million US dollars, compared with 1 billion 870 million US dollars in the same period last year, while sales in the same store grew by 3.3%, including Zales Jewelers and Zales Outlet, and the sales of Zales brand stores grew 4.7% (the same year store sales increased by 10.8% over the same period), while the sales of the Peoples brand stores increased 5.7% (the same store sales grew 4.3% last year), and the growth of the sales of Zales brand stores was 1.3%.

Sales of us brand stores in the region, including Zales and Gordon 's Jewelers, grew by 3.7% (9.5% over the same period last year), including sales of Canadian brands and Peoples Jewellers and Mappins Jewellers grew by 3.1% (2.9% over the same period last year).

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In the financial year of P > 2013, Zale Corp. (NYSE: ZLC) gross profit increased by 2.39% to 9.84 US dollars, compared with 961 million US dollars in the same period last year, gross profit margin increased 60 basis points to 52.1%, and operating profit increased 84.21% to 35 million dollars, compared with 19 million US dollars in the same period last year, with an increase of 90 basis points to 1.9%, for example, net profit in the US dollar or earnings per share in the US dollar.

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< p > in the 2013 fiscal year ending July 31, 2013, Zale Corp. (NYSE: ZLC) inventories increased slightly to US $768 million over the same period last year, and the outstanding debt decreased by 43 million US $410 million to US $410 million.

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