X5 Retail Group NV said its first-quarter normalized net income was 12.06 Russian rubles per share, compared with the S&P Capital IQ consensus estimate of 9.36 rubles per share.
EPS rose 63.2% year over year from 7.39 rubles.
Normalized net income, which excludes unusual gains or losses on a pre- and after-tax basis, was 3.27 billion rubles, a gain of 63.2% from 2.00 billion rubles in the year-earlier period.
The normalized profit margin increased to 1.8% from 1.4% in the year-earlier period.
Total revenue climbed 26.7% year over year to 182.72 billion rubles from 144.17 billion rubles, and total operating expenses increased 25.6% from the prior-year period to 173.66 billion rubles from 138.26 billion rubles.
Reported net income increased 66.5% on an annual basis to 4.11 billion rubles, or 15.14 rubles per share, from 2.47 billion rubles, or 9.10 rubles per share.
As of April 21, US$1 was equivalent to 53.61 Russian rubles.
