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Jeanie Chen
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Seven & i's Profit Guidance Disappoints; C-Store's 24-Hour Business Model Intact

Narrow-moat Seven & i’s fourth-quarter profits came in a touch below our expectation and the company’s guidance target given continued weakness in the superstore and department store businesses, although the moaty C-store business posted a healthy growth. The guidance for fiscal 2019 is somewhat disappointing, with operating profits JPY 30 billion or 7% short of our forecast of JPY 450 billion and the company’s midterm guidance. We have trimmed our profit projections by 2%-7% for the explici...
Underlying
Seven & I Holdings Co. Ltd.

Seven & i Holdings is a holding company mainly engaged in the retail business. Co.'s business segments are convenience stores, superstores, department stores, food services, finance related, mail order & e-business and others. Co. is engaged in the operation of direct and franchise convenience stores called "7- Eleven." As of Feb 28 2018, Co. maintains total of 20,260 convenience stores throughout Japan. Co. is also engaged in the operation of supermarkets, specialty stores, full-service and fast food restaurants, meal provision service business to company cafeterias, hospitals and schools, banking and credit card services, leasing business, as well as the provision of IT business.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Jeanie Chen

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