
? 得益于該業(yè)務(wù)板塊的強勢崛起,孩之寶第一季度業(yè)績表現(xiàn)強勁。盡管其他零售商因即將到來的關(guān)稅沖擊下調(diào)了財務(wù)指引,但孩之寶仍維持了2025財年既定的業(yè)績指引。不過,其他玩具制造商警告稱,關(guān)稅或?qū)檎麄€行業(yè)帶來沖擊。
盡管許多零售商因預(yù)期唐納德·特朗普將推行一系列關(guān)稅舉措而下調(diào)了本財年業(yè)績指引,但一家玩具公司卻堅信自己能夠經(jīng)受住這場風(fēng)暴。
孩之寶——培樂多(Play-Doh)、大富翁(Monopoly)、熱火(Nerf)和《龍與地下城》(Dungeons & Dragons)等全年齡段玩具制造商——在周四公布了亮眼的2025年第一季度業(yè)績。公司營收增長了17%,每股收益達(dá)到1.04美元,超過了預(yù)期的每股0.67美元。
孩之寶首席執(zhí)行官克里斯·科克斯將本季度的成功歸功于旗下威世智業(yè)務(wù)部門的強勁增長,該部門同時涉足數(shù)字游戲與桌面游戲領(lǐng)域。該部門第一季度營收飆升46%,達(dá)到4.62億美元。孩之寶對威世智業(yè)務(wù)持續(xù)增長充滿信心,這也是該公司在其他零售商因擔(dān)心關(guān)稅沖擊下調(diào)業(yè)績指引之際,仍維持全年業(yè)績指引不變的部分原因。
孩之寶首席財務(wù)官吉娜·戈特爾(Gina Goetter)在財報電話會議上表示:“盡管宏觀經(jīng)濟環(huán)境存在不確定性……但威世智的出色表現(xiàn)以及成本節(jié)約舉措的加速推進(jìn),讓我們有信心實現(xiàn)全年財務(wù)目標(biāo)?!?/p>
此外,科克斯在周四的公司財報電話會議上表示,威世智的關(guān)稅風(fēng)險敞口較小,預(yù)計全年關(guān)稅支出不足1000萬美元。他解釋稱,孩之寶的供應(yīng)鏈主要分布于北卡羅來納州和得克薩斯州,其余部分則位于日本京都。
他表示:“盡管玩具業(yè)務(wù)面臨的風(fēng)險敞口較大,但我們正在積極應(yīng)對。憑借輕資產(chǎn)采購模式,我們能夠迅速調(diào)整生產(chǎn)布局,從而有助于減輕關(guān)稅帶來的沖擊?!?/p>
數(shù)字產(chǎn)品領(lǐng)域的亮眼表現(xiàn)有助于提升孩之寶的營收,尤其是在涉及關(guān)稅壓力的情況下。
品牌咨詢公司Lippincott的高級合伙人兼營銷與客戶戰(zhàn)略總監(jiān)大衛(wèi)·梅耶(David Mayer)告訴《財富》雜志:孩之寶得益于“對數(shù)字產(chǎn)品的聚焦,從而降低了關(guān)稅帶來的沖擊”。反觀其玩具行業(yè)對手,“實體玩具銷售占比更高,這使它們更容易受到關(guān)稅以及手頭拮據(jù)的家長削減一次性消費的影響?!?
孩之寶于2月啟動了一項名為“致勝戰(zhàn)略”(Playing to Win)、規(guī)模達(dá)10億美元的成本節(jié)約計劃,該計劃將延續(xù)至2027年。這項涵蓋五大核心板塊的計劃,聚焦于打造盈利性特許經(jīng)營項目;加大面向13歲及以上群體的玩具開發(fā)力度;開拓新興市場;發(fā)展電子游戲業(yè)務(wù);并推動全新的零售與授權(quán)合作模式。
科克斯表示:“我們正在加快推進(jìn)10億美元的成本節(jié)約計劃,以在內(nèi)部抵消關(guān)稅壓力。盡管仍存在實施針對性定價舉措的可能,但我們會優(yōu)先考慮關(guān)鍵價位,并深化與零售商的合作關(guān)系?!?/p>
然而,其他玩具制造商對該行業(yè)能否抵御即將到來的關(guān)稅沖擊持悲觀態(tài)度。
MGA Entertainment創(chuàng)始人兼首席執(zhí)行官艾薩克·拉里安(Isaac Larian)告訴《財富》雜志:“孩之寶近期的財報展示了其游戲業(yè)務(wù)的實力。但我們要清楚,這些數(shù)字并不能反映即將到來的風(fēng)暴?!?/p>
MGA Entertainment是貝茲娃娃(Bratz)、驚喜娃娃(LOL Surprise)、新生嬰兒娃娃(Baby Born)、小泰克(Little Tikes)、彩虹高中娃娃(Rainbow High)等玩具的制造商。拉里安表示,包括MGA Entertainment和孩之寶在內(nèi)的所有大型玩具公司都高度依賴進(jìn)口,尤其是來自中國。拉里安警告稱,若關(guān)稅政策持續(xù)推行,消費者將面臨玩具價格上漲的壓力,而公司也應(yīng)做好利潤率縮水的準(zhǔn)備。
拉里安說:“消費者,尤其是那些已經(jīng)背負(fù)經(jīng)濟重?fù)?dān)的家庭,將成為受害者。今年圣誕節(jié),玩具貨架或?qū)⒊霈F(xiàn)嚴(yán)重缺貨,價格漲幅甚至可能達(dá)到兩位數(shù)甚至更多?!?
另一家大型玩具制造商美泰公司(Mattel)將于5月初公布其最新財報。(財富中文網(wǎng))
譯者:中慧言-王芳
? 得益于該業(yè)務(wù)板塊的強勢崛起,孩之寶第一季度業(yè)績表現(xiàn)強勁。盡管其他零售商因即將到來的關(guān)稅沖擊下調(diào)了財務(wù)指引,但孩之寶仍維持了2025財年既定的業(yè)績指引。不過,其他玩具制造商警告稱,關(guān)稅或?qū)檎麄€行業(yè)帶來沖擊。
盡管許多零售商因預(yù)期唐納德·特朗普將推行一系列關(guān)稅舉措而下調(diào)了本財年業(yè)績指引,但一家玩具公司卻堅信自己能夠經(jīng)受住這場風(fēng)暴。
孩之寶——培樂多(Play-Doh)、大富翁(Monopoly)、熱火(Nerf)和《龍與地下城》(Dungeons & Dragons)等全年齡段玩具制造商——在周四公布了亮眼的2025年第一季度業(yè)績。公司營收增長了17%,每股收益達(dá)到1.04美元,超過了預(yù)期的每股0.67美元。
孩之寶首席執(zhí)行官克里斯·科克斯將本季度的成功歸功于旗下威世智業(yè)務(wù)部門的強勁增長,該部門同時涉足數(shù)字游戲與桌面游戲領(lǐng)域。該部門第一季度營收飆升46%,達(dá)到4.62億美元。孩之寶對威世智業(yè)務(wù)持續(xù)增長充滿信心,這也是該公司在其他零售商因擔(dān)心關(guān)稅沖擊下調(diào)業(yè)績指引之際,仍維持全年業(yè)績指引不變的部分原因。
孩之寶首席財務(wù)官吉娜·戈特爾(Gina Goetter)在財報電話會議上表示:“盡管宏觀經(jīng)濟環(huán)境存在不確定性……但威世智的出色表現(xiàn)以及成本節(jié)約舉措的加速推進(jìn),讓我們有信心實現(xiàn)全年財務(wù)目標(biāo)?!?/p>
此外,科克斯在周四的公司財報電話會議上表示,威世智的關(guān)稅風(fēng)險敞口較小,預(yù)計全年關(guān)稅支出不足1000萬美元。他解釋稱,孩之寶的供應(yīng)鏈主要分布于北卡羅來納州和得克薩斯州,其余部分則位于日本京都。
他表示:“盡管玩具業(yè)務(wù)面臨的風(fēng)險敞口較大,但我們正在積極應(yīng)對。憑借輕資產(chǎn)采購模式,我們能夠迅速調(diào)整生產(chǎn)布局,從而有助于減輕關(guān)稅帶來的沖擊?!?/p>
數(shù)字產(chǎn)品領(lǐng)域的亮眼表現(xiàn)有助于提升孩之寶的營收,尤其是在涉及關(guān)稅壓力的情況下。
品牌咨詢公司Lippincott的高級合伙人兼營銷與客戶戰(zhàn)略總監(jiān)大衛(wèi)·梅耶(David Mayer)告訴《財富》雜志:孩之寶得益于“對數(shù)字產(chǎn)品的聚焦,從而降低了關(guān)稅帶來的沖擊”。反觀其玩具行業(yè)對手,“實體玩具銷售占比更高,這使它們更容易受到關(guān)稅以及手頭拮據(jù)的家長削減一次性消費的影響。”
孩之寶于2月啟動了一項名為“致勝戰(zhàn)略”(Playing to Win)、規(guī)模達(dá)10億美元的成本節(jié)約計劃,該計劃將延續(xù)至2027年。這項涵蓋五大核心板塊的計劃,聚焦于打造盈利性特許經(jīng)營項目;加大面向13歲及以上群體的玩具開發(fā)力度;開拓新興市場;發(fā)展電子游戲業(yè)務(wù);并推動全新的零售與授權(quán)合作模式。
科克斯表示:“我們正在加快推進(jìn)10億美元的成本節(jié)約計劃,以在內(nèi)部抵消關(guān)稅壓力。盡管仍存在實施針對性定價舉措的可能,但我們會優(yōu)先考慮關(guān)鍵價位,并深化與零售商的合作關(guān)系?!?/p>
然而,其他玩具制造商對該行業(yè)能否抵御即將到來的關(guān)稅沖擊持悲觀態(tài)度。
MGA Entertainment創(chuàng)始人兼首席執(zhí)行官艾薩克·拉里安(Isaac Larian)告訴《財富》雜志:“孩之寶近期的財報展示了其游戲業(yè)務(wù)的實力。但我們要清楚,這些數(shù)字并不能反映即將到來的風(fēng)暴?!?/p>
MGA Entertainment是貝茲娃娃(Bratz)、驚喜娃娃(LOL Surprise)、新生嬰兒娃娃(Baby Born)、小泰克(Little Tikes)、彩虹高中娃娃(Rainbow High)等玩具的制造商。拉里安表示,包括MGA Entertainment和孩之寶在內(nèi)的所有大型玩具公司都高度依賴進(jìn)口,尤其是來自中國。拉里安警告稱,若關(guān)稅政策持續(xù)推行,消費者將面臨玩具價格上漲的壓力,而公司也應(yīng)做好利潤率縮水的準(zhǔn)備。
拉里安說:“消費者,尤其是那些已經(jīng)背負(fù)經(jīng)濟重?fù)?dān)的家庭,將成為受害者。今年圣誕節(jié),玩具貨架或?qū)⒊霈F(xiàn)嚴(yán)重缺貨,價格漲幅甚至可能達(dá)到兩位數(shù)甚至更多?!?
另一家大型玩具制造商美泰公司(Mattel)將于5月初公布其最新財報。(財富中文網(wǎng))
譯者:中慧言-王芳
? Hasbro reported a strong Q1 thanks to a surge in one business segment. The company also left its fiscal 2025 guidance untouched despite other retailers making changes owing to impending tariff implications. Other toymakers warn, though, that tariffs could hurt the entire industry.
While many retailers have lowered guidance for this fiscal year in anticipation of President Donald Trump’s barrage of tariffs, one toy company is confident it can weather the storm.
Hasbro—the toymaker for all ages behind Play-Doh, Monopoly, Nerf, and Dungeons & Dragons—on Thursday reported a strong first quarter for 2025. Revenue was up 17%, and earnings per share beat estimates of $0.67 per share at $1.04.
Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks credited the quarter’s success to massive growth in its Wizards of the Coast segment, which produces both digital and tabletop games. That segment’s revenue surged 46% in Q1 to $462 million. And Hasbro’s confidence in Wizards’ continued growth is in part why the company left guidance for the year unchanged despite other retailers pulling back out of fear of tariff implications.
“Despite macro uncertainty … Wizards’ outperformance, and accelerated cost savings, gives us a line of sight to delivering on our full-year financial commitments,” Hasbro CFO Gina Goetter said during the earnings call.
Plus, Wizards has low tariff exposure, with less than $10 million expected in duties for the year, Cocks said during the company’s earnings call on Thursday. Most of Hasbro’s supply chain is produced in North Carolina and Texas, he explained, with the remainder in Kyoto, Japan.
“While our toys segment faces higher exposure, we’re responding proactively,” he said. “Our asset-light sourcing model means we can rapidly shift production to help mitigate tariff impacts.”
Having success with digital products helps Hasbro’s revenues, particularly where tariffs are involved.
Hasbro benefits from “an emphasis on digital that limits the impact of tariffs,” David Mayer, senior partner and director of marketing and customer strategy at branding consultancy Lippincott, told Fortune. Rival toy companies have a “greater percentage of sales in physical toys, which exposes them more to both tariffs and cash-stretched parents cutting back on one-off purchases.”
Hasbro also in February unveiled a $1 billion cost-savings plan called Playing to Win, which runs through 2027. The five-pillar plan focuses on building profitable franchises; making more toys that are appealing to people age 13 and older; expanding into emerging markets; building video games; and driving new retail and licensing partnerships.
“We’re accelerating our $1 billion cost-savings plan to offset tariff pressures internally,” Cocks said. “While targeted pricing actions remain likely, we are prioritizing key price points and strengthening retail partnerships.”
However, other toymakers aren’t as confident their industry can combat the impacts of impending tariffs.
“Hasbro’s recent earnings report showcases the strength of their games,” Isaac Larian, founder and CEO of MGA Entertainment, told Fortune. “But let’s be clear: Those numbers don’t reflect the storm that’s coming.”
MGA Entertainment is the maker of Bratz, LOL Surprise, Baby Born, Little Tikes, Rainbow High, and more, and Larian said every major toy company—including his and Hasbro—is heavily reliant on imports, particularly from China. If tariffs remain in place, Larian warned, consumers are in for price increases, and companies should be prepared for shrinking margins.
“Consumers, especially families already feeling squeezed, will be the ones who suffer,” Larian said. “Come this Christmas, we’re looking at major shortages across toy aisles, with prices up by double digits or more.”
Mattel, another major toy manufacturer, will announce its latest earnings in early May.