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The Q3 sales exceeded the consensus expectations and the healthy growth was supported by both segments. Consequently, the management revised its full-year sales and profitability guidance upwards to which the market’s reaction was ebullient with the share price ending the day 11% higher. Overall, the promising long-term prospects for the animal healthcare market, along with the firm’s strong R&D focus and robust balance sheet, support our positive stance on Virbac.
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AlphaValue
Virbac’s H1 23 profits exceeded the markets’ expectations, though sales figures had already been reported in July 2023. Besides the slowdown in the animal healthcare market, limitations in production capacity and the June 2023 cyber-attack, higher R&D expenses weighed on profitability. Still, the 2023 guidance remained unchanged. Notwithstanding the near-term profitability pain, the firm’s focus on R&D acceleration and capacity expansion, along with a strong balance sheet, should help it capital
The Q2 23 sales matched the consensus expectations, with both the Companion Animals and Farm Animal segments witnessing modest growth as, apart from slowing markets, the quarter was impacted by bigger-than-expected production constraints and a cyber-attack. Nonetheless, these issues are transitory in nature and should not have much bearing on the promising long-term prospects for both segments which, in addition to the firm’s strong balance sheet, underpin our positive recommendation on Virbac.
A weaker start to 2023 shouldn’t be a concern and, given that the full-year guidance has been maintained, Virbac should be able to compensate in the subsequent quarters. Both its segments are well positioned to achieve healthy medium-to-long term growth, which should find impetus from the ongoing R&D investment and Chinese expansion plans. Moreover, Dechra’s (the firm’s peer) potential takeover at a high premium to its undisturbed valuation bodes well for Virbac’s ongoing re-rating.
Q4 22 sales exceeded expectations and both segments contributed healthily, with CA being the dominant growth engine. FPA however was somewhat restrained by external factors. While the 2022 margin is now expected to come in at the upper-end of the guidance, the soft 2023 outlook was maintained. Overall, the Q4 and full-year sales performance was better than that of French peer Vetoquinol. Looking beyond the current macroeconomic uncertainties, we remain confident of Virbac’s long-term business fu
Virbac’s Q3 sales were impacted by tough comps in the companion animals (CA) segment and an adverse regulatory event in the food producing animals segment. While geopolitical uncertainties and rising inflation are near-term risks, which probably also influenced the moderation in the 2022 guidance, the underlying potential of the focus markets remains intact. And despite the firm’s smaller scale vis-à-vis competitors, a net cash position implies that there’s ample room to withstand operational ch
Virbac is a French firm specialising in animal healthcare markets. Robust R&D, better growth and margin profile of the CA segment, long-term focus on pet care and vaccines (strong potential areas), expansion plans in promising US and Chinese markets, and strong/sacrosanct growth drivers for the overall AH market support the firm’s investment case. While ongoing market challenges can pose near-term (margin) challenges, the underlying balance sheet cushion is a comforting/valuable positioning. Hen
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Cavendish
Verici’s $8.2m gross raise means the company can now focus on scaling Tutivia and invest further into the development of existing and new products. With a uniquely well balanced Tutivia test, a growing sales team and LCD coverage expected later this year, we forecast Tutivia revenues of $2.6m/$4.5m in FY24E/FY25E. The Thermo Fisher deal was a huge validation of Clarava and Verici’s technology and in addition to licensing/milestone payments, we forecast double digit royalties on net Clarava sales
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Singer Capital Markets
26th March 2024 @HybridanLLP Status of this Note and Disclaimer This document has been issued to you by Hybridan LLP for information purposes only and should not be construed in any circumstances as an offer to sell or solicitation of any offer to buy any security or other financial instrument, nor shall it, or the fact of its distribution, form the basis of, or be relied upon in connection with, any contract relating to such action. This document has no regard for the specific investment object
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Hybridan
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Turner Pope Investments
SkinBioTherapeutics has reported on the 6-months to December 2023, noting steady revenue growth from lead product AxisBiotix-Ps, progress on the development of SkinBiotix with partner Croda (Sederma) and post-period end, the acquisition of Dermatonics. The company has updated on several positive developments through the start of 2024, including AxisBiotix Acne positive interim results, initiation of research on the MediBiotix Pillar and progress with the oral and inflammation programmes. The com
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The Hardman & Co Healthcare Index (HHI) has been running since 2009. Its main function is to highlight the attractions of life sciences investments over the long term. For the second year running, apart from global economic influences affecting world markets, performance in 2023 was dented by the capital-intensive nature of the sector. The HHI fell 3.7%, to 483.8, underperforming the main London markets – FTSE 100 (+3.8%) and FTSE All-Share (3.8%) but outperforming the FTSE AIM All-Share Index (
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Hardman & Co
On 18th December 2023 Incanthera announced a deal with Marionnaud in Switzerland to distribute ‘Skin+CELL’, its advanced dermatological solution for the delivery of vitamin B3 for skin protection and cosmetic rejuvenation. This gives Incanthera access to a high-end cosmetics distribution presence in Europe, and in addition, ownership of Marionnaud by AS Watson, the largest cosmetics distributor in Asia, offers significant new market opportunities further afield.
Companies: Incanthera Plc
Stanford Capital Partners
FY EBITDA and EBIT came in materially above consensus FY EBITDA came in at EUR98.8m, down 4% yoy and 12% above consensus. The EBITDA margin was 12.6%. Restated for one-off costs, it was 13.1%, more than 2 percentage points above the guidance. It was fully explained by price increases, notably on X-ray, mix and control of fixed costs. FY EBITA came in at EUR38m, 46% above consensus. 2024 guidance looks conservative Guerbet is aiming for organic growth above 8% (8.8%e). With markets growing at
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BNP Paribas Exane - Sponsored Research
IRLAB Therapeutics has confirmed the FDA’s alignment with its proposed Phase III programme for mesdopetam in levodopa-induced dyskinesias (PD-LIDs), following receipt of the minutes from its end-of-Phase II (EoP2) meeting held last month. Notably, the FDA has agreed on the primary endpoint being the Unified Dyskinesia Rating Scale (UDysRS), on which mesdopetam demonstrated a statistically significant improvement (p=0.026) in the Phase IIb study (secondary endpoint of that study). IRLAB will now
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Edison
Tissue Regenix has reported on strong performance through 2023, noting record revenues driven by product adoption and expanded distribution, positive adjusted EBITDA for the first time and an increased cash position versus H1/23. FY23 revenues grew 20% to $29.5m supported by 25% growth from BioRinse products and 17% growth from dCELL products. Significantly, Tissue Regenix reported its first adjusted EBITDA profit for the year, +$0.9m, supported by revenue growth and cost management. We expect t
Companies: Tissue Regenix Group plc
Creo Medical has published a trading update for the 12 months to December 2023, during which the company focused on commercialising its core technology. Revenue for the period increased 13% YoY to £30.8m, while the underlying operating loss improved to £16.4m. Operationally, during the period, the number of confirmed users of Creo’s Speedboat range more than doubled over the year, the first procedures with MicroBlate Flex to ablate lung tumours were performed and Creo expects to receive regulato
Companies: Creo Medical Group Plc
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LungLife AI is a medical diagnostics company focused on the development of AI-supported blood-based tests for the early detection of lung cancer. It has identified a significant medical need for non-invasive, sensitive and specific tests in early-stage lung cancer. The company’s core technology, the LungLB test, seeks to detect circulating tumour cells (CTCs) to identify malignant lung nodules. It aims to apply machine learning/AI (ML/AI) to derive algorithms to increase test accuracy. Following
Companies: LungLife AI, Inc.
This month's feature article is entitled 'Gold and a Chinese Credit Event'. A Western phenomenon? If you own, or are considering owning, gold or gold equities, it’s likely that you’re concerned about protecting your wealth, or the performance of your fund, in the expectation of some kind of financial instability. Maybe your confidence in policymakers is ebbing, or you’ve researched debt bubbles in history and concluded that physical gold and silver have been the safest places to be invested whe
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