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NMC Health - Shares bounce sharply

October 2019

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  • Epic Code:
  • NMC
  • Price:
  • 2917p
The shares bounced sharply following the release of interim results, as 1) they were reassuringly in-line; 2) earlier fears over cash collection were put to bed as receivables days reduced from 107 in H1 ’18 to 89 days; 3) NMC announced a US$200m share buy-back (although no one took it up at the £19 nadir) and 4) Reuters said two groups, including one backed by China’s Fosun, had made competing offers to buy a 40% stake in NMC from Bin Butti (long-term shareholder). They didn’t bite.Results themselves showed sales up 33% to US$1.24bn while EBITDA grew 22% to US$323m. Eps rose 29% to 66 cents. Net debt / EBITDA was 3.4x.Healthcare grew 36% to US$958m for EBITDA of US$313m, up 15%. Within that, its multi ...

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