Organic net sales down 2% due to volume/mix declines in response to higher pricing in the US and to a lesser extent lower pricing in Canada Further impairments of goodwill (453 USDm) and intangible assets (224 USDm) Strategy presentation will be in early May and not in March. No guidance or outlook for 2020 has …
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AB InBev ($BUD, $ABI.BR) issued a press release on their Q4 earnings on February 27th. The company has maintained its dividend while continuing to deleverage. Accounting for the proceeds expected to be received from the divestment of the Australian operations (while excluding the last 12 months EBITDA from the Australian operations), the net debt to …
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Record net cash from operations of $803 million for full year. Guidance for 2020 is $700-800M. Expectation of $200 million in share repurchases early in 2020. Debt repayments greater than $600 million in 2019 and year-end inventory 7% lower. Net debt reduced from 3.3 to 2.9 times adjusted EBITDA. Shares seems undervalued given low multiples, …
Anti-diabetic oral GLP1 drug Rybelsus® (semaglutide) received FDA approval on September 20th and 70%-80% of patients are not coming from other injectables. GLP1 drug segment is growing led by the weekly injectable anti-diabetic drug Ozempic® (semaglutide) approved for CV risk reduction in the US. Revenue in US diabetes segment is flat due to declining revenue …
BorgWarner ($BWA) is to acquire Delphi Technologies ($DLPH) to strengthen its propulsion systems leadership. The all-stock transaction happens at a time, when both companies are trading at low multiples. $DLPH is up ~60%, whereas $BWA is down ~7%. Below is a summary of the segments of the two S&P500 companies and some of the powertrain …
Mylan presented on Viatris at the 38th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference. Below are selected slides from the presentations of Mylan and Teva at the conference and figures comparing the existing business entities prior to the merger with Upjohn. Teva has closed many manufacturing sites, but still have more than Viatris; ~60 and ~50 respectively. …
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The earnings season in the US has kicked off with earnings from the banks JP Morgan ($JPM) and Wells Fargo ($WFC). Below are the earnings date for selected European and Nordic publicly listed companies. The companies are mostly constituents of the indices EURO STOXX 50®, STOXX® Europe 50 and OMX Nordic 40.
Constellation Brands issued a press release on its third quarter earnings before the opening bell with the following highlights. Generates reported basis EPS of $1.85 and comparable basis EPS of $2.14, including Canopy Growth equity losses of $0.25; excluding Canopy Growth equity losses, achieved comparable basis EPS of $2.39 Generates $2.1 billion of operating cash …
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The pharmaceutical companies AbbVie and Novo Nordisk presented their quarterly results today and concluded the earnings season for the major pharmaceutical companies. There are currently more than 50 blockbuster drugs in the world with annual sales exceeding a billion US dollars. Here the best selling and fastest growing medications of the third quarter of 2019 …
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Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly have both reported their Q3 results. Below are some of the headlines related to their diabetes business. Novo Nordisk OG2023SC, an oral GLP-1 analogue, has been discontinued based on encouraging results for an enhanced oral semaglutide formulation. US FDA decision on cardiovascular indication for Rybelsus® is expected in the first …