Trading update 1st quarter 2020
Medicover AB (publ) issues a trading update due to Covid-19 crisis before it releases its interim announcement as planned on the 30th April 2020.
- First quarter revenue reached €238.8m (€199.7m), up 19.6% on prior year with organic revenue growth of 5.8%.
- Healthcare Services revenue reached €133.8m (€102.9m) up 30.1% on prior year with organic revenue growth of 6.3%.
- Diagnostic Services revenue reached €108.1m (€100.2m) up 7.9% on prior year with organic revenue growth of 4.9%.
- Operating profit was €6.4m (€11.3m) an operating margin of 2.7% (5.6%), reduced on the impact of Covid-19.
- EBITDA was €29.0m (€27.5m) up 5.6% on prior year and a margin of 12.2% (13.8%). EBITDAaL was €16.8m (€18.5m) down 9.0% and a margin of 7.0% (9.2%).
During the second half of March, Medicover experienced a significant drop in all elective services including elective diagnostic activities due to lock-downs and service restrictions imposed, with reductions in the range of 50-75% in the most exposed elective markets. Units not dependent upon elective services were stable, such as some diagnostic activities notably Germany, prepaid health benefits and emergency / maternity care. The reduction in revenue in the second half of March from a normal trading outlook is estimated at a shortfall of approximately €13m to €14m.
Lock-downs and service restrictions are now assumed to carry on well into May, with material contraction on second quarter revenue and significant negative impacts on second quarter results expected.
Medicover reiterates its expectation from the 25th March trading update, to see a gradual recovery during the third quarter and a return to more normalised trading patterns during the final quarter of the year and maintains its 3 year guidance.
Cash on hand at 31 March was €60.0m up from €34.8m at year end 2019 and loans payable net of cash amounted to €232.0m down from €240.5m at year end 2019. Medicover has sufficient secured credit facilities to finance all its debt maturities due in 2020 and 2021. The Group is taking prudent actions to minimise the financial impact and will reduce investment activities over the rest of 2020.
All figures in this press release are unaudited except for full year figures. Please refer to the annual report for definitions of alternative performance measures.
Medicover will hold a web cast on Wednesday 15 April at 16.00 CEST with regard to this first quarter trading update. Details will be sent out shortly.
For complete release please see attached pdf.
For further information, please contact:
Hanna Bjellquist, Head of Investor Relations
+46 703033272
hanna.bjellquist@medicover.com
This information is information that Medicover AB (publ) is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation and the Securities Markets Act. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact person set out above, at 08.00 CEST on 15 April 2020.
Medicover is a leading international healthcare and diagnostic services company and was founded in 1995. Medicover operates a large number of ambulatory clinics, hospitals, specialty-care facilities and laboratories and the largest markets are Poland and Germany. In 2019, Medicover had revenue around €844 million and 28,800 employees. For more information, go to www.medicover.com
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