Alembic Pharma

13 Dec

Expect 15+ USFDA approval in CY22- Alembic Pharma

Update on the Indian Equity Market:

On Monday, NIFTY ended at 17,368 (-0.8%) 143 points lower. Among the sectoral indices, only IT (+0.3%) ended higher, whereas MEDIA (-1.8%), OIL&GAS (-1.4%) and REALTY (-1.4%) led the losers. Among the stocks, AXISBANK (+2.4%), TECHM (+2.2%), and SBILIFE (+1.5%) led the gainers while BAJAJFINANCE (-3.0%), BAJAJFINSERV (-2.1%), and RELIANCE (-1.9%) led the losers.

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Expect 15+ USFDA approval in CY22- Alembic Pharma

Excerpts of an interview with Mr. RK Baheti, CFO of Alembic Pharma with CNBC TV18 on 9th December 2021:

  • Alembic Pharma has received tentative approval from USFDA for Selexipag tablets, a drug used to treat for pulmonary arterial hypertension with a market size of $460 Mn. There are 4 existing players in the market.
  • The company can only bring the drug to the market post its patent expiry so there’s an expected delay before the drug can be formally launched post final approval which will happen in CY23.
  • The company has first mover advantage in terms of launching the product on Day 1 of Patent Expiry, however the situation remains dynamic and other companies may receive approval for the same.
  • The company has an annual run rate of 15+ approvals and the company expects to launch 15 new products in the US in CY22, with 3 Products being first to file by the company.
  • Indian companies are facing intense pricing pressure in the US Generics business, due to heightened competition. Company’s degrowth is drawn by high base effect of last year’s exceptional performance and also drawn by company benefitting from scarcity and aggressive pricing over the past 2-3 years.
  • The growth ahead is expected to be driven by new launches and first to file opportunities as the pricing degrowth will continue by 10% on an annualized basis, the company has plans to stock up inventories in anticipation of shortages to take advantage of aggressive pricing as and when the opportunities arise

 

Asset Multiplier Comments

  • The company along with its peers is facing stiff competitive pricing pressure in the US Generics business, which was a key growth driver for the company in the past few years.
  • The revenue opportunity of new launches, existing competition and cost controls are going to be key drivers of profitability for the company.

 

Consensus Estimate: (Source: market screener website)

  • The closing price of Alembic Pharma was ₹ 797/- as on 13-Dec-2021.  It trades at 23x/19x/17x the EPS estimates of ₹ 35/42/47 for FY22E/FY23E/FY24E respectively.
  • The consensus target price is ₹ 860 implying a P/E Multiple of 18x on FY24 EPS Estimate of ₹ 47

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28 Jul

Growth visible across segments, pricing pressure in US a concern – Alembic Pharma

Update on the Indian Equity Market:

The market witnessed the continuation of the bearish movement due to acute turmoil in Chinese stock markets. Nifty was down 37 points or 0.24% at 15,709.

Among the sectoral indices, METAL (+1.22%) AND IT (+0.21%) were gainers while PSU BANK(-1.88%), AUTO (-0.93%) and REALTY (-0.79%) were top losers. Among the stocks, BHARTIARTL (+5.04%), TATASTEEL (+2.81%), and SBILIFE (+2.16%) were the top gainers while KOTAKBANK (-2.59%), DRREDDY (2.55%) and TATAMOTORS (-2.2%) were the top losers.

Alembic Pharma sees growth across segments; says pricing pressure in the US a concern

Edited excerpts of an interview with Mr Pranav Amin, Managing Director at Alembic Pharmaceutical with CNBCTV18 on 28th July 2021:

Alembic Pharma posted its Q1FY22 earnings. EBITDA, margins and profit have all come in below street estimates, the US generics business has seen a steep fall as well. Pranav Amin

  • Street estimates of EBITDA Margin for 1QFY22 were ~23-24% for the quarter v/s actual reported margin of 18%. The market was disappointed with the performance and stock tanked ~11% post results. Mr Amin explained the reason for the margin decline. He said that US business since the last five years has had a CAGR of about 25 per cent. Part of the growth in the US business was due to the Sartan opportunity, where the company did well.
  • Also there have been a lot of disruptions in the market. Since November or December, disruptions were seen and there was a lot of supply in the market, which has led to pricing pressure in the US market. So that is what has broadly caused the dip in the margins for this quarter.
  • US business declined by 38% YoY reason being the price erosion. Volumes were flat but pricing pressure was seen in other products as well other than the sartans in US business which led to the decline in US business.
  • Guidance on US business – In the last 5-6 quarters the average US revenue has been ~$70mn because of the sartans. Moving forward, the company has withdrawn all guidance. As far as the business is concerned, very robust growth is seen in the Indian market and the company expects it to continue.
  • API business grew by 6% YoY in 1QFY22, last year there were a lot of disruptions in API business because of COVID especially from China. The European business also grew very well, last year, had a growth of 13 per cent. So by and large, all the other businesses are doing okay. It’s just the US that is facing pricing pressure.
  • The company has withdrawn the EPS guidance for FY22 because
    • the markets have been quite dynamic, as is seen on some of the pricing in the Sartans and some of the other products.
    • There’s still no clarity on the FDA inspection of new facilities.
    • Competition is witnessed in some of the other larger products of the company.
  • India Business – India Business does not have a COVID-19 related portfolio. COVID-19 has been tougher for Alembic as most of the portfolio was not used for COVID-19 treatment. Speciality and Acute portfolios have shown good growth. The company expects to grow faster than the market.
  • The company has guided investors to launching 15 products in the US and management wants to stick to it. Strategically company is working on cost optimization, renovating portfolio and seeing where volumes can be maximized for some of the products to remain competitive in US markets. The filing and launches are on track.

 Asset Multiplier Comments

  • The near-term outlook remains muted due to significant erosion in US sales which would also weigh on margin. Further, inspections at new plants have been delayed due to COVID-19 which has led to delay in the launches of complex generics
  • The company’s plan to launch 15 products in the US and consistent performance in Indian branded formulations will help Alembic to perform going forward.

Consensus Estimate (Source: tikr. com and market screener websites)

  •  The closing price of Alembic Pharma was ₹ 796/- as of 28-Jul-21. It traded at 21.5x/17.2x/14.6x the consensus EPS estimate of ₹ 37.6/47/55.5 for FY22E/ FY23E/FY24E respectively.
  • The consensus target price of ₹ 965/- implies a PE multiple of 17x on FY24E EPS of ₹ 55.5/-.

 

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21 Jan

Expect growth to be sustainable for specialty business – Alembic Pharmaceuticals

Update on the Indian Equity Market:

On Thursday, NIFTY closed in red at 14,590 (-0.4%). Top gainers in NIFTY50 were Tata motors (+6.4%), Bajaj Finance (+2.7%), and Reliance (+2.6%). The top losers were ONGC (-3.3%), Tata Steel (-2.9%), and Coal India (-2.6%). The top sectoral losers were PSU BANK (-3.3%), REALTY (-2.6%), and METAL (-2.2%) and there were no sectoral gainers.

Excerpts of an interview with Mr. Shaunak Amin, MD – Alembic Pharma (APLLTD) with CNBC TV18 dated 20thh January 2021:

  • In the trailing quarters, they had almost 10 quarters of fantastic growth in the US business, so the base had been built up quite high. This quarter was a bit of a competitive intensity which led to a slowdown.
  • US sales have slowed down in this quarter.
  • On the Indian side of the business, they haven’t launched any of the COVID-specific products. Whatever growth they did see in Q3 was on the back of a better performance largely by speciality business.
  • The acute portfolio for them was very sluggish not just for them but for the whole market.
  • The company expects growth to be sustainable for speciality businesses.
  • It is the speciality business they expected to be sustainable going forward, acute side of the business the market for that still hasn’t recovered back to normal levels in terms of growth.
  • As long as the market continues to underperform on the acute side of things, it is hard to show large growth numbers.
  • They haven’t pursued any specific cost-cutting activities with respect to COVID. In terms of their operational expenses, they try to maintain their OPEX at the same level pre-COVID, during COVID at the current level now.

Consensus Estimate: (Source: market screener and investing.com websites)

  • The closing price of APLLTD was ₹ 942/- as of 21-January-2021.  It traded at 16x /18x/17x the consensus earnings estimate of ₹ 59.3/ 51.2/ 56.2 for FY21E/FY22E/23E respectively.
  • The Consensus price target of APLLTD of ₹ 1,121/- implies a PE multiple of 20x on FY23E EPS estimate of ₹56.2/-.

Disclaimer: “The views expressed are for information purposes only. The information provided herein should not be considered as investment advice or research recommendation. The users should rely on their own research and analysis and should consult their own investment advisors to determine the merit, risks, and suitability of the information provided.”

 

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