New Zealand Professional Investment Services Firm, Forsyth Barr

Forsyth Barr

New Zealand Professional Investment Services Firm

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<ul><li>With recent indicators across its Healthcare and Animal Care segments constructive, we expect a solid FY24 result from EBOS Group (EBO) when it reports on Wednesday, 21 August.</li><li>Outlook comments on: (1) working capital release, (2) cost out, and (3) Community Pharmacy market share wins are of most interest.</li><li>We see possible upside to FY25 consensus, driven by stronger working capital release, should EBO execute on its FY25 cost out and market share gains ‘guide’.</li></ul>

With recent indicators across its Healthcare and Animal Care segments constructive, we expect a solid FY24 result from EBOS Group (EBO) when it reports on Wednesday, 21 August.Outlook comments on: (1) working capital release, (2) cost out, and (3) Community Pharmacy market share wins are of most interest.We see possible upside to FY25 consensus, driven by stronger working capital release, should EBO execute on its FY25 cost out and market share gains ‘guide’.

EBOS Group - FY24 Preview — Degree of Optimism

<ul><li>The latest NZ Nielsen supermarket scan data shows continued solid market share gains and growth for EBOS Group's (EBO) key brands.</li><li>In the period ended 30 June EBO recorded +9% year-on-year growth on a 12 month rolling basis despite category growth slowing.</li><li>The strength is led by Superior Pet Food with high teens growth and &gt;+100bps of market share gains over the past 12 months. </li></ul>

The latest NZ Nielsen supermarket scan data shows continued solid market share gains and growth for EBOS Group's (EBO) key brands.In the period ended 30 June EBO recorded +9% year-on-year growth on a 12 month rolling basis despite category growth slowing.The strength is led by Superior Pet Food with high teens growth and &gt;+100bps of market share gains over the past 12 months. 

<ul><li>We upgrade our rating on EBOS Group (EBO) to OUTPERFORM.</li><li>Our upgrade reflects: (1) relatively undemanding valuation versus peers and its own history, particularly given the shift in EBO's business towards higher growth and higher margin segments, and our analysis of EBO's organic growth (~+6% since the Symbion acquisition in 2013) which we think can at least be maintained over the medium-term, (2) solid recent trends, and (3) continued comfort levels on FY25 consensus expectations post the Chemist Warehouse (CW) contract loss. </li><li>EBO is a high quality defensive business with a robust organic growth profile and M&amp;A upside (we estimate FY25 debt headroom of A$500m).</li></ul>

We upgrade our rating on EBOS Group (EBO) to OUTPERFORM.Our upgrade reflects: (1) relatively undemanding valuation versus peers and its own history, particularly given the shift in EBO's business towards higher growth and higher margin segments, and our analysis of EBO's organic growth (~+6% since the Symbion acquisition in 2013) which we think can at least be maintained over the medium-term, (2) solid recent trends, and (3) continued comfort levels on FY25 consensus expectations post the Chemist Warehouse (CW) contract loss. EBO is a high quality defensive business with a robust organic growth profile and M&amp;A upside (we estimate FY25 debt headroom of A$500m).

EBOS Group - Inexpensive Defensive; Up to OUTPERFORM

<ul><li>Following our scenarios to assess the impact of the Chemist Warehouse (CW) contract loss in FY25, we walk away with increased comfort that EBO can navigate the loss without significant downside to current FY25 consensus expectations.</li><li>Representing only ~2% of EBO's group EBIT, we also think EBO should be able to absorb the loss of NZ CW supply contract which ends in 1H27 (should the recent competition changes drive this outcome).</li><li>In combination, our analysis provides increased confidence in the earnings outlook, however, we continue to see valuation as elevated in relative and absolute terms (even reflecting EBO's execution and change in business mix). Retain NEUTRAL. </li></ul>

Following our scenarios to assess the impact of the Chemist Warehouse (CW) contract loss in FY25, we walk away with increased comfort that EBO can navigate the loss without significant downside to current FY25 consensus expectations.Representing only ~2% of EBO's group EBIT, we also think EBO should be able to absorb the loss of NZ CW supply contract which ends in 1H27 (should the recent competition changes drive this outcome).In combination, our analysis provides increased confidence in the earnings outlook, however, we continue to see valuation as elevated in relative and absolute terms (even reflecting EBO's execution and change in business mix). Retain NEUTRAL. 

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Tina Banerjee

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<li>We have screened for APAC (ex-China) healthcare companies using their respective Smart Score, a compound score for a company indicating its overall outlook based on key factors.</li>
<li>Smart Score screens the stock based on five major components including value, dividends, growth, resilience, and momentum. It also provides a cumulative score, which puts equal weightage on each parameter.  </li>
<li>Parameters used to screen the stocks: market cap≥ $800M and smart score≥ 3.5. We have seen stocks having high smart score has strong growth prospects and qualify for investment proposition.</li>
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We have screened for APAC (ex-China) healthcare companies using their respective Smart Score, a compound score for a company indicating its overall outlook based on key factors.
Smart Score screens the stock based on five major components including value, dividends, growth, resilience, and momentum. It also provides a cumulative score, which puts equal weightage on each parameter.  
Parameters used to screen the stocks: market cap≥ $800M and smart score≥ 3.5. We have seen stocks having high smart score has strong growth prospects and qualify for investment proposition.


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New Zealand

EBOS Group Limited supplies and distributes medical consumable products and equipment to the hospital and primary care sectors of the New Zealand and Australian healthcare markets. The Company's products include diagnostic instruments, surgical instruments and prosthesis, feminine protection, anesthetic equipment, and other consumer products.

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