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Sun Pharmaceutical Industries / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Sun Pharma (SUNP) owns ~78.5% of Taro Pharma (represented 10% of SUNP’s revenues/3% of EBITDA in FY23)</li><li>Taro posted strong sales growth of 13% YoY to USD 157 mn (+6% QoQ), led by new launches with a sharp improvement in adjusted EBITDA to USD 24 mn (up 180% YoY) and margin of 15.4% (vs 6.2% YoY), led by sales growth, improved gross margin (+482 bps YoY) and decreased operating costs</li><li>The consistent improvement in Taro’s performance in the last two quarters is positive, given Taro was facing growth and operational challenges due to increased competition (leading to price erosion) in its key products in the last 7-8 quarters</li></ul><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

Sun Pharma (SUNP) owns ~78.5% of Taro Pharma (represented 10% of SUNP’s revenues/3% of EBITDA in FY23)Taro posted strong sales growth of 13% YoY to USD 157 mn (+6% QoQ), led by new launches with a sharp improvement in adjusted EBITDA to USD 24 mn (up 180% YoY) and margin of 15.4% (vs 6.2% YoY), led by sales growth, improved gross margin (+482 bps YoY) and decreased operating costsThe consistent improvement in Taro’s performance in the last two quarters is positive, given Taro was facing growth and operational challenges due to increased competition (leading to price erosion) in its key products in the last 7-8 quartersContent is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries: SUNP’s Subsidiary Taro Posts Strong Performance.

Global Healthcare Analyst

Tina Banerjee

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sun-pharmaceutical-industries-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:98:1" rel="noopener">Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (SUNP IN)</a> reported 11% YoY revenue growth to INR118B in Q1FY24, mainly driven by the U.S. business. EBITDA margin expanded 109bps to 27.9%.</li>
<li>Net profit declined 2% YoY to INR20B due to certain one-off charges amounting to INR3B. Excluding the exceptional items, adjusted net profit grew 14% YoY to INR23B.</li>
<li>With 26 marketed products globally, Sun Pharma is betting big on specialty products. Specialty pipeline includes 5 molecules undergoing clinical trials. Specialty R&amp;D accounts for 35% of total R&amp;D spends.</li>
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Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (SUNP IN) reported 11% YoY revenue growth to INR118B in Q1FY24, mainly driven by the U.S. business. EBITDA margin expanded 109bps to 27.9%.
Net profit declined 2% YoY to INR20B due to certain one-off charges amounting to INR3B. Excluding the exceptional items, adjusted net profit grew 14% YoY to INR23B.
With 26 marketed products globally, Sun Pharma is betting big on specialty products. Specialty pipeline includes 5 molecules undergoing clinical trials. Specialty R&amp;D accounts for 35% of total R&amp;D spends.


Sun Pharmaceutical (SUNP IN): Q1 Profit Falls Due to One-Off Expenses; Double-Digit Revenue Growth

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sun-pharmaceutical-industries-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:98:1" rel="noopener">Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (SUNP IN)</a> recorded 14% YoY revenue growth in Q4FY23, driven by 21% growth in U.S. formulation business. Adjusted net profit for Q4FY23 was INR21.6B, up 36% YoY.</li>
<li>Global specialty business continues to maintain strong momentum. Adjusted for milestone received, global specialty contributed 18% of Q4FY23 overall sales and grew 28% YoY to $244M.</li>
<li>Sun Pharma has proposed to acquire the remaining stake in Taro Pharmaceutical for a purchase price of $38 per share in cash. Management expects high single-digit revenue growth in FY24.</li>
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Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (SUNP IN) recorded 14% YoY revenue growth in Q4FY23, driven by 21% growth in U.S. formulation business. Adjusted net profit for Q4FY23 was INR21.6B, up 36% YoY.
Global specialty business continues to maintain strong momentum. Adjusted for milestone received, global specialty contributed 18% of Q4FY23 overall sales and grew 28% YoY to $244M.
Sun Pharma has proposed to acquire the remaining stake in Taro Pharmaceutical for a purchase price of $38 per share in cash. Management expects high single-digit revenue growth in FY24.


Sun Pharmaceutical (SUNP IN): Specialty Business Drove Q4 Revenue; Propose to Acquire 100% of Taro

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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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.


Top APAC (Ex-China) Investment Worthy Healthcare Companies Using Smartkarma’s Smart Score Screener

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Event-Driven

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<li>A group of shareholders raised around US$530m in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mankind-pharma-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36389:1" rel="noopener">Mankind Pharma</a>(MP) IPO in May 2023. The pre-IPO shareholders will be released from their lockup soon.</li>
<li>MP is a pharmaceutical company engaged in developing, manufacturing and marketing a range of pharmaceutical formulations across various acute and chronic therapeutic areas, as well as several consumer healthcare products.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and recent updates.</li>
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A group of shareholders raised around US$530m in Mankind Pharma(MP) IPO in May 2023. The pre-IPO shareholders will be released from their lockup soon.
MP is a pharmaceutical company engaged in developing, manufacturing and marketing a range of pharmaceutical formulations across various acute and chronic therapeutic areas, as well as several consumer healthcare products.
In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and recent updates.


Mankind Pharma Lock-Up - A US$1.1bn+ Lockup Release

India

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited manufactures and markets pharmaceuticals for domestic and international distribution. The Company's pharmaceutical portfolio includes drugs in the areas of diabetes, cardiology, neurology, psychiatry and  gastroenterology.

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (SUNP IN)

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries: SUNP’s Subsidiary Taro Posts Strong Performance.

Taro posted strong sales growth of 13% YoY to USD 157 mn (+6% QoQ), led by new launches with a sharp improvement in adjusted EBITDA to USD 24 mn

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