RAFFLES MEDICAL GROUP LTD (SGX:BSL)
Raffles Medical Group - Game Time
- No big surprises in 3Q18.
- Final touches to Raffles Hospital Chongqing.
- Maintain Fair Value of S$1.26.
In-line scorecard
- Raffles Medical Group 3Q18 results were in-line with our expectations. Top-line grew 1.2% y-o-y to S$121.0m, due largely to a 8.0% y-o-y revenue increase in the group’s Healthcare Services division. This was due to a mix of new corporate clients as well as the new contract to provide Air Borders screening services.
- We understand that contribution from Raffles Shield was minimal in 3Q18, but should step up in 4Q18 onwards.
- The healthy performance in the Healthcare Services division was, however, partially offset by the 3.8% y-o-y drop in revenue from the group’s Hospital Services division, which was in part due to the refurbishment of current inpatient facilities.
- We note that Raffles Hospital opened a new inpatient ward in 3Q18, catering to patient needs under the Emergency Care Collaboration with the Ministry of Health.
- Management has guided that the bulk of the inpatient renovation has already been completed, though we expect continued softness from weaker foreign patient load.
- PATMI for the quarter grew 0.1% y-o-y to S$16.4m, forming 24.2% of our full-year forecast. We deem this set of results to be broadly within expectations.
Getting ready to roll out in Chongqing
- Management has guided that that they have hired ~100 staff, which include specialists covering the main practices offered by Raffles Hospital Chongqing, which will open in 4Q18. As we understand, the group could add another ~100 staff to its headcount in the near future (with a greater portion of clinical and administrative/support staff vs. managers).
- Staff costs have been well contained in 3Q18 (-0.5% y-o-y), but we expect this to start creeping up from 4Q18.
- We note that there are some final regulatory hurdles to cross, but management is fairly optimistic of getting the requisite approvals.
- EBITDA start-up losses for the 1st and 2nd year of operations are still expected to be S$8-10m and S$4-5m, respectively, before achieving break-even in the 3rd year. At this juncture, we believe that the street has largely accounted for these, and a key catalyst would be the narrowing of losses for Raffles Hospital Chongqing.
- For now, we maintain our Fair Value estimate of S$1.26.
Joseph Ng
OCBC Investment Research
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2018-10-30
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