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Alliance Pharma

September 2020

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  • Epic Code:
  • APH
  • Price:
  • 73.5p
A preclose statement confirms Alliance’s first half revenues are expected to be 7% lower year-on-year at £65.3m. International Stars, the consumer-focused brands, proved resilient, generating sales of £30m, down just 3% with APAC markets heavily disrupted in Q1 but benefiting from continued growth of Kelo-cote (scars, £14.2m), and stable revenues from Nizoral (anti-dandruff, £9.8m).In contrast, Local Brands, which are mostly prescription medicines, were impacted by delays in routine medical treatments across Europe, with sales down 11% but they’re beginning to pick up with lockdowns easing.Net debt peaked in 2016 at c.3x but has now fallen to £52.2m or 1.3x, which raises the expectati ...

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