Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA posts solid first quarter results underlining resilience of business model

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06.05.2020 / 07:01
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– 9% income enhance supported by development in all areas
– Optimistic earnings development regardless of unfavourable affect from COVID-19 pandemic
– Strong cash-flow growth
– Monetary targets for FY2020 confirmed

Rice Powell, Chief Govt Officer of Fresenius Medical Care, mentioned: “In these unprecedented instances, it’s our initially precedence to keep up the continuity and top quality of care. For months now, our workers have been working tirelessly to make sure that our sufferers obtain their life-saving dialysis remedies. I can’t thank them sufficient. We respect the monetary dedication that the U.S. administration has given in April to help healthcare suppliers. The sturdy income development within the first quarter exhibits that the underlying enterprise growth stays intact and that our enterprise mannequin is resilient. In a world pandemic that’s redefining priorities in different areas of the healthcare system, dialysis stays important for hundreds of thousands of sufferers worldwide.”

Fresenius Medical Care’s contribution within the struggle towards COVID-19

So as to make sure the continuity and top quality of look after dialysis sufferers throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and help its workers across the globe, Fresenius Medical Care has taken wide-ranging measures at a really early stage. The main focus is on decreasing the chance of an infection in dialysis clinics for sufferers and workers.

Regardless of nations’ lockdown efforts to include the COVID-19 pandemic, Fresenius Medical Care didn’t expertise any main disruptions in its manufacturing services. As of at the moment, all manufacturing crops worldwide are in operation and provide chains stay intact.

Prices in respect to the COVID-19 pandemic have been incurred for extra measures, like private protecting tools, devoted capacities for remoted remedies, extra personnel expense, affected person transportation in addition to elevated distribution logistic prices.

Underneath the CARES Act (Coronavirus Assist, Reduction, and Financial Safety Act), the U.S. authorities initiated vital monetary help for the well being sector. That is supposed, for instance, to compensate for the elevated prices for healthcare suppliers on account of the COVID-19 pandemic and the corresponding protecting measures. Whereas Fresenius Medical Care needed to adsorb a large unfavourable affect in Q1, there isn’t a profit from the CARES Act included within the reported outcomes.

Within the U.S., Fresenius Medical Care is cooperating with different dialysis suppliers, to create isolation clinics and devoted shifts for sufferers who’re or could also be contaminated with COVID-19. A important purpose of this collaboration is to maintain dialysis sufferers out of the hospital at any time when doable, releasing up restricted hospital sources. In doing so, Fresenius Medical Care not solely fulfils its accountability in direction of sufferers, workers and households, but additionally makes an necessary contribution to the healthcare system and society as an entire.

Key figures (IFRS)
 

cc = at fixed foreign money, EPS = earnings per share

2020 targets confirmed: mid to excessive single digit development charges

On the premise of the steering given in February, which excludes the affect from the COVID-19 pandemic, Fresenius Medical Care expects each income and internet earnings to develop at a mid to excessive single digit fee in 2020. These targets are in fixed foreign money, exclude particular objects³ and are primarily based on the adjusted outcomes 2019 together with the results of the operations of the NxStage acquisition and the IFRS 16 implementation.

Sufferers, Clinics and Workers

As of March 31, 2020, Fresenius Medical Care handled 348,703 sufferers in 4,002 dialysis clinics worldwide. On the finish of the primary quarter, the Firm had 121,403 workers (full-time equivalents) worldwide, in comparison with 118,308 workers as of March 31, 2019.

Sturdy income development within the first quarter

Income elevated by 9% to EUR 4,488 million (+7% at fixed foreign money), with natural development of 4%. Well being Care Companies income rose by 8% to EUR 3,595 million (+7% at fixed foreign money), pushed by development in identical market remedies, contributions from acquisitions and a rise in dialysis days. Well being Care Merchandise income grew by 10% and amounted to EUR 893 million (+9% at fixed foreign money). This enhance was primarily on account of larger gross sales of merchandise for acute care remedies, renal prescribed drugs and bloodlines partially offset by decrease gross sales of dialysis machines.

Working earnings elevated by 3% to EUR 555 million (+1% at fixed foreign money), primarily pushed by a positive affect from larger therapy quantity and decrease prices for prescribed drugs. The working earnings margin amounted to 12.4% (Q1 2019: 13.0%). The lower in margin was largely as a result of unfavorable COVID-19 pandemic impact and the prior yr discount of a contingent consideration legal responsibility associated to Xenios.

Regardless of the unfavourable affect from the COVID-19 pandemic internet earnings¹ grew by 4% to EUR 283 million (+2% at fixed foreign money) and declined on an adjusted foundation by just one% (-3% at fixed foreign money). On the outlined foundation of the 2020 targets – excluding the unfavourable affect from the COVID-19 pandemic – internet earnings development within the first quarter is on the high finish of the goal vary for 2020.

Primary earnings per share (EPS) elevated by 8% to EUR 0.95 (+5% at fixed foreign money) pushed by the earnings results described above coupled with a lower within the common weighted shares excellent.

Strong cash-flow growth

Fresenius Medical Care generated EUR 584 million of working money circulation (Q1 2019: EUR 76 million) leading to a margin of 13.0% (Q1 2019: 1.8%). The rise was largely pushed by working capital enchancment, together with a optimistic impact from money collections, timing of funds and alter in yr over yr stock ranges.

Free money circulation (internet money utilized in working actions, after capital expenditures, earlier than acquisitions and investments) amounted to EUR 304 million (Q1 2019: EUR -123 million), leading to a margin of 6.8% (Q1 2019: -3.0%).

Regional developments

In North America, income elevated by 10% to EUR 3,186 million (+7% at fixed foreign money, +3% natural). Working earnings grew by 24% to EUR 463 million (+21% at fixed foreign money), leading to a margin of 14.5 % (Q1 2019: 12.9%). Regardless of the unfavourable affect from the COVID-19 pandemic, the working earnings margin elevated primarily on account of decrease prices for prescribed drugs and features from divestitures.

EMEA income elevated by 4% to EUR 679 million (+4% at fixed foreign money, +3% natural). Working earnings decreased by 27% to EUR 101 million (-27% at fixed foreign money), leading to a margin of 14.9% (Q1 2019: 21.1%). The lower in working earnings margin was primarily as a result of prior yr discount of a contingent consideration legal responsibility associated to Xenios.

In Asia-Pacific, income grew by 4% to EUR 443 million (+3% at fixed foreign money, +2% natural). Working earnings decreased by 19% to EUR 77 million (-20% at fixed foreign money), leading to a margin of 17.3 % (Q1 2019: 22.1). The lower in working earnings margin was primarily on account of impacts from unfavorable overseas foreign money transaction results, decrease product gross sales in addition to enlargement into in-center dialysis providers.

Latin America income elevated by 4% to EUR 168 million (+24% at fixed foreign money, +17% natural). Working earnings decreased by 40% to EUR 7 million (-40% at fixed foreign money), leading to a margin of 4.1% (Q1 2019: 7.1%). The lower in working earnings margin was primarily on account of unfavorable overseas foreign money impacts.

Convention name

Fresenius Medical Care will host a convention name to debate the outcomes of the primary quarter 2020 on Could 6, 2020 at 3:30 p.m. CEDT (UTC +2) / 09:30 a.m. EDT (UTC -4). Particulars can be obtainable on the corporate’s web site www.freseniusmedicalcare.com within the “Traders” part. A replay can be obtainable shortly after the decision.

Please seek advice from our assertion of earnings included on the finish of this information and to the attachments as separate PDF-files for a whole overview of the outcomes for the primary quarter 2020. Our 6-Okay disclosure gives extra particulars.

Fresenius Medical Care is the world’s main supplier of services for people with renal ailments of which round 3.5 million sufferers worldwide repeatedly bear dialysis therapy. Via its community of 4,002 dialysis clinics, Fresenius Medical Care gives dialysis remedies for 348,703 sufferers across the globe. Fresenius Medical Care can be the main supplier of dialysis merchandise resembling dialysis machines or dialyzers. Together with the core enterprise, the corporate focuses on increasing the vary of associated medical providers within the discipline of Care Coordination. Fresenius Medical Care is listed on the Frankfurt Inventory Change (FME) and on the New York Inventory Change (FMS).

For extra data go to the Firm’s web site at www.freseniusmedicalcare.com.

Disclaimer
This launch incorporates forward-looking statements which are topic to numerous dangers and uncertainties. Precise outcomes might differ materially from these described in these forward-looking statements on account of numerous elements, together with, however not restricted to, adjustments in enterprise, financial and aggressive situations, authorized adjustments, regulatory approvals, outcomes of medical research, overseas trade fee fluctuations, uncertainties in litigation or investigative proceedings, and the supply of financing. These and different dangers and uncertainties are detailed in Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA’s experiences filed with the U.S. Securities and Change Fee. Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA doesn’t undertake any accountability to replace the forward-looking statements on this launch.

¹ Web earnings attributable to shareholders of Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA
² For a reconciliation of adjusted figures, please seek advice from the desk on the finish of the press launch
³ Particular objects are results which are uncommon in nature and haven’t been foreseeable or not foreseeable in measurement or affect on the time of giving steering.

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