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Apollo Hospitals: Strong Q2 with significant margin expansion
Apollo is one of the leading integrated healthcare service provider with avenues like hospitals, pharmacies, primary care & diagnostic clinics.
- Group capacity of 10,231 beds across 71 hospitals in India. Total 8858 beds owned in 44 hospitals; 278 beds in 11 cradles; 244 beds in 11 day-care/short surgical stay centres; 851 beds in five hospitals under O&M contracts
- It has got a digital presence with “ASK Apollo” & digital health platform “Apollo 24/7”. Apollo Hospitals is the exclusive supplier for APL, which operates India’s largest standalone pharmacy chain with 4,292 outlets
- Apollo Health & Lifestyle Ltd runs the largest chain of standardised primary healthcare models, multi-specialty clinics under the brand: Apollo Clinics in India and Middle East, diabetes management clinics: Apollo Sugar, diagnostic centres: Apollo Diagnostics, specialty formats: Apollo Cradle for women & children, Apollo Spectra for planned surgery
Apollo reported strong Q2FY22 results.
- Sales were steady at | 3717.1 crore (marginal decline of 1% QoQ)
- EBITDA was at | 615 crore, up 18.3% QoQ with margins at 16.5%
- Consequent adjusted PAT was at | 247.8 crore (up 1.9% QoQ)
Key triggers for future price performance
- Apollo is undergoing optical transformational journey towards creating an omni-channel healthcare platform that could set the platform for tapping new-age investors enabling rapid scale up of the digital healthcare platform
- Business normalisation in healthcare is expected to continue with further momentum due to lifting of travel restrictions, international patients. Also with strong healthcare pedigree & asset base, the company is on course to integrate all entities digitally to leverage its brand and physical presence
- The new hospitals, ventures are turning profitable on the back of a judicious case mix besides better occupancy & ramp up at new hospitals and AHLL
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MB Bureau