Nanosonics: Strong share price move prompts a pause
About the author:
- Author name:
- By Scott Power
- Job title:
- Senior Analyst
- Date posted:
- 19 June 2019, 11:22 AM
- Sectors Covered:
- Healthcare, Life Sciences
August result may provide buying opportunity
Nanosonics (NAN) will report its FY19 result in late August and after a solid 1HFY19 result, assisted with the favourable timing of a number of costs, the share price rallied 12.4% on the day of the release. Management has provided guidance of operating costs of A$50m for FY19 (1H costs were A$21.5m, implying 2H costs of A$28.5m). If we assume a broadly similar revenue result 1H/2H of approximately A$41m (in line with consensus) then the 2H EBITDA could potentially by A$7m lower than the 1H. Consensus (Bloomberg) forecasts has an EBITDA of A$13.1m for FY19.
If we look at share price movements on the day of reporting, we note that 3 out of the last 4 times the share price has reacted negatively (+12.4% in 1HFY19, -1.4% in FY18, -12.1% in 1HFY18 and -7.2% in FY17). We are looking to that August result as a potential buying opportunity.
New product launch to help drive future earnings growth
To help drive future earnings growth the following milestones need to be achieved:
- the first of a range of new infection control products to be launched (subject to regulatory approval) by the end of FY20;
- the new distribution agreement with GE Health takes effect from 1 July 2019, whereby NAN will assume all consumable revenue and margin in North America;
- sales in Europe are expected to benefit from new disinfection guidelines in Germany and France;
- unit growth in the UK is targeted to 50% higher than FY18; and
- a second clinical study in Japan, with pre-marketing activities and regulatory approval expected by the end of CY19 (note we have not factored any contributions into our FY20 forecasts.
Investment view
We have made no changes to forecasts. However we have rolled our model forward and as a result have increased our DCF valuation and share price target (Morgans clients can login to view).
Given the strong share price performance we have moved to a Hold recommendation (previously Add). The downside risk is a delay in the release of the new product and the upside risk is a greater contribution from ex-US markets. Although we have adjusted our recommendation to Hold we remain positive about the company and are looking for a better entry point.
More information
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