Biocon Ltd. share price target

The company's medium-term growth outlook remains intact on new product launches and strong pipeline despite challenges amidst COVID19 pandemic. Therefore, we upgrade our rating to BUY on the stock with a revised target price of Rs. 390 based on 31x FY22E adj. EPS. Growth in topline despite Corona-led lockdowns Biocon recorded revenue growth of 3.4% YoY to Rs. 1,581cr, primarily driven by Small molecule segment (+14.6% to Rs. 541cr) on strong growth in generic formulation and steady increase in API sales. Research services business also grew 13.7% YoY to Rs. 607cr backed by robust growth in discovery services and development services. This...

Biocon reported a tepid performance for Q4FY20 mainly on account of the one-off impact of the lockdown on the sales of Biologics (including Small Molecules) business; Biologics reported YoY de-growth of ~3% at Rs. 898 cr.

The biologics segment (31% of FY20 revenues) includes biosimilars and insulin. The company is heavily spending in this space. The progress has been encouraging with approvals and launches in the US, EU, Japan, Australia and Emerging Markets. Post Mylan Upjohn (Pfizer) merger, the scope has been extended to China as well. We expect biologics to grow at ~79% CAGR to | 6240 crore in FY20-22E mainly due to a strong US pipeline (Pegfilgrastim (launched), Trastuzumab (launched), Glargine (expected by the end of FY21E), Aspart (expected in FY22E) and...

Nevertheless, BIOS remains confident of achieving its target of USD1b sales by FY22 (from USD270m in FY20), led by new launches and increased market BIOS product development and capacity building for Small Molecules is on track, which should be an additional growth driver over the next 4-5 years. We remain positive on BIOS led by its biosimilar pipeline and capacity enhancement, which should aid market share gain in launched products. The biologics segment, led by potential launches/increased market share gain in existing products and research services (robust business outlook) is expected to drive 38% earnings CAGR for BIOS over FY20-22. BIOS would incur total capex of USD400m over the next 2 years, of which, INR 200b would be in Small Molecules and the rest would be in the Biologics Glargine, Bevacizumab and Aspart provide strong confidence for USD1b Market share of Pegfilgrastim at 6% should grow with capacity expansion.

The new product launches are expected to drive revenue growth and improve EBITDA margin in the upcoming quarters. However, given the uncertainty concerning supply disruptions from China due to corona virus scare we retain the Hold rating with a revised target price of Rs....

The biologics segment (28% of FY19 revenues) includes biosimilars and insulin. The company is heavily spending in this space. The progress has been encouraging with approvals and launches in the US, EU, Japan, Australia, and Emerging Markets. Post the Mylan Upjohn (Pfizer) merger, the scope has been extended to China as well. We expect biologics to grow at ~57% CAGR to | 5813 crore in FY19-22E mainly due to strong US pipeline [Pegfilgrastim (launched), Trastuzumab (launched), Glargine (expected by the end of FY21E, Aspart (expected in FY22E) and Bevacizumab (expected...

While fundamentals remain strong, concerns evolve over regulatory approvals for new facilities post recent FDA observations. We rate the stock a HOLD with target price of Rs. 260 based on ~24x FY21E adj. EPS. Robust revenue growth across segments Consolidated operating revenue grew 19.0% YoY to Rs. 1,572cr, primarily driven by growing revenue from Biologics (+40.4% YoY to Rs. 516cr on higher sales in developed and emerging markets) and Small Molecules segments (+22.6% to Rs. 530cr backed by substantial growth in generic formulations business). Revenue from Research Services...

Revenues grew 19.0% YoY to | 1572.2 crore (I-direct estimate: | 1618.3 crore) mainly due to 40.6% YoY growth in biologics to | 516.1 crore (I-direct estimate: | 513.8 crore). EBITDA margins remained flat YoY at ~25.6% (Idirect estimate: 27.6%). Improvement in gross margins was largely offset by higher other expenditure. EBITDA grew 18.6% YoY to | 402.8 crore against I-direct estimate of | 446.1 crore. Net profit grew a mere 0.5% to | 166.8 crore (I-direct estimate: | 208 crore). Delta vis--vis EBITDA was due...

The company has strong fundamentals and we expect strong growth in its revenue on account of...

Biocon (BIOS) reported robust revenue growth of ~30% YoY at Rs1,465Cr (vs. estimate of Rs1,548Cr), aided by strong growth in biologics (up 96% YoY) and small molecule (up 20% YoY). Branded formulation (down 9% YoY) and Research service business (up 4% YoY) dragged the growth in Q1.