Print（PDF/128KB） Oct. 28, 2020 Finances
Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Announces Revisions to Its Financial Forecasts
Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Osaka, Japan; Representative Director, President and CEO: Hiroshi Nomura; Securities Code: 4506, First Section of TSE) announced today that it has revised the consolidated financial forecasts that were announced on July 30, 2020 for the year ending March 31, 2021 (fiscal 2020), as summarized below, taking the Group's recent business performance trends into consideration.
1. Revisions to the Forecasts of Consolidated Financial Results for the Year ending March 31, 2021 (April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021)
(Millions of yen)
| Revenue | Core operating profit | Operating profit | Net profit | Net profit attributable to owners of the parent |
Basic earnings per share |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Previous Forecasts (A) | 495,000 | 33,000 | 24,000 | (12,000) | 9,000 | ¥22.65 |
| Revised Forecasts (B) | 506,000 | 47,000 | 58,000 | 21,000 | 42,000 | ¥105.71 |
| Variance in amount (B－A) |
11,000 | 14,000 | 34,000 | 33,000 | 33,000 | - |
| Variance in percent (%) | 2.2 | 42.4 | 141.7 | － | 366.7 | - |
| [Reference] Previous year (Year ended March 31, 2020) |
482,732 | 71,982 | 83,239 | 35,918 | 40,753 | ¥102.58 |
2. Reasons for the revisions
Revenue is now expected to be 506.0 billion yen, an increase of 11.0 billion yen from the previous forecast, as
sales
of LATUDA® (atypical antipsychotic) remained strong up to the end of the first six months of
the fiscal
year ending March 31, 2021, contrary to the expected decline in U.S. sales due to the disturbances caused by COVID-19.
Core operating profit is now expected to be 47.0 billion yen, an increase of 14.0 billion yen from the previous
forecast, as we expect gross profit to increase due to revenue growth and selling, general and administrative expenses
to decrease on the core basis. Operating profit is now expected to be 58.0 billion yen, an increase of 34.0 billion
yen from the previous forecast, as expenses associated with a change in fair value of contingent consideration are
expected to decrease from the previous forecast due to a review of the development schedule for napabucasin, which is
currently under development as an anti-cancer drug.
Due to the increase in operating profit, the forecasts for net profit and net profit attributable to owners of
the
parent have been revised to 21.0 billion yen and 42.0 billion yen, respectively, both representing an increase of 33.0
billion yen from their previous forecasts.
Disclaimer Regarding Forward-looking Statements
The statements made in this press release contain forward-looking statements based on management's assumptions
and
beliefs in light of information available as of the day of this release, which involve both known and unknown risks
and uncertainties. Actual results of those matters covered in the forward-looking statements including financial
forecast may differ materially from those contained in this release, due to a number of factors.
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