2# dustsky
Few signs of meaningful margin recovery
On average, healthcare sector FY2010 earnings
came in 6.5% below the Wind consensus. The
smallest downside surprises were in TCMs, medical
devices, and distribution. Sector pretax profit growth
decelerated to 22.3% yoy in 1Q2011, which was
smaller than revenue growth of 27.7% yoy due to
higher input costs and drug price pressures. We do
not see profitability recovering in the short-term
given that input prices look unlikely to fall this year
and we see price cuts on some drugs.
We see medium-term growth for healthcare