Aspen Pharma reports rise in profits from new product launches

11 September 2013

South Africa’s leading drugmaker Aspen Pharmacare (APN: SJ) has released financial results which show a revenue increase of 27%. The ninth largest generic company in the world said that, for the year ending June 30, 2013, its revenue from continuing operations increased to 19.3 billion rand ($1.94 billion) while operating profit from continuing operations rose by 28% to 5 billion rand.

Earnings per share

Normalized headline earnings, adjusted for specific non-trading items, advanced 32% to 3.8 billion rand. Normalized diluted headline earnings per share from continuing operations increased by 31% to 836 cents. Total distribution of 157 cents per share comprising a cash dividend of 131 cents per ordinary share, and a capital distribution of 26 cents per ordinary share.

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