CCM: Northeast Pharmaceutical suffers serious loss in 2015 04-22-2016

Northeast Pharmaceutical suffered a serious loss in 2015, mainly due to the downturn in VC price and the increasing fixed cost from factory relocation, etc.


                                                                   Source: Baidu


On 22 March, 2016, Northeast Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd. (Northeast Pharmaceutical) released its 2015 financial report, showing that it suffered a serious loss last year.

  • Revenue: USD586,439,096.28 (RMB3,834,432,031) , down by 11.51% YoY
  • Net loss: USD58,783,786.69 (RMB384,357,789.29), a huge decline from the net profit of USD13,317,277.09 (RMB87,075,016.25) in 2014

Northeast Pharmaceutical attributed the loss to the increasing fixed cost from factory relocation, the continuous decrease in the price of vitamin C (VC), and the increasing cost of labor, etc.  


In 2015, the price of VC, one of the major products of Northeast Pharmaceutical, was in downturn. Besides VC, the prices of VC derivatives of the company also dropped YoY, leading to a reduction in net profit. The report showed that the gross profit margin from sales of APIs dropped by 15 percentage points.


In Feb. 2016, the company revealed that the sales price of VC was still very low. It seems that, Northeast Pharmaceutical, a giant player in the domestic VC industry, still suffered huge operation pressure.




The company's 2015 cash flow generated from operating activities was USD15.25 million (RMB99.70 million), a deep gap between net profit. This was mainly attributed to the company's huge expenses of USD68,570,023.71 (RMB448,345,100) on the following three aspects:
  • Impairment of assets: USD12,609,849.35 (RMB82,449,500)
  • Depreciation of fixed assets and amortization of intangible assets: USD32,580,071.88 (RMB213,024,800)
  • Financial expenses: USD23,380,102.47 (RMB152,870,800)


Northeast Pharmaceutical is a pharmaceutical enterprise mainly engaged in production and sales of chemical APIs and technical, wholesale and retail of pharmaceutical products, production and sales of biologicals. It mainly produces 10 series of products, such as antibiotics, vitamins, heart and cerebral vessels drugs, digestives, narcotic, birth control drugs, and biological diagnostic reagent. 

 

Northeast Pharmaceutical's performance in Q1-Q4, million USD, 2015 

  /

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Revenue

160.97

162.76

133.28

129.42

Net profit

-4.74

-8.44

-20.81

-24.80

Source: Northeast Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd.

 

 Performance of Northeast Pharmaceutical by products, 2015

/

Revenue, million USD

YoY change

Gross profit margin

YoY change

APIs sales

145.55

-7.21%

24.37%

-15.34%

Formulations sales

211.39

-23.22%

44.36%

-1.10%

Source: Northeast Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd.



 

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