NIB share price falls 6.8% following 2019 full-year results
Here are some of the most vital things we learnt from nib's 2019 full-year results.
Bearish investors bid nib’s share price down as much as 6.82% today – after the company released FY19 results that seemed good – but evidently were not up to investor expectations.
Given that nib holdings Limited has already seen its share price surge 48% since January, it’s not fully surprising that we are now witnessing a slight pull-back.
FY19 financials at a glance
As we reported previously, and continuing the trend of conservative forecasting, nib's management spoke modestly of the 2019 results and focused on the impact of challenging market conditions.
Here, nib holdings Limited’s Managing Director, Mark Fitzgibbon pointed out that:
'There's a broad weakness in consumer discretionary spending, fierce competition for that spending and private health insurance has some issues around cost and affordability.'
Even with this weakness, nib saw policyholder growth of 2.1% in the 2019 fiscal year. Such a figure, according to the company at least, positively contrasts with what was generally dour outlook for hospital coverage in the 2019 fiscal year.
On the top-line, underlying revenue came in at A$2.4 billion – an increase of 8.3% from the year prior.
Profits (NPAT) rose by an even higher percentage – reaching A$149.3 million in FY19 – up 11.8% on the corresponding period.
nib’s dividend grows
Beyond these front-line financials, nib declared a final, fully-franked dividend of 13.0 cents. All up, this takes nib's full year dividend to 23.0 cents.
A dividend reinvestment plan is currently available for nib shareholders.
Alternative growth in focus
Other business areas that are likely to interest potential and current investors include nib’s coverage of people from international backgrounds. In FY19 this business segment saw impressive growth of 20%.
Here, nib holdings Limited pointed out that:
'We now cover almost 190,000 students and workers from over 180 countries and have a physical presence in China and India.'
nib share price: 2020 outlook
Regarding the current and future market conditions that could impact nib, the company pointed out that:
'Relatively low levels of claims inflation in recent years have results in arhi insurance margins (7.3% in FY19) being well ahead of nib's long run target range.’
In saying that, nib maintains that it does not expect such high margins to persist indefinitely; rather, noting that it anticipates them to come in closer to 6% moving forward.
Finally, regarding bottom-line estimates, nib's Managing Director, Mark Fitzgibbon has said that the company:
'Anticipates for FY20 a UOP of at least $200 million (statutory operating profit of at least $180 million).'
Citibank’s take on the results
Speaking to the outlook nib provided today, Citibank analysts have suggested that nib’s share price – at these current levels at least – is expensive.
Ultimately, the financial services firm maintains that it looks as if nib would have had to beat expectations for its share price to rise today.
Year-to-date, nib holdings Limited’s share price has still risen 39% – even after factoring in today’s share price sell-off.
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