Buy This Pharma Stock For A Target Price Of Rs 870 Offering 735% Dividend; Turning Ex-Dividend Soon

Leading brokerage Anand Rathi has given buy call to the stock of Eris Lifesciences Ltd for a target price of Rs 870 apiece with a potential gain of 26%. Driven by its standalone business (up 11%) and Oaknet acquisition (Rs315m), Eris' Q1 consolidated revenue grew 14% y/y to Rs4bn. The change in the product mix led to a 163bp drop in the gross margin to 78.7%.

1. Eris Lifesciences Ltd Stock Outlook

The current market price of the stock is Rs 695 apiece with a 52-week high of Rs 863 apiece and 52-week low of Rs 600 apiece. The stock has given a return of 74% in 3 years and 25% in 5 years. According to Anand Rathi, if you buy the stock now at the price of Rs 691, it has a potential to climb to Rs 870 with a potential gain of 26%.

2. Eris Lifesciences Ltd Dividend

The company declared an interim dividend of 735% or Rs 7.35 per share. The ex-dividend date is approaching fast and it is August 11, 2022. The dividend was announced on August 2, 2022. The company has a good dividend history and regularly declared dividend for the last 5 years.

3. Focus on key brands, set for good growth

The legendry brands such as Glimisave (anti-diabetes) and Renerve Plus (VMN) clocked more than Rs1bn revenue. The anti-diabetes drug, Zomelis, in the third year of launch, registered over Rs83m revenue a month. Eris aims at more than 20 launches (antidiabetes) in Q3. Strongly emerging therapies in dermatology (Oaknet), CNS and women's health (growing more than 25%) and robust growth in cardiometabolic therapies would drive ~28-30% revenue growth in FY23.

4. Margins likely to be affected

Eris expects ~30% revenue growth (~13% Oaknet, ~15% organic) in FY23, though the gross and EBITDA margins are likely to be impacted by the high investment and acquisition costs. We expect 33.5% and 34.3% EBITDA margins in FY23 and FY24 respectively.

5. Valuation

At the CMP, the stock trades at 21x/18x FY23e/24e earnings. We have a Buy recommendation on it with an unchanged TP of Rs.870 (23x FY24e) EPS). Risks: More products in the NLEM; delay in launches.

6. About Eris Lifesciences Ltd

Eris Lifesciences Ltd is the only publicly listed Indian pharmaceutical company with a pure-play domestic branded formulations business model. Established in 2007, Eris is by far the youngest company in the IPM Top-25. Since inception, it has been focused on chronic and sub chronic lifestyle related therapies. It is a fully-integrated pan-India business with a strong focus on high-end super-specialist doctors and consulting physicians. Its revenues exceeded INR 1,200 crore for the year ended March 2021. The market capitalization is Rs 9,456.90 crore.

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