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Weiguo Su, CEO of Chinese pharma company HUTCHMED, talks about the company's latest earnings report, and why it's positioned to be 'sustainably profitable' from this point despite some external challenges.
HUTCHMED (China) Limited (NASDAQ:HCM ) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call March 19, 2025 8:00 AM ET Company Participants David Ng - Head:IR Wei-Guo Su - CEO & Chief Scientific Officer Johnny Cheng - CFO George Yuan - Head of Commercial Michael Shi - EVP, Head of R&D & Chief Medical Officer Conference Call Participants Clara Dong - Jefferies Alec Stranahan - Bank of America Julie Simmonds - Panmure Liberum Adam McCarter - Cavendish Chen Chen - UBS Cindy Chai - HSBC David Ng Welcome, everyone. Thank you for joining HUTCHMED 2024 Full Year Results Call.
On Wednesday, Hutchmed (China) Limited (NASDAQ: HCM) reported 2024 earnings of 22 cents per ADS or 4 cents per share, down 59 cents or 12 cents a year ago. Sales fell 25% year over year to $630.20 million.
HUTCHMED (HCM) has been upgraded to a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), reflecting growing optimism about the company's earnings prospects. This might drive the stock higher in the near term.
The average of price targets set by Wall Street analysts indicates a potential upside of 72.8% in HUTCHMED (HCM). While the effectiveness of this highly sought-after metric is questionable, the positive trend in earnings estimate revisions might translate into an upside in the stock.
On Wednesday, Hutchmed (China) Limited HCM entered into two agreements to divest its 45% equity interest in Shanghai Hutchison Pharmaceuticals Limited (SHPL) for approximately $608 million (RMB 4.478 billion) in cash to GP Health Service Capital Co., Ltd and Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co., Ltd.
Hutchmed (China), controlled by tycoon Li Ka-shing, is selling stakes in its health subsidiary for around $608 million as the billionaire and his flagship conglomerate look to ramp up capital and pivot towards core operations at the drugmaker.
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Shares of HUTCHMED (China) Ltd (HCM, Financial) surged 2.90% in mid-day trading on Oct 2. The stock reached an intraday high of $21.10, before settling at $20.58, up from its previous close of $20.00.
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